the mayor and the board of supervisors. >> great thank you. can i just ask. you said 40% are disable or sexual artation gender complaints so you don't break those down separately? >> about 35% are disability. about 5% are actually sexual orientation and additional three to 5% are gender identity. >> okay. >> so it's a little over 40%. >> okay. great. thank you. can you stay up there for a few seconds if people have questions. robert do you want to give a run down and if people have questions. >>i would like to share with you the annual eviction report that came out. i have four copys. >> that's great. copies are always good. we have a lot of

paperwork, so hopefully we are here for another 15 minutes. >> good morning. i just wanted to share with you some of our latest numbers from the annual eviction report that the rent board publishes every march for data that goes from march 1 -- in this case of 2012 to the end of february 2013, and so some key highlights. the number of eviction notices this year was up 26% to 1395. those are the eviction notices that are filed with the san francisco rent board, and then the second page has some highlights of the kinds of evictions that went up and

down -- [inaudible] >> somebody has the cell phone on. >> mine's off but who knows. and it went up to 116 this past year with the year that ended on the end of february, so we're seeing increases in room rate evictions, illegal rentals and as well as nuisance so i wanted to give those highlights. i will say in general all sort of traffic and distance picking up at the rent board if you would. rent petitions show a similar thing and the economy up tick and who knows

what else is happening but these evictions are going up significantly at this point. >> i have a quick question. i know the board doesn't keep statistics by gender orientation or anything but is it possible for the rent board to do that? if this board makes that recommendation that all city departments keep records by sexual orientation and age and is that possible by the rent board? >> there is a process that we're are talking about. when talking about the rent coal board and talking about eviction notices filed with the board. i think in most cases what we are interesting in -- the task force is interested in is eviction notices and those are filed by the landlord or the attorney and doesn't know if the person

they're evicting at that moment -- they might know it, but they don't have a requisite need to know it, so the way that process works. they file the notice and then in the case of ellis the tenant has a right to request from a four month notice another eight months so for one year notice person for the ellis eviction so in this case we know that happens when it happens but it's not with the original filing and then so that's the difficulty that we have. we can't really make demand or figure out the sexual orientation of the person they want to e -- evict per se. >> right and but you do have a map in your annual report. >> we publish data by zip code. >> by zip code so we could make

assumptions and the castro area and make assumptions that the people evicted there are lgbt folks something like that. that maybe something we're rs toed to do as a committee and there is no data out there and it's frustrating to come up with recommendations when we have no data to base the recommendations on. it's a very frustrating process but i think the map maybe helpful and i maybe contacting you and getting the last few years report with the maps. >> sure we are glad to assist you with that and get you other data if it helps with mapping that out. >> sure. any subcommittee members have questions of lupe or robert? thank you for being patient and waiting around. is there anybody else who wants to say a few words before we cut it

off and another five minutes for testimony? yeah come up on. so if you could keep your comments to two minutes that would be great andful helpful and we are getting more time. >> okay. this is short and off subject. we're trying very hard to keep pages out of the hands of sfpd and i know carmen announced it. it's different now. i want you to know we have a planning meeting tonight at the lgbt center on market street -- carmen what is it? five to six or five to 630? >> [inaudible] >> okay. it's tonight. so everybody come because this is a real problem. thanks a lot. >> thank you carol. we have two more people. >> hi i am edmund usey and i

say in the ambassador sro. i heard great reports and police and how much they're people and we're not talking about the violence within lgbt and them and that has to with the evictions and mental health. we are san francisco and fighting for marriages for all in this country. we need to make sure that any lgbt person in san francisco -- we need a fuller law to cover bullying with sexual minorities and others and as the sheriff talk. when i was in jail for winking at a man for a funeral a year ago i learned that the jail does better than the hotels do. they allow a lot of violence and people in the closet don't come out, still

don't come out. that's why they want to get naked at 72. they are finally coming out. this is april's fool day and it's the first and they can't get visitors on the first and the third and san francisco we need to rise up and make it better for everyone in the nation and as we get marriages for all. thank you for bringing this year and look forward to working with you and making san francisco a leader in lgbt human rights. thank you. >> thank you. and john will be our final speaker. come on up. >> good afternoon. my name is john shooker. i have worked in san francisco for bottom 40 years [inaudible] as a host of a radio show. put on about a thousand shows in this town. had wonderful support, battered

