Remarks by Lily Wong
108 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“Yes. I'm disclosing for the record that I sit on the Planning Department's Community Equity Advisory Council, which advises the department staff on strategies to engage diverse communities. I do not accept any payment or honorarium for this work, and the work does not involve the appellant or permit holder. I do not believe this will impact my ability to be fair and impartial in this matter.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“OK. In the photo, it looks like you indicated that there's six feet between their opening and your opening, and that's going to be where the deck ends. Would you, specifically for the privacy issue, would you be open, or would you be amenable for them to put a screen, even if it's like perforated and sunlight can go through, but something where people can't look directly into your bedroom? as an alternative?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“So one of your concerns was about the privacy. And I'll ask the other party this as well. If that is one of your concerns, would having some kind of screen or something that makes it harder to look into your room address your privacy concerns?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yes. But if there was a screen, I think it's more of a yes or no question.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
- Play at 16:14
“Conceptually, if there was a screen that could give you a little bit of privacy, would that make you feel better?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
- Play at 16:25
“Yeah. What I heard and read in the brief is that you have a concern about them seeing into your yard, seeing into your room. So if there was some kind of screen or something where they can't just look at your stuff, would you be amenable to that? Or is the problem greater than this?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Which is why I'm asking, if you can obscure the observation a little, would you be comfortable with that?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“And that would address your privacy concern? Of course. OK. That's it. Thank you.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
- Play at 37:36
“Yeah, you've referenced it a little. I get that we've brought up a privacy screen because I'm wondering, would you as the permit holder be amenable to doing something like that just to alleviate as like a gesture of good faith or something to address your neighbor's concerns?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
- Play at 51:23
“Yeah, I think I was looking at it as more of whether or not they're allowed to build a deck. I think the permit itself was issued to the person. I'm trying to figure out if it was issued properly. I think in the conversation today, the piece that was a little disheartening to me is that the permit holder wasn't willing to entertain any kind of modification um in deference to their neighbors concerns um i wouldn't want to have to make adjustments on my property because my neighbor made an adjustment on theirs right that puts an additional financial process all of that burden onto me um but at…”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'm disclosing for the record that I sit on the Planning Department's Community Equity Advisory Council, which advises the department staff on strategies to engage diverse communities. I do not accept any payment or honorarium for this work and the work does not involve the appellant or the permit holder. I do not believe that this will impact my ability to be fair and impartial in this matter.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I also want to appreciate my fellow Commissioner Abad for laying out all four points earlier when we were listening to the appellant. It helped me track and listen to everybody's presentation from the four that you had gotten the appellant to confirm that that's what we're listening to. None of those seem to either seem to be addressed or are outside the scope of this permit. So for those reasons, I concur with you both to deny the appeal.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I also want to echo the efforts that were put into here. I think I read it a couple of times just as a new member of this board to try to understand the impact and everything. I do have one question. And it's not to change this, but on page 28, it talks about the appeal filing fees. And as a footnote, it mentions waivers. Is it safe to assume that there was no waivers or filing fee waivers granted this year? Or do we just not reference them?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay, but yeah, I think that it's important for us to inform members of the community Especially those that have economic hardship that they're still able to file appeals If you know a $600 zoning administrator determination is too high”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yes. I'm disclosing for the record that PG&E made a donation in early 2026 to my nonprofit employer for the purposes of funding the Sunset Night Market. I received no financial benefit from that donation. I do not believe that that donation will impact my ability to be fair and impartial in this matter.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 36:32
“So I think it can be done one of two ways. Either he can do translations for the whole space and then we double the time. Or if the parties are comfortable sitting near each other, because I don't know how they feel about each other, he could do simultaneous translation on the side. The simultaneous would be a little bit faster because we don't need to pause. But I think it's up to the interpretation and the parties on which one they would prefer.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Sorry. Okay. Thank you for coming here. Welcome to the city. Can you explain a little bit more about the intent to run in? There's an altercation. I think human beings are naturally inclined to be interested in what's going on. So can you verbalize or explain to me a little bit more, help me understand how Jie Ying's Moving towards an incident where her daughter was involved triggers the assumption that she was violating the code of conduct.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“Anybody could hold her back just because.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 46:34
“But there was a person independent of all this that made the decision to hold her back for whatever reason, wasn't on her. And the actions of that person is the underlying factor of the assumption that she was, she needed to be, or like, sorry, just help me understand that a little bit more.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“And was there consideration given that it was her daughter that was involved versus just anybody on the street? I think a mother's relationship with their daughter is a little...”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 47:35
“I think that that's also why it's a may versus a must. So there was no consideration of relationship.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“If they're going to do it simultaneously, you can probably just give her an additional minute for pauses in between. And then typically when you're speaking, like the pace that I'm at right now is good for continuous translation. But if you're not able to go this slow, you could just pause at the end of every sentence and just breathe.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
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“So, thank you for bearing with us through all this. I'm wondering, with the translation during these events, I get that you've only been around for two months. So, to the best of your knowledge, the translation for both the Arts Commission's hearing, the interviews, do you know if they're more verbatim or if they were a summary? Verbatim. Verbatim, okay. And folks are speaking at about the same speed as they normally do, or do you know if they slowed down? Sorry, say that again. For English translations? Oh, actually, do you want me to pause real quick for translation?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:37:37
“In your experience during this process, did you feel that the Mandarin translation was exact or could be different?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 16, 2026