moved forward in a positive respect. so if the residents would give her the opportunity, i'm sure she will succeed and be a good director. that's what i have to say. thank you. >> thank you. let me read a couple more names. jazzy collins, leon, karen. next speaker. >> i'm amber and i work at the [inaudible] neighborhood center and one of the things i do every month is work with public housing working group and we work with two developments in our neighborhood. i think having that platform to be as a liaison between the residents and the resources that should be available to them through

the housing authority which kind of have been lacking is very positive. i do get some [inaudible] housing now my case manager is here and i think it's important that case management and resources are provided for residents to kind of get people to be more self sufficient because public housing shouldn't be, like, a long term goal. it should be more of a steppingstone so that people have, like, more opportunities in the future to give their children. so just public housing working group has been very helpful. i'm glad you participate in a lot of our safety walks and i'm happy this is happening now because my experiences in public housing have been pretty horrible. that's it. thanks. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. thanks for this opportunity. i'm dan, i'm

here representing the homeless prenatal program. the housing authority is in crisis right now. there's a family homelessness crisis in the city as i'm sure you know. our shelters are packed full. these two problems are connected. for one thing, a lot of families in shelters are on the wait list, have not had the opportunity to get on the public housing or section eight wait list because they've been closed for so many years. that cease something that /aeu carding to hud /tpwaoeud lines we need to and open again so that homeless families is can

have opportunities. the vacant units -- this is tragic that there are several hundreds of vacant units while our shelters are packed to the gills. the vacant units are a threat to security. one of the issues i heard -- one of our clients living next door to a vacant unit [inaudible] so that's still an ongoing issue. absolutely imperative that we get those issues resolved. this audit -- the results have been a vindication of what we have been seeing for years and i'm so glad it's finally coming to light. it's a shame on our city that we've allowed the conditions to exist as long as they have. we've had some progress already with barbara smith but we also need funding

and need to support her so i would urge you to do what you can. >> thank you. next speaker. er >> my name is jessica. thank you for requesting this very important performance audit. we are very concerned about the many, many, seniors and people with disabilities who are been living in housing authority units in pretty bad conditions for years and the many more who are waiting to get in. it's a huge problem that we talked about today as far as the waiting list and the vacant units. we're very glad there were some changes last year about the waiting list as far as people who have disabilities or seniors or who are experienceing homelessness

being moved up on the list, but of course that means we have to keep the list moving and make sure that people are actually getting into housing and the list is updated regularly and having vacant units when we see homeless everyday is just terrible. we're concerned about some of the maintenance issues we have seen today. we're talking about real safety issues and seniors with disables when we're talking about mold and mildew and not able to /kwrouz kitchen facilities because they're not working or have appropriate heat. we're concerned about the accessibility issues that are -- units are made accessible when possible so that people who acquire

disabilities are able to stay in their homes. we look forward to meeting with all of you to make sure the residents have a stronger voice as we improve all of public housing. thank you. >> thank you. i have a couple more names. bug, alley, elizabeth, robert. >> hi, thank you supervisors. my name is jennifer and i'm the subsidized housing advocate at the city of san francisco. i work with san francisco housing authority and section eight tenants. first i want to thank you for showing a light on these issues. i see thesish shows everyday. i've only worked in my position since june and i've worked with 250

clients already. in terms of streamlining, it's very important. the primary issues i'd like to address today are safety, maintenance and emergency [inaudible] they all go together. i have a variety of clients where i am very concerned about their safety and where i've had to request emergency transfers and those are taken months to get through. and in the meantime those people are spending money or living with relatives or hiding out. if you have theft or a personal attack on you then you report it to police, then you're labeled a snitch in your development and you're not able to live in that development in that community. cops have not been responsive.

one client's windows were broken, her stove was stolen, everything was stolen and she was told that they would not repair her windows or replace her appliances inuntil she moved back into her unit which had broken windows no stove and no working bathroom. i want to make sure the housing authority understands that they have a lot of steps to go before those issues should be applied to the tenants. there are continue wall mold and mildew problems that were not addressed at all. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> [inaudible]

