Girlfriends. I know. She had told her boss that she had done something bad. I think the last statement within her diary said it all. We knew we would get here. We just knew that we had a lot of hurdles to get over. I will never forgive myself. Never. The life of a Police Officer. Its full of danger. And stress. The life of a Police Officer. Its full of danger. And stress. They have rough days at work. And they end up holding it in. Theyre our First Responders. It is hard. It is hard work. From one call to the next, you dont know whats going to happen. But our story is about what happened when a First Responder had to face a crisis in his own home. Baby, please wake up a cop pleading for help, from his fellow men and women in blue. Tell them im a cop, please. Tell them to hurry, please. In one moment, a family is shattered. It was like disbelief. Its a surreal moment. And over time, an entire communities secrets would be revealed. I laid there and cried. It does not make sense. It start
Pattern with a lot of people who purchase homes in the city, violate the law, pay the penalties and still able to move forward with their projects, which sometimes, unfortunately, changes the character of a community. So im trying to understand how that continues to happen in these particular cases. Supervisor breed, the Planning Department shares those concerns. And thats why weve asked for legislation that will strengthen and enhance the administrative penalties, provisions of the planning code, that are in sections 176. And as far as allowing a project to proceed, the remedies that have been issues are ones that have suspended all work on the project. This project sponsor is not being allowed to proceed. Work was done out of scope and theres work the subject of a discretionary review hearing pending before the Planning Commission. What is proceeding is this hearing on the adequacy of the ceqa determination. Unless this body finds that the Planning Department improperly i issued that
Are. So we will be very conscious of the fact that an area of the open space will be lost by this building. This is of great concern to us because it closes us in when we go out in the backyard. We also sympathize with mr. Kauffman with respect to the foundation and the possibility of flooding because we had a similar situation and brought the same type of appeal here to the board of supervisors some years ago and were successful. So thank you for very much listening to me. President breed thank you. And thank you for being here today. Next speaker . And if there are any other members of the public that would like to provide comment, please come forward. And this is specifically for those here to support the appeal. There will be an opportunity for those who oppose the appeal later on in the meeting. Hello, board of supervisors. Im Phillip Kauffman. My house is in danger. You can read all the reports by lawrence carp, the architects and so forth. Ive lived in this house for almost 30 y
Up in previous appeals that have come before this board. Where projects have violated the law. Theyve been allowed to move forward and there are penalties associated with those violations and i think im trying to understand how its possible theres been numerous violations with this project and then issued a requirement to pay certain penalties, and maybe not by the Planning Department, but based on other challenges, and then were still moving this project forward and there are you know, this seems to be a pattern with a lot of people who purchase homes in the city, violate the law, pay the penalties and still able to move forward with their projects, which sometimes, unfortunately, changes the character of a community. So im trying to understand how that continues to happen in these particular cases. Supervisor breed, the Planning Department shares those concerns. And thats why weve asked for legislation that will strengthen and enhance the administrative penalties, provisions of the p
I urge the board to be stronger, if you like, about what they do if people are in violation. This developer proceeds as if its a carpool violation and you afford it, pay it off, move on. That cannot be the case. We have to stop this from going on in our city. Thats all i want to say. I want to mention that our uphill neighbor couldnt be here as well. They sent their son, who is on an Aircraft Carrier in the sea of japan, but here in his offtime and he has a very big button, so i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. President breed thank you for your testimony. Next speaker, please . Supervisors, good afternoon. Im jessica mcgregor. I live across the street from the proposed project and from mr. Kauffmans home. As you know, San Francisco is suffering from an epidemic of work beyond the scope of permits, work without permits, serial permits to avoid ceqa. I believe the most recent example was 1841 chestnut and on lombard street. And the Planning Department was looking at 214 states