Commissioner jacobo here. Commissioner tam present. We have a quorum. Our item is item 2, president s announcements. President mccarthy good morning, everybody. Welcome to november 2020 b. I. C. Commission, once again apologizy in advance if i mispronounce anybodys names. Im president of the building inspection commission. And im joined by fellow commissioners and director, Patrick Oriordan and staff. Mayor breed of the Public Health director, the city is unfortunately experiencing another increase in covid cases and hospitalizations. Resulting in more than citywide measures as of november 13 that hopefully will reduce the pandemic infections. D. B. I. Leadership and staff for the ongoing hard work under these complicated circumstances. Even though the Public Health protocols, our new space is open on a limited basis to the public and the department continues to issue permits, conduct and schedule onsite job inspections and respond to complaints and task Code Enforcement steps as warra
Commissioner jacobo. Here. Commissioner mccarthy. Here. Commissioner moss. Here. We have a quorum. And the next item is item b. , the oath. Will all parties giving testimony to raising your right hand. Do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth to best of your knowledge . And alt for the record state the time allowed regarding the appeal. For new appeals, the department will present the case first and then the appellant. Each side has 7 minutes and next there will be Public Comment and members have three minutes each to speak. Lastly, there is rebuttal time of 3 minutes for the department and then the appellant. And that thereby will be Public Comment time for 3 minutes as well. If you could please mute yourself if you are not speaking, please. And for every one in attendance, we are meeting remotely as the abatement and appeals board for Public Comment to call in. You would please dial 14156550001. And the access code is 1463507228. To raise your hand for Public Com
In advance if i mispronounce anybodys names. Im president of the building inspection commission. And im joined by fellow commissioners and director, Patrick Oriordan and staff. Mayor breed of the Public Health director, the city is unfortunately experiencing another increase in covid cases and hospitalizations. Resulting in more than citywide measures as of november 13 that hopefully will reduce the pandemic infections. D. B. I. Leadership and staff for the ongoing hard work under these complicated circumstances. Even though the Public Health protocols, our new space is open on a limited basis to the public and the department continues to issue permits, conduct and schedule onsite job inspections and respond to complaints and task Code Enforcement steps as warranted. The director and the staff have been communicating regularly with customers and stakeholders on the departments progress and issuing more permits and addressing customers needs. Well hear more on this in the commission mee
They are affiliated and seven to three minutes. Members of the public have up to three minutes each to address the board. For jurisdiction there is no rebuttal. Given that the board has a vacancy three votes are required to grant an appeal or jurisdiction request. If you have a question send us an email. Public access and participation is paramount to the board and makes the hearing process. To enable participation its it broadcasting and streaming live. To watch the hearing on tv go to sf. Gov. It will be rebroadcast on channel 26. A link to the live stream is found on our webpage. Public comment can be provided in two ways. Join the zoom meeting by computer. Head to our website sf. Gov. Org or callin by telephone. Call 16698900. Again, sf. Gov is broadcasting the phone number and access instructions across the bottom of the screen dial star nine which is similar to raising your hands. You will have three minutes and our legal clerk will provide you with a warning. There is a delay be
Unfortunately experiencing another increase in covid cases and hospitalizations. Resulting in more than citywide measures as of november 13 that hopefully will reduce the pandemic infections. D. B. I. Leadership and staff for the ongoing hard work under these complicated circumstances. Even though the Public Health protocols, our new space is open on a limited basis to the public and the department continues to issue permits, conduct and schedule onsite job inspections and respond to complaints and task Code Enforcement steps as warranted. The director and the staff have been communicating regularly with customers and stakeholders on the departments progress and issuing more permits and addressing customers needs. Well hear more on this in the commission meeting. I want to take a minute to congratulate the city newly elected and reelected supervisors based upon the november 3rd election results, including one of our own, we look forward to working closely with her in district 7. Superv