>> [inaudible] and upper management all right so they can be /opbg if same identical page and the residents and seniors and people living with disabilities will not have to endure [inaudible] because someone else have the authority to administrate that. >> i have a couple more names

-- sarah [inaudible]. >> i'm with the homeless commission. we are back again. i was here in 06 and we had these meetings and stuff about the police officers. san francisco is san francisco, police department is the police department. they should be working together. each agency -- if somebody was to work with each other, they wants to get money. that should not be happening because this the city and county of san francisco and ya'll is working for the city and the mayor. i want to know about the whole city. they keep on getting john stewart and he's the most worst management company. it's hard for low income people to get into property. they go by your credit report. i feel if they're doing these hope six projects, they should go under the san francisco housing authority guidelines so people can get in because people cannot get places with bad credit, but if they constantly paying their rent they should

be able to have a place to stay. that should not have nothing to do with it. also, i wanna know -- because we never [inaudible] in 2006 who is over the hope six project? >> thank you. next speaker. >> [inaudible].

>> she says may name is mary and i live in the housing right now. i've lived there for four years i have a son that's 2 years old and i have windows that have gone without repair. >> [inaudible] >> she says what the problem is other than the windows being broken there's a lot of people who do a lot of vandalism and they break things around the properties. >> thank you for the translation. next speaker please. >> i'm a former resident of

west side court. i now reside at 4698 california street. i've been there since october 2012 and since then i've been complaining about bedbugs, i've been complaining about rats. i've been having mold in the kitchen right by the sink, which i have pictures of about the mold and sink -- /skopl of the issues have been resolved and a lot haven't. i'm still having the bedbugs and mold, you i just don't see the rats. how can you not be a senior or disabled and they put you in a senior disabled building. i know some legal issues and things, but i wanted to see that. how could you not be a disabled person, but they put you in the senior disabled. >> i seem sure that someone

from the agency will follow up with you. next speaker. >> i'm here to talk about what we feel the important, that is affordability, keeping our housing safe, with good management and provide resident empowerment and training. we are formulating a san francisco housing authority tenants ewe you know. we have sign in sheets here. please sign up. we are asking for san francisco housing authority tenants, also section eight tenants, senior disabled and also people in sro. everyone who the housing authority is over we want to put in into our tenant's ewe

you know and with power there are people. please sign up with me at the back of the room. i want to talk about what this union will do. better services, better communication, fair and just elections, accountability and transparency. thank you. >> thank you. i'll read more names. maria, [inaudible]. >> when everybody says that i think my father's standing behind me. enough about what's been wrong, which is great. folks need to hear it. i'm here to speak in support of two things. the million dollars -- i would ask folks if you need to have a conversation so you can take it outside so we can hear folks.

>> at least until i'm finished. the million dollars for resident organizing and empowerment, not like what i think has been found to be illegal like the housing authority has done in the past. in you make a bid you get to rebid and get it. [inaudible] and holly court residents get to own and manage those two developments. why is it that everyone praises the [inaudible] neighborhood center, holly courts and [inaudible]. why is holly courts the only completely safe family development in town. it's because of people like frank and karen. holly courts -- they need a bus just to take all their people to a hearing. it's like people like [inaudible] from the neighborhood center. we have 650 members, we've worked with

those two developments since we were founded in 1978. we're not one of the big six and in this town because we're multiethnic organization the past commission president called us white. well, we're multiethnic. we also have a lot of homeowners like myself that have actively working with residents of public housing. we're not the biggest or in the worst shape and there's a reason for that. please help /sorg organizations like the neighborhood center who don't get funded. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is [inaudible] i work closely with both holly court and [inaudible]. we have formed a public housing working group to have a platform for residents to advocate for changes in the community so in the room we have ffpd, we have

campos' office there, we have residents neighbors, everybody with shared responsibility, which is needed. we can only do so much. the residents are sick and tired of being sick and tired. the lack of follow through on accountability of the san francisco housing authority -- their safety and quality of life is being compromised. we're hopeful for the [inaudible] but it can /tpot be upon the back of tenants. we need to include in every possible way residents' voices and input which is why we support campos' budget [inaudible] so important among other things. in addition, we need to include community based organizations that already have an established relationship with the residents and a

