families including hundreds of children is homeless in san francisco. there's, in fact, a church that is used as a shelter in 25 to 50 families use the shelter almost every evening there's no facilities and showers only a few toilets and sinks. we shouldn't allow those units to be vacant when we have shelters that are empty. in february of this year we were projected a surplus in new and unanticipated revenue. i know this is not something we traditionally do we have not duplicate ♪ the past we earmark funds but we contacting can't use 1960 policies we have in san francisco in 2014 we have to do

something different and continuing to allow those units that be neglected and allow people to live in those conditions and continue to isolate them from affordable housing in our city is not what we should be doing as a city we have thousands of people without homes and thousands struggling to keep their homes we have thousands of unused housing that can be used and we have millions of dollars. i'm leery about the supplements in general but those are extraordinary circumstances and require extraordinary measures i don't want this to get lost in the process. we can make a lasting impact on

hundreds of residents. i want to thank mayor ed lee when i came into office one of the things he asked me about my 3 top priorities i said number one public housing and number 2 and 3 public housing. living in public housing for over half my life has given me a prospective unlike 0 anyone i know that we need to make a difference in the lives of the constituen constituents. but i see we're having discussions about building affordable housing but this discussion has to make public housing a priority not just public housing as that relates to the housing authority but

remaining e retaining public housing all over the city we can't say out with the old and in with the new with you to make sure the people are still protected i feel we're on the right track but we have to look at putting our money where our mouth is. i believe this is a large effort to make sure that the residents in public housing can enjoy security in their homes when supervisor farrell introduced a measure to the hot team we have a place to take people for trickle purposes but we have one hundred and 72 units if we provide with the right support we can prioritize homeless people in order to get one hundred and 72 units on line

that can house hundreds which for the purpose so that's what i'm asking for today. i'm not necessarily introducing the legislation to make the request i'm asking the controller to start to draft the request and i want to look at other ways to support around furnishings and case management to make sure they're getting the comprehensive support they need. thank you, colleagues the rest i'll submit >> thank you supervisor breed. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you madam president and supervisor breed for the special. as we talk about the housing authority crisis it has to be an important exponent. i want to talk about the hearing

we'll be holding tomorrow at the budget committee a hearing on the availability of legal assistance and residence in santa fe san francisco that are facing eviction. specifically the tent to which tenants are facing eviction and patrol car there's adequate representation is an important part of the strategy to make sure we allow people who want to stay in san francisco remain in san francisco. i want to also not there will be a press conference at 9:00 a.m. to discuss this issue we'll be discussing a recent 0 report by the budget analyst report we have a lot of work to do in the area of insuring proper representation to tenants.

as we're phasing the housing crisis where the rent in san francisco is hire than any other city we have a report from the budget analyst report this shows in calendar years 2013-2014 tenant were only represented 12.9 percent and 17 percent of the time. we know that tenants who are facing eviction he procedures are likely to stay in their homes with legalese representation. it's only provide in 13 percent and 2012 and 17 percent in 2013 shows there's a huge gap that needs to be addressed. we believe that legal representation should be provide for tenants phasing eviction

with their financial status and look forward to having that communication at the budget committee meeting tomorrow the rest i'll submit >> thank you. i'm introducing legislation to introduce the short term rentals. we've seen an explosion in short-term renltz it's estimated this is happening over one hundred thousand times in our city. we know everyday our current laws on the books to prevent our housing from being used as hotels is being broken and our bracket enforcement has phenomenon been working. i'm proposing a different approach based on feedback from proposers. first is to create a clear

distinction between unacceptable and reasonable activity in this area of sharing housing. on one hand we've known of offender who have taking entire homes off the market and turning them into hotels. on the other hand, we all know worker families and students on summary break and residents traveling or seniors with a spare room have been able to use the new sharing arrangements to pay for rent. today optimum proposing a distinction based on ones preliminary place of home. if they're a permanent san francisco person and their apartment is where they actually live for 9 months of the year.

under our proposal a resident who meets the requirements can carry liability insurance in case anything goes wrong. the second element of our proposal would be to strengthen enforcement. there have been multiple codes but the codes have not been consistent with the rules. my legislation will make it clear that all apartment buildings are subject to regulation and if a resident is not registered but involved with short term rentals that person will be automatically in violation and will be place on a black list until they come into compliance. as part of this conversations we have to make sure that we have the resources for enforcement. the third element is that we

will finally be regularly the online short-term rentals. we know there are dozens of platforms and under our proposal every approach will have to notify their tenants before posting is loud and every approach will have to have taxation. the last element is to really emphasis our city needs to collect the taxes we have to pay millions of dollars to pay for all our services for all the tourists who visit us. this is necessary to be roved before moving forward. i want to thank the treasurer for pushing this bill as well.

two weeks ago after resolving that a b b agreed to collect taxation i appreciate and i know this is important. our legislation will require every approach collect all taxation. this legislation strikes the right balance for the san franciscans to share their housing and cover their rent and supplement their income but we have to protect our tenants and others from displacement. i want to thank dbi and the city attorney's office and thank the tenants union for their support of our legislation and thank the feedback from online platforms as well as the apartment association and the coalition for bettered housing.

i know there will be more discussions and look forward to those and thank amy chang >> mr. president, seeing none, other nominations that concludes the roll call. >> i want to go to our accomodation district had would like to move forward with we do those at 2:30 but there's a important person here. >> again, thank you very much supervisor chiu and colleagues for entertaining this. for this person i wish we could roll out a red carpet. last week wednesday something tragic and beautiful at the same

time happened on ocean beach. today, i'm so thrilled to be able to how were you someone who both sides the true sense of the word. a 17 why would i think he's decided to go catch waves he saved two people from darwin at ocean beach. i personally don't even dare to surf at ocean beach. o and second of all really taking it upon user to see people were distressed. unfortunately, one of the individuals a 14-year-old child was in the able to be found and the father who you saved is in critical condition at this point. so if it were not for you last wednesday would have been worse

worse i can't tell you how many people are proud of you one of the sufficienters saved a life. i also want to take the time to recognition all the people who again are thrilled for you. your father joe is a captain with our san francisco fire department and come to know joe over the years and supervisor chiu is here and joey know that you probably are so incredibly proud i see your sister joanna and uncle and, of course, from our fire department chief joann

white so thank you, thank you, thank you. it's much more interesting to hear your experience last wednesday but before i do so i wanted to let you know that aqua suffer in our strict are thrilled they've contributed a gift certificate and i want to invite dave with his wife jessie he's the owner of a shop and he heard about this and has a special gift for us if i can get the approval of the board for dave to talk about this >> thanks just a few words about last week. it was a real tragedy what happened at the beach. i'm here to celebrate jose

bravery but to remember marcos i was hrng i am a local sufficient eerie know how powerful the waves can be. i was down at the beach when this happened. and i saw the fire trucks come down and my wife and i and neighbor watched the instruct happen it was on the 6 o'clock news we heard about tony this amazing young man who saved two people from darwin. as a sufficient eerie can't help but pit myself in this situation and asked myself can i have done this. i want to say yes, but i don't know. i just can't say for sure it's

an unbelievable thing that you did it makes a hero it's somebody that does an unbelievable thing when it's over i say to myself boy i'm glad it was that person that was there not just anyone you should be proud of yourself so as a local sufficient eerie think on behalf of everyone here i have something for you. this is a 17 inch body sufficiently hand plan made by my company surf craft it's designed for beach surfer. i read you're taking a well deserved break from surfer but i hope this allows you to get back

into the water i'm sure we need you out there so good job tony (clapping.) so with that, tony's invite you to share a few words and invite the chief up here >> i want to thank everyone the city council and fire department and the class who sported me, i'm happy but the results were sad when i did my best out there i'm happy i am safe too.

