Fire. Good morning. It is sunday, april 19. Lets start with a check of the weather. An interesting comparison, the picture behind you is from the tower looking east and is dark and cloudy. Let me show you the camera towards the trivalley where you see some clouds breaking up. Some of us have some openings in the clouds. The weird thing is you get an opening like that across the bridge, the temperatures will drop more. It is 57 oakland and almost 10 degrees cooler in santa rosa. Anna compares with 24 hours ago about seven degrees colder than yesterday at this time. Those places that seem less cloud cover, livermore that is you, petaluma about seven degrees cooler. Low to mid 50s, grab a light sweater. The clouds will fill out. Then we have more blue sky into the afternoon. Daytime highs today are very much like yesterday which means mid to upper 60s. I will be back we have a small chance of rain tomorrow morning but nothing to write home about. New projections show that people fewer peo
Interview today, quote, the presidency is not just a reality show. Said trump, youre lucky you have immunity this week. [ laughter ] youre lucky. [ light laughter ] House Speaker nancy pelosi, today, called president trumps behavior villainous and said that he is, quote, crying out for impeachment. And then she said the democrats are not on the road to impeachment. Then she said the president s family should hold an intervention for him [ laughter ] well, which is it, nancy this is usually the part where the waiter says, do you need a few more minutes . [ laughter and applause thats right [ cheers and applause thats right nancy pelosi said she wishes president trumps family or staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. Although, lets face it, interventions dont generally work if everybody there is also drunk. [ slurring ] do you want to read your letter, uncle mike . I cant, its too my letters too blurry. [ laughter ] the department of Homeland Security reported this
People. I see them at the fastfood places, and the supoup kitchen. Ive taken in people that were stabbed. Its not fun being homeless, and i think you should take care of people that really need housing the most now, not later. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Commissioner commissioner antonini, welcome back. Its great to be back, because i may be able to leave after this item if i so choose. Any way, before i say anything, i would like to extend my condolences to the family of mayor ed lee. We lost a very devoted leader, last week, and we will miss him. Im speaking in favor of the project at 743 south vanness, only as you know because its over a 10,000 square foot lot, and it is under the state density housing bonus and the laws are quite strict about what sort of things would allow you to not approve a project, as youre well aware, because youve had two or three of these already. And in its own right, even notwithstanding the density bonus, its a very good project, and the project
Lived here my whole life. Ive be about 18 years ago, i met mr. Taboni, and i did my first project with him, and ive been working with him ever since. My company has grown to 15 employees since that time. One thing about mr. Taboni, everything he says is completely gospel. Hes an honest businessman. He eats and enjoys lunch with the employees on the projects, and having an abandoned vacant lot is not doing any good for the city. And having 75 new Housing Units will be spfar superior to anything thats going on now, and like he said, 20 is going to Affordable Housing. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is ben nahidi. Im the owner of the business and the Apartment Building directly across from this project. The corner of the 19 and south vanness. The old gas station site has been vacant for more than ten years, almost 15 years, and we are very happy to see that finally there is a building that is going to this lot. A vacant lot like this creates a very unsafe enviro
As youre well aware, because youve had two or three of these already. And in its own right, even notwithstanding the density bonus, its a very good project, and the project sponsor has elected voluntarily to base the affordable on the bonus rather than only basing the affordable percentage on the base project, which under the state law, is all he needs to do. So in that regard, he has made some great strides, and as you know, this is a vacant space, so were not displacing anyone. The gas station hasnt been operable for 15 years. And i think we are providing housing that will meet the vast demand that is occurring in San Francisco for housing, and thats not going away. As youre probably aware, the Federal Reserve has moved to raise slightly raise the prime rate in anticipation of the continued economy next year being very strong, and it will continue to be very strong in San Francisco. So the people are coming to the mission with the means to rent and to buy units, and they will either