womens' shelters et cetera. i am invested in this town and that means no matter what else is going on in my life i love san francisco. you walk around you can't get a bad view. there are lots of smart and engaging people to be with. cut to my landlord. what he does and what happens is a tenant goes to him and says he has a problem. the problem could be bed bugs, mice, a ceiling that leaks for years and years and the landlord plays them. he doesn't do anything. if the tenant becomes striden and what are you going to do about the issues? he screams at them and "if you don't like it move out ." this saves him time with the lawyers and erksz vision time. he harassing them

so much they move. his grandson pulled a gun on someone and split and got out of the area. this goes on again and again and has been going on for years. personally my landlord has taken me to court for three years, three different times over something -- basically i haven't done a damn thing wrong. there was a bed bug infestation. he blamed me for it. one of the things i have done is work as a club dj. i have 5500 records in my house. it was the manhattannization of vinyl. they all went up to the ceiling and of course the bed bugs come and every record is a potential condo for the bed bugs so i called the department of public health. i was addressed by

lillian dice san that said i need to see the bed bugs before i do anything and gave us a sticky trap and we are 35 bugs the next time she came to pick them up. worked for the department of health and it's now on my record. my landlord said that the bed bug infestation was coming from my apartment. meanwhile he only treated my apartment and with a non county registered treater, al's bed bugs i think the name and in six months the bugs came back. somebody better feed that

thing. usually i'm good at this -- >> is somebody's cell phone ringing? we're almost done anyway. >> i have a constant i can prove i was in rock and roll bands and dj so i'm deaf. i have a total knee replacement. i had seven surgeryos my foot. my landlord knows i'm disabled and continually takes me to court. i tried to contact media. i got a superficial write up in the bay area reporter. it was almost after overview but it didn't say anything about what this man does. this man has been doing this for years. it's about very greedy individual who is are down right social paths

and he over charged me for years. this stuff is [inaudible] it blew my mind when i realized what was being done to me and it's not just me. it's my neighborhoods and "john says the most homo homophobic things that could say ." i don't know if i could use the words but i will. he called me several names. one is true and one is not. to make a long story short he didn't do it one

time or five times. he screams at me every time. this is the business plan and he raises the rent and rent it out again with the bed bugs and the lice and the mice. >> john, let me inform you if he is illegally raising the rent you should see the rent board and final a petition for illegal increase and have a hearing. if he is calling you homophobic names check in with the human rights commission because they handle those situations and there are organizations that testified here today that do that. >> yes organizations are all fine. ultimately it depends who you talk to. i went to the rent board with this problem. there are a lot of rent increases i don't have because at one point charging $200 more than the market rate. when i got the apartment in 87 i was happy to

find a home, and like i said i laifed in the hague for 40 years and loved it. i now tell people i live on corner of hague and resentment. it's not the summer of love. it's -- >> thank you for having me. i have the two wherein testimonies and i was going to read them into the record before they cut me off. do you have a question? >> this is very quick. i want to say one thing that is lacking is there is a lot of people being ellis act and there is no communication between those people. someone named jeremy started a website and people that were ellis act

and i don't have the resources to do it myself but there is no communication between everybody being evicted. thank you. >> that's a good point. so if i could read these into the record and i guess we will adjourn. i will entertain a motion to adjourn. this is to whom it may concern "i am unable to make morning meetings. as a lgbt senior i have many housing concerns that are basically no different from other seniors housing concerns. while i am fortunate to have a section eight housing voucher if you pay attention to the news lately you know dealing with the san francisco housing authority comes with its own problems. while i am currently housed there are thousandos the list and many lgbt seniors and less and less landlords in san francisco rent to section eight tenants. they are interested in going after the corporate dollar and the new legislation passed regarding this prohibits less

than 30 day rentals as 30 days is not considered short term in san francisco. ridiculous if you ask me. hasn't stopped the conversion in my building and i am sure others. they have basically taken the units off the market for san franciscans and one worries that the landlord will not comply with hud and with no one rent to section eight where will i go? they got rid of the rats here and over flowing bathtubs and et cetera and i am in a building that has rentals for over $2,000 in the tenderloin. how can a senior utilities afford to live here in this is not workts the price tag that the authority agreed to v it's over the

payment standard. hud has raised the standard in reason 10 years but rent is going up. >> historical they're charging so much rent here. i have lived here 11 years and inundated with construction and much without permits and a electrician that rewired the building with no license and broken elevators and because i have a section eight voucher i can't take them to the rent board but to the housing authority and with this housing authority it's easier to live with it and may may or may not deal with t i did appeal that the housing appeal let the landlord raise the rent above the payment standard because they didn't take the condition of my building into

