Johnson, designed by my father in the late 1930s. It has been restored and adaptively reused as an intimate conference venue. I have had the pleasure of working with mr. Pearlman on his program committee. What i have noticed about mr. Pearlman is this. He understands not only the importance of sensitive restoration and adaptive reuse, but also the intellectual Historical Context of original buildings. He is widely read in the history of architecture, although we are volunteers on that committee, he always follows through on what he volunteers to do. He is skilled not only as an architect, but also as a Graphic Designer and has been responsible for designing all the graphics related to the noytra house and its website. He has initiated a yearly house tour in the los all toes area whose income pay [speaker not understood]. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Seeing no more people, Public Comment is now still open. [laughter] thank you. Are there any more speakers . Please come up, because otherw
Commission, seat no. 5. I believe my background and experience meet the criteria for the preservation professional position in land use and Community Planning with specialized training in Historic Preservation. I have entitled the current chapter in my life and career as a parthenon project. My epiphany at the parthenon in greece inspired me to go back to graduate school to pursue a degree in archeology. My Historic Preservation train is through my master of arts degree and Cultural Resources management, or crm, at sonoma state university. Crm is a specialized area of archeology which covers training in several subjects, including, one, the National State and local laws for cultural and Historic Resource preservation such as the national Historic Preservation act and the National Environmental policy and California Environmental quality acts. Two, historic architecture significance assessments and national and california register eligibility reports. And three, prehistoric and historic
I am writing in support of Jonathan Pearlmans candidacy as San Francisco historian for the perez r vation commission. Although as a physician and epidemiologist, my own career was Environmental Health, teaching at harvard, ucla, uc berkeley, and then for 27 years heading up Environmental Health research at the California Department of public health. ~ i grew up with a family of architects. After my retirement, i have been helping cal poly pomona restore the historic 1932 studio residences designed by my father, richard noytra, one of the founders of california modern. I have been visiting with other historic modernist house museums around the world to learn about their restoration and programming. I was invited to serve on the Program Committee of the noytra house in los altos. It was originally a small residence of poet jacqueline johnson, designed by my father in the late 1930s. It has been restored and adaptively reused as an intimate conference venue. I have had the pleasure of wor
If you were anywhere on the California coast last month, you were likely one of millions receiving high surf warnings and coastal flooding advisories. On Dec. 28, 2023, Santa Barbara experienced 20-foot waves that had weakened from 40-footers after a few hundred miles of traveling to the shore. Despite the warnings, many surfers took