several existing facilities. the projects included in the supplemental request are terminal projects primarily for the redevelopment of terminal one boarding area b, the renovation of terminal 3 east, and improvements to the terminal 3 boarding area s area of the airport as well as airport service projects for the new air traffic control tower and the support buildings that will connect the tower with our existing terminals. also included in the airport service project section of the appropriation is the funding for plot 700 which was the item i just addressed before. ground side projects include a new long-term parking garage facility as well as an extension of our air train, airfield projects include runway safety area projects and other taxi land improvements. there is also included utility projects such as a new

industrial waste treatment facility, recycled water distribution pipeline, and other infrastructure improvