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affordability. we shouldn't be shouting out at each other we should be working together to make sure that everyone shares in the new economy and build nor affordable housing and keep people in their homes. that starts with passing this legislation. sf city and the tech community will get even more involved in housing and all i can say is stay tuned. (clapping.) >> ms. moore rank was supposed to be here i'm not an adequate substitute for sister moraine they're the folks who serve as
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the can he recall property in san francisco i can, however, report the san francisco construction industry the delegates volted to endorse the sfarts bill. we're the folks who live in the rental unit in san francisco. although we in the building trade absolutely support of the construction of new housing for new resident and our own expanding families on the other hand, we absolutely oppose the eviction of resident so we support the legislation. i've have noubl no doubt others will follow our lead.
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thank you >> thank you ron and mike your joining forces with us will help. we're going to hear from a few people first dean of tenants together and others fighting battles on behalf of tonight's it has a real history the ellis act and we'll hear from two tenant. welcome dean preston >> thank you very much. dean preston with tenants together with the stating organizations. what an credible coalition thank you mayor ed lee and senator leno and president chiu and
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others supervisors how are the hero. i look at this coalition for the much needed reform of the ellis act i ask myself why has this coalition come together there are two answers the people being impacted the victim of those out of control ellis act ventilations those are the fantastic of the community and one thing we often don't mention those are tenants that are accused of doing nothing wrong paid their represent and want to stay in their homes they're the fabric of our community many are seniors and sdabltd resident. the second reason we can all agree on one thing the rising speculative abuse of the ellis act it's foundationally wrong
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and that senator leno's evolutions targets the use of spectators and reverse the ellis act back to its oriental purpose which was to provide landlords who were it is the duty of being landlords and at the time was called the perm and psychological issue. the building behind us you'll hear from tenants the specific latter invoked the ellis act just two months after buying the property so to spectators like this if you don't want to be a landlord don't purpose the property. thank you
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(clapping.) thank you. i'm randy shaw i'm director the housing clinic. thank you our tech friday nights there's a lot of misinformation the tech is against this i want to remind you when i was following the ellis act in 189 plus the assemblyman the morning after the bill passed he said randy don't worry about this we'll put in the language to protect the tenant. the court got into it and a series of insane court decisions nrlgd it to be a speculative tool. the chronicle wrote this morning the ellis act has failed. in the 99 we worked with the state senate and passed sweeping
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changes which overturned 4 court of appeals laws they said you can demolish any building without replacing it in 2003 working with senator loren we got it excluded from the ellis act today, if we hadn't gun control this updated half of chinatown would be demolished today to build high-rises that are so we've had answer the question and with mayor ed lee philosophy of bringing the city together i optional - am optimistic we can win in sacramento >> we here a lot of talk about what's in the ellis act what the intention should be and the
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evictions sometimes, it's too easy to forget the real human impact of what an ellis act eviction means i'm pleased we have to tenants who are here today to share it's not an easy story to hear but keep this in mind. please welcome this gentleman who has experienced the ellis act used on her and her family. (clapping.) >> . >> (speaking foreign language.) >> my name is an explanation
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lee for the past two years i struggled with the ellis act having been one of those who were evicted from the ellis act and for me it's hard to put both brief words of how the past two years have been it's been hard. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i hope i stand before you what i really hope is no one will be evicted and face the ellis act. i hope our city and city officials and politicians will
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step up and i'm glad to see today that change w will happen i hope that will be preserved for a city for people and a city four for our residents and to stay in our homes >> (speaking foreign language.) >> so that we can live in harm many especially those who are seniors and frail and old. thank you (clapping.) thank you, ms. lee and our last speakers or speaker is in district 8 please welcome jeremy michael's
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(clapping.) my name is jeremy michael's i'm a senior living with hiv aids i've been fight for my rent control home of 19 years and ultimately from san francisco itself without the protection of rent control i wouldn't be able to live her. two years ago my building was sold to releasing spectators who's wanted to make that a single-family unit. within two months of the purpose they hazed me to vacate along with an ellis act eviction. i delighted those offers one by
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one i received an ventilation under the ellis act which technically i had one year to vacant. i put up a website site and a joined with the eviction free folks of san francisco a coalition and getting miff a great lawyer steve callingier here today with steve's help my eviction was quashed due to a technologist of how the ellis act was done. i was protect i didn't for others there's no relief. currently my status is in limbo, however, they can still reellis me at any time. my eviction story like many others before me and since and
