The virus in the first place. We remember not too long ago the when we finally made the announcement that we would be opening gyms and hair salons and nail salons. Just think about how good it felt to feel normal. To go and get your hair done or your nails done or to go and workout at the gym and enjoy your time there, but just think about how much more important it was to the people who were finally able to open their business, who were finally able to get a paycheck, who finally had some level of certainty in their lives that they would be able to take care of themselves. Now, think about whats happening now. Im sure that so many of those people are scared. Last week we told the restaurants that they would no longer be able to operate indoors. What that meant was not only layoffs, but it also meant that there was a lot of lost revenue because of the food that they no longer were able to use. When you think about some of the things and the sacrifices that people are making, thats what
Our system is ugly. As times, it has been d. B. I. Staff and management, and at other times, its been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. In 2001, a d. B. I. Survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. In 2004, Marcus Armstrong and a d. B. I. Investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. In 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 felony fraud counts brought by District Attorney and Vice President elect kamala harris. In may 2020, Rodrigo Santos, a former Building Inspections commissioner was arrested by the f. B. I. And charged with bank fraud. The City Attorney already had a pending civil complaint against santos from several years ago for endangering the city and the public by skirting requirements on several properties. A Mission Local article this september told the story of a district nine constituent whose neighbor was doing structural or demolition work that was causing s
Peskin and matt haney. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. You will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org the Public Comment callin number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer Public Comment for each item will be available by calling 4156550001 and enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Then press pound twice. When you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. My name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and Oversight Committee at john. Carroll sfgov. Org, and your comments will be included in the file. You may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Will you please read item one. Clerk item one is a resolution receiving and approving annual report for the Japantown
President announcement. Good morning and happy new year to everybody and id like to thank any fellow commissioner walker for chairing for me last year, i of the out but all good here Going Forward welcome to the wednesday, january 18, 2017, bic so a few announcements so start off the meeting wish everyone to a happy new year and welcome to the department of building inspection my announcements will be belief the commission wanted to acknowledge the staff over the last month, a big thank you to ed screening who helped to get a Construction Permit approved he said he was glad to know that San Francisco as a dedicated public to the citizens so thank you on that and thanks to joe duffy of Inspection Services that got a letter for taking the time with a complaint and that was actually forwarded to dpw regarding a wood playthings becoming dangerous during an upcoming storm the customer said that is an example of a apply employee going above and beyond and madam secretary thats the biggest se
Fire safety. We collect data. And we see with the data tells us. So, with that in mind, if we look at the number of fires, working fires in the mission, from 2005, if you could speak into the microphone, chief . If we look into the fires in the mission since 25actually i think its 204 i dont have a document for me but i do know its fluctuated between a low of 10 and a high of 28. If we were to take an average of all those fires up to current day, the Mission District is averaging roughly 17, a little over 17 structural working fires a year. Does that mean im trying to discount concerns of the people in the mission . Absolutely not. Im here to provide the gadget thats what the data shows. Thats what the information is provided from our it people that the information we put four. You referenced an article in our union paper about four fires that were not included. I dont know what the parameters with the street mapwhat area that covers the maybe thats outside. I dont know. I dont have th