consideration but hud says they don't have to do that when calculating rent reasonableness for your unit and they can use other unit's rent frs that calculation as far as up to a mile away. in san francisco my tenderloin apartment can be more than a mile from knob hill. i fought the authority to even get a hearing for this case. they said i had no right but then gave me a hearing and the person representing the housing authority said it was ridiculous we were there because hud rules say i don't get a hearing for this. the argue was august 31, 2012 and the officer made her decision and that the housing authority does have to take the condition of the building in consideration with this.

i do have a roof over my head for now but a low income tenant with no resources is also fearful of losing their home. fortunately i won't be ellis act out because of the size of the building and one always feels the push and they want the apartment soy they can make more money. these days there are so many trying for the apartment and the landlord could give a number of reasons and one reant know if they were discriminating. i would be happy to move into a mixed increase building one for lgbt seniors and one take my section eight voucher and i could really feel at home. terry frey. the second is from david allen. "for years in 2005 when i moved from new york i lived in a large room with light. i am a

painter. it's for me to function. basically a sro. i don't feel feel poorer constrained. i am 76. my social security check covers my rent. i have no other income so i rely on life savings to provide health net and other care and extra money for making life decent. however that money is running out. i have prostate cancer since 2005 and had a stroke and seizure in the last year. i am fine but have to resort to medi-cal and can no longer another insurance. i can manage but the space i am in is not available to subsidies.

with recent real estate developments in town prices and rentals being inflated but not simply available with a year's long waiting list and condo stale living becoming the fashion. the asmo fear of radical change is the building could be sold et cetera creates a state of on going anxiety and open housing for suitable change has me feel seriously on the edge. currently i am exhibiting paintings at visual aids gallery, a nonprofit for those with life threatening illness to encourage them to work. again the prospect of sales are remote because of the cost of promoting myself. frankly tight focused 1%ers. >> can i make a motion? coming out of the hearing today mr. chair and task force members we

have enough information -- the motion i will be file signature motion to forward all of the information that we received today from the hearing over to the full task force for additional discussion if need be, but for additional items. something that we take right away and over to the board of supervisors and to the mayor's office on the concerns that we heard from the community today and some of the presenters as well. >> do i hear a second to that motion? >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> okay. we will forward the information onto the task force members. with this i will entertain a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? thank you for coming to this hearing. your

>> there are kids and families ever were. it is really an extraordinary playground. it has got a little something for everyone. it is aesthetically billion. it is completely accessible. you can see how excited people are for this playground. it is very special. >> on opening day in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5

million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for

children with disabilities, and even a sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visionary $3.5 million world class playground in the heart of san francisco. this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> i all this meeting to order, would you call the roll?

>> sure, i note that your replacing in her absence, lloyd, present. >> metcalf? >> present. >> reiskin? >> present. >> director sartipi is in route, you do have a quorum. >> first israel em, community indication? s >> i am not aware of any. >> executive director's report. >> i will note that the board of directors of business that i am not aware of any either. >> okay. >> good morning, good morning, everyone. this week, we reached a couple of great milestones, the first one is we started the geo thermal piping on monday of this week and we are starting to put in the permanent structures and second we finished the baoel street bridge over the weekend with no

complaints and 0 problems and we received a thank you note for 119 freemont thanking us for the great work that we did, and another thing that i wanted to refer to the board as you know last month you gave us authorization to attempt to enter into negotiations to reach a fair and reasonable price. engaged in that with our team, for some time, and however, they would not provide a fair and reasonable price, so on april third, a formal letter to scanko rejecting their bid. what we are going to do now is web corp is going to repackage everything into four packages and as you know they put the bids out and it is there for the subs, the first one will be for the cast notes which i will bring to you in may, and the remaining three will be for the structural steal work and those will be put out on april 25th and plan to bring this item to

the board some time at the latter end of june or july, because this admission due date is the 20th. that is where we are with the scale and i would like sarah to give an update on the quarterly financial reports. >> good morning directors. these are your standard quarterly financial reports, budget to actual shows that we are in the budget with both the capitol and the operating budget for the fiscal year. the second report is the contract status report, shows contract terms authorization, amounts and endb participation. and i did want to call out and come commend our program management team for being almost 100 percent on the contract as well as the