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including that of ms. lee and the lee family and those of the senior and sdabltd folks go through the ellis act illustrate the need for reforming of the ellis act. especially the loophole that exists in the law today. the bill that senator leno put forward will get back to the original act letting landlords get out of the business and not displacing tenants. help to differentiate between the landlords and the specific last year's. the larpdz will have to be
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landlords for 5 years before going back going out of business. and one going out of business with one property be can't sell and use the ellis act gunning again on another property. this will perhaps take away the ability of aspect larts to harass tenants to vacant by threatening them with an ellis act ventilation. those threats have been commonly used by housing organizations to have resulted in four to five more times in evictions so i fully support this legislation and urge the state lufrz to do
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the same. thank you (clapping) thank you, thank you mr. michael's we're happy to take any questions >> is the property (inaudible) of this building two families want to move in they can't (inaudible). >> current state law prohibits the ellis act unit from being rerented in 5 years. the new person who's had the property a short time did the evicting. the prior landlords for more than 5 years could have gunning duplicate the eviction but even though there's a significant financial noosh to sell an empty
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building they still don't sell the building because there are a human connection. they sell it to a aspect latter n who in this case specifically wanted said to his lawyer i don't want any connection with my tenants because it's harder when the human heart it involved. we think that won't end the problem but we'll see it decrease significantly >> tim you had a question. >> i haven't talked to them but there's been reference to assemblyman bill and my understanding is from what i said is that it will give
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authority to san francisco to be able to consider a more tomb on the ellis act eviction. >> i want to ask the gentleman. >> mr. michael's. >> sure jeremy you have a question about you're low bow out question. >> first a they offered 15 thousand then thirty and was that low. >> considering in my neighborhood castro one bedroom apartment is about $3,200 a month. >> how much are you paying. >> 9 hundred and 42. >> they want you to leave. >> no, i have one year to leave the building under the ellis act. >> by law. >> by law. >> they wanted me to move out
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in 3 months. you have a to release that taxed will be involved after taxed and moving expenses and, you know, coming up with knows taking out a deposit rent deposit and everything else pretty much a lot of folks don't figure that in but in this city you wouldn't last long. >> one last question. >> why do you think the small property owners have to subsidies them in 18970 rent we're paying when we have to pay (inaudible) to keep our buildings maiden you're the cause of this you and all your
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lufrz are the cause of those there are 15 empty properties within a block of my house and you fellows are all the cause. >> i think the question has to do with rent control but this bill differentiates between small property owners and deep pocketed aspect larts we want to protect you're right to use the ellis act as written but not abuseed. >> i'm not talking about - >> i'm clarifying what we're doing (clapping.) . if there was a question i'll take that i know we have a united voice and not only getting this to the governors desk but make sure he signs it as well
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>> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 role the only thing i'm good at i have trying to find my way through school i jousted coffee and decided to do that for the rest of my life i started looking into the process of the coffee and where it came from and where do those beans come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coach stays with me i grew up and one day i'm going to own a coffee shop i should at it in 98 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops to see why people
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go to come over shops. >> we've searched beans api all over the world tokyo and south america. >> when i wanted to do was get into every aspect of the coffee and real estate there was multiply steps of making a great cup of coffee. we do is revolt and that's because with the qualifies of coffee shop and once you revolted it it how far anyone else's and the coffee and one thing about the coffee they were special blends i create. i spent seven years on one blend. each bean is all chemistry and blend with each culture and
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beans is like people beans and those people give me a reputation and it only happens fwhons a lifetime. your clients love you and that's what happens. >> but then i fell in love a eternal hanging out at the coffee shops the coffee woosz terrible by the community aspects i initiated. >> i think it's a important place to find your friends and people. >> you love my city san francisco has a good name and a reputation and has every culture in this planet in san francisco.
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it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i role like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and after living here the entire time there's one thing that's important the people talk about seattle and they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco. san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of coffee scene in the entire nation >> there's so much romance in coffee it is around the sourcing of it and how it got her it's a
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