This is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. The intense snowstorm in the sierra keeps building in strength. We are tracking the dangerous blizzard conditions on this first alert weather day. Star trek the cameras were rolling but the crooks did not care. The damage left behind after several oakland businesses were ransacked. With not enough Affordable Housing, we will dig deeper into a ballot measure aimed at building thousands of units and why some say this is not the answer. Thank you for joining us. It has become a lifethreatening situation in the sierra and the worst is yet to come. We could see up to 5 inches of snow per hour at the peak of this blizzard with winds well above 100 Miles Per Hour. Lets get over to chief meteorologist paul heggen. We have already recorded 145 Miles Per Hour wind gusts at the peak of the winds last night. I had a camera full screen here and the caltrans camera decided to minimize itself. This is the view of Donner Summit. This is a little bit of tr
All the difference. Taking a live look outside on this thursday morning. We are keeping a close eye on your forecast and we are looking live , you can see over the water not too much rain. It is pretty dry in the bay. You may want to grab the rain jacket and just a couple hours as that is going to change. In the sierra storm could bring record amounts of single day snowfall. Caltrans is warning drivers to please stay off the road. The agency says they are prepared for conditions to get to dangerous for the workers, but they hope it does not come to that. It is pretty much their job to keep the roads open. At all times. They definitely have safety protocols in place. And most of the time these guys are in vehicles and at least they are in a closed environment. They are not exactly out side , necessarily all the time. The department of Water Resources also preparing for the storm. They moved up their third snow survey of the season to this morning. Water Resources Team will be at phillip
This will provide funds towards that because the Mayors Office and other Affordable Housing builders are waiting to build these until their funded. As was mentioned the parking ratio is lower than the case before. I also like the way its been designed with the par pit which not only provides short time from the wind for those up on the roofdeck by hides the mechanic equipment that is American People eye sore and from one place to another you see the mechanic features and if they can be hidden with par pits this is a step n. The juliette balconies is nicely designed they give the residents access from different rooms and a longer balcony and they fit into the profile of the building thats much more aesthetic than the buildings that stick out and also 8 million in Development Fees which is a significant contribution and to the question that was raised about im not familiar with the studies i do know that the affinity did one with the High Percentage with people that are year round reside
Comment okay seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner antonini i think this is an excellent project and have famous with rincon point its a source of exercise most nights when i go for runs and walks this is completing it, its important as pointed out there were two previous paralyze with the lower building and this is more appropriate 2 hundred and 50 feet because of tower separation, you know, there will be distances between the towers has there should be but more comparable with the turns over on the street in the vicinity of 4 hundred feet 399 and also 340 is pretty tall and, of course, the recent completed building adjacent to it is lower because of the tower separation thats ascetically good and the second thing i think theyre doing us a big favor of going in lieu tons the projects theyre not being built because theyre not funded this will provide funds towards that because the Mayors Office and other Affordable Housing builders are waiting to build these until their f
Lombard could not be here today. I want to welcome all of you and thank you for take the time to celebrate the grounds breaking for potrero block b. Bridge was seconded by San Francisco to partner with the residents of the potrero community and literally redesign the landscape that you see here. Together, we embed on the long over due and critical task of figuring out how to figure out the potrero terrace andaneck. Hours of discussion, design charettes and focus groups with the community resulted in rebuilt potrero. An ambitious vision to redevelop the site in a master plan with 1600 Housing Units, parks and open space, new street grid other thanning retail and Community Serving space that grand vision is surely taking shape before our eyes with the development of the second phase with 150, 7 units of affordable Family Housing and infrastructure. [applause]. 1101 connecticut the building behind you, this you see across the street is 72 Family Housing units that opened in 2019 as phase