i want to thank everyone (clapping.) good afternoon to the board of supervisors. i'd like to acknowledge supervisor tang for acknowledging our local hero antonio it was nearly a week ago wednesday we were invited there were 3 swimmers in distress around stairwell 27. as it unfold we have an practices there we worked really well with the coast guard we would have had 3 victims in noted for tony. you gave up your sufficient board and make sure he was safe

to save his uncle and like you said it was sad there's one boy missing and a mom at the hospital by the side of her husband hoping for great things he's injured and ill. her son has gone missing we've not been able to find him but we're gratified we have people in our community out for a wednesday afternoon suv the city is appreciative and would like to say you did an phenomenal job that was an emotional day and i can say i have the future to work with joe he's a captain in the department and it will make him proud it will make me proud

if you follow in his footsteps. as a small token off our appreciation may be one day you'll be a professional firefighter in our department (clapping.) thank you chief white and tony i want to announce that some of the individuals in the community have started a memorial fund for marcos who was not found we'll be posting that on our website. again, thank you to the family and dave for all of your contributions today

(clapping.) thank you tony and supervisor tang. with that colleagues why don't we go to general public comment >> at this point

members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction and the adaptation without reference to committee calendar it's not allowed on items that are already been addressed please address our comments to the whole board if you want a document to be delayed please clearly state that and remove the document when returned to live coverage meeting. >> members of the board i spent the month of march with my family in florida i hope you missed me as much as i miss you dingdong the witch is dead. city public library committee

jewel gomez has been sacked along with the other member it's about time. they've embarrassed this city and i finding either the city librarian are the library commission in violation of the sunshine ordinances she was recommended by the san francisco ethnics commission to be removed if office. for 8 solid years they perpetuated along with the city people a fraud upon this city

they lawed a group of private individuals to spend over $60 million raised in the name of library and the citizens of this city and yet for two years i was unable to find were any of the money went. mr. herrera was violating a law and committed perjury saying he got nothing when he was getting 4 to $500,000 a year and under penalty of perjury claimed he got nothing he's the next one to go. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> secretary of state hillary clinton on a meeting addressed

the meeting of armenian genocide it's been viewed and properly so and so so as a matter of historical debate and conclusions and not political it's right for the united states government to try to use government power to resolve historic issues opens a dangerous door i agree hillary clinton whether the armenian citizens have done the yesterday acid there's one tour guide in hungry that talks about talked about this they don't need opinions about the misdeeds of

their grandparents it scapegoats the tucker's and services no purpose in san francisco. you supervisors should be asking in our own constituents rather than worried about the foreign world >> hi i'm terry - i want to go hang out i wind up being on the street loan so the muni is important it makes it different to get around and wasting a half an hour at the bus stop you can be a victim. regarding the ellis act i have a church member she's in belmount because she couldn't be placed

in san francisco. her story is basic one of coming from utah and her father came here to work and the lady that was sfoeptdz care for the children had to put them on a bus and wrote a letter so the father didn't get the letter in time people recognized the children that's probably in the newspapers patricia libby. years later she gets ellis act out of her home and not allowed to be in san francisco. her sister took her in but to this day she can't live in san francisco because they placed her in bat out of hell mount. so if you have any compassion please find out about patricia libby she was dropped off near the bus station as a child.

i just want to say tomorrow, tomorrow indictments tomorrow. it's only is another day. we need to remember those are crimes on the public and i go to the pretty well court the media was gary's i had to scold them >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is rita i'm a tenant at robert fit. i want to direct this to supervisor breed i met you last summer when you are you were holding this eviction her family

i've lived next door to them my ceiling has been damaged repeatedly but they don't want to repair my ceiling. okay instead of you being your brothers keeper it looked the housing authority on you choose to keep those people in housing they're that he had fills and gang members a majority of people live in fear my daughter is 14 and a half last wednesday while i'm down at glide volunteering my kwes question when i asked the housing commission how many the police officers didn't come in and remove sonya i had restraining orders on both of those people. and now it's not safe to