history of trust and collaboration. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. i have a few more cards -- phil, rene, [inaudible], carmen and [inaudible] i'm sorry, it's hard to read. >> i'm the sergeant at arm of the [inaudible] resident council and i'd like to go back to what was said before about the shooting murder we had a couple yores ago. we also done had, like, three or four maybe five or six more crime that just happened around the crime that don't get reported and stuff like that and a lot of people tell me oh, they run into the complex and they come out the other end and they

gone. that's another reason why we pushing for the gate to be closing. i'd like to thank miss barbara smith for coming out, going with us around on a walk. i'd like to thank mr. torres for coming out, visiting with us. that's the only way people get to know what we need and stuff. i also like to push tenant participation. when i move into housing at 85 -- excuse me -- holly court in 85 -- i been in housing 39 years, tenant could go sign out for the [inaudible] that they need to use. if i had the two, i could do this myself. tenant used to do their own backyard. tidy up around their own, outside and all of this, and stuff. tenants do want to participate, they just don't have the tools to use it. even if they could be trained for a

couple hours it wouldn't take that long but it will save a lot of money and maintenance a lot of time because we don't have enough maintenance, but we can help and i thank you for letting me have this time. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is [inaudible]. i'm an attorney as the eviction defense collaborative and we are the main place where everyone in the city goes to get answers when they get sued for [inaudible]. and we are very concerned about the plan -- the ideas that the housing authority has to make up budget shortfalls bypassing costs on to tenants such as late fees, main /tphapbs costs and other things like that. we are talking about an agency that has not been doing their job in

maintaining the premises. we hear over and over again how mold is so bad that people are getting sick, that sewage backing up in sinks, roaches on baby's cribs, this is not habitable conditions and for housing authority to pass their costs on in a crisis to the people who are the most venerable, least able to be pay, who will be evicted when they don't pay these fees is completely inappropriate when they haven't been doing their job. there are now 50 on going cases that are in court. we ask that the housing authority dismiss these actions and that they allow us and the housing rights committee and their legal aid to handle this in a more cost effective way to figure out a way for these folks to pay their back rent

and maintain their housing while the housing gets their stuff in order. >> thank you. my name's erin, i'm an attorney with the homeless advocacy housing project. we receive referrals for some of the most difficult eviction cases and otherwise. half of our clients are families with children, the other half a disabled adults. i won't repeat all the habit ability problems. you've heard them all day. what's the point when you impose fee when they can't pay them anyways. how big of a source of revenue can that possibly be? these are the most venerable members of the community and it's not

their fault that the housing is in such bad condition. we are strongly against that proposal. for whatever moments i have left, i'll give one example of a mold case that i recently worked on. a husband and wife, two small children and the wife is pregnant. there's mold all of the baby's crib and things. the family got evicted for non payment of rent for three months and the mold had been there for six months. >> thank you. next speaker. >> [inaudible]. >> good afternoon commissioners, her name is maria ramos and she lives in sunnyville.

hold on a minute. come on folks, we're almost there. i wanna make sure everyone has an opportunity to give public congressmen. comment. >> thank you for opening up this hearing to hear the complaints and issues that are going on in our neighborhood. just like the other tenants she's also speaking on the maintenance issues and safety issues in the property. she

has also heard from other tenants and people that the heating systems in the units have been an issue and there are been no responses to the complaints regarding the non working heating. >> other issues of concern are the plumbing issues. mr. there's back up plumbing in the maintenance is not responding and their response is that there is only one plumbing worker for the property and that is of great concern.

another issue is the peeling paint coming off the walls and a lot of the housing paint has led and has a direct effect on the community. another thing she would like to see is the police department pay attention to the crime committed in the

neighborhood and to give it more attention than they do right now. there was a family whose unit burnt down and they only transferred them to another unit and there was another unit [inaudible] to a better situation. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, good morning. my name is [inaudible] i'm an organizer with power. we work