And the appellant and those who spoke and to competent counsel for the property owner, also known in this lawsuit as the defendant, and other competent counsel. If you guys played by the rules and you dont teach people how to do serial permitting, it would be better for everybody in the Development Community and all the communities, about they on russian hill, in the sunset, around the city, i beseech you to do that and dont get too cute. Supervisor breed thank you, supervisor peskin, well said. So you have made a motion to approve item 18, what would you like to do with 19 and 20 . Supervisor peskin table them. Supervisor breed a motion to approve 18 and table 19 and 20, seconded by supervisor farrell. Madame clerk, call the roll . Supervisor cohen . Aye. Farrell aye. Fewer no. Kim aye. Peskin aye. Ronen aye. Safai aye. Sheehy aye. Tang aye. Yee aye. Breed aye. There are 10 ayes and one no, with fewer in the dissent supervisor breed the motion is approved. Supervisor cohen youre up to
Those top yellow ones dont meet your dormer exception. Thats not in the profile of the original thing. That should have triggered 311 notice and all of these smart, caring people who care about our Historic Resources when the system is failing whether its dbi, whether its planning, whether its the ceqa function that saturday categorically exempt, no it wasnt. But that should have triggered 311 notice. The problem is we all acknowledge and planning acknowledges and my colleagues acknowledge that serial permitting when youve got slick lawyers and a culture that wants to say, yes to all permits, serial permitting is a problem. But instead of thwarting it, all we do is reward it. So our system is broken. I grant that the vast majority of these permits should have been referred from the department of building inspection to planning and were not. And mr. Huey and his staff are not here today, but i think its time, with all due respect, the department is going down the wrong road on residenti
We start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that the former International Football star george weah has won the president ial election. His supporters celebrated as the Electoral Commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr weah had won more than 60 of the vote. George weah made his name playing for ac milan, he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award. But for the last three years he has been a senator in liberia. When he becomes president next month, it will be liberias first democratic transition in more than 70 years. Umaru fofana is in the liberian capital monrovia. Obviously this has been a huge reaction. What is it like on the ground . Absolutely. Wild celebrations. Minutes after the Electoral Commission announced the result, hundreds of people celebrated in front of the building. And then, across the city, you could hear the sound of jubilation, honking horns. It has been 12 years of waiting. It is goi
Others wounded in a kabul suicide bombing. The Islamic State says it carried out the attack. Our reporter has been at the scene. This is the building where the explosion happened, and you can see the building has been almost completely destroyed. Sharanjit an easing of diplomatic tensions between turkey and the United States as both countries say they will restart Visa Services. Also on the program, the email scandal rocking the miss america contest. We hear from a former winner on where the organization is heading. Sharanjit hello, and welcome to bbc world news. We start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that former International Football star george weah has won the president ial election. His supporters celebrated as the Electoral Commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr. Weah had won more than 60 of the vote. He made his name playing for ac milan. He was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award. Over the
Others wounded in a kabul suicide bombing. The Islamic State says it carried out the attack. Our reporter has been at the scene. This is the building where the explosion happened, and you can see the building has been almost completely destroyed. Sharanjit an easing of diplomatic tensions between turkey and the United States as both countries say they will restart Visa Services. Also on the program, the email scandal rocking the miss america contest. We hear from a former winner on where the organization is heading. Sharanjit hello, and welcome to bbc world news. We start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that former International Football star george weah has won the president ial election. His supporters celebrated as the Electoral Commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr. Weah had won more than 60 of the vote. He made his name playing for ac milan. He was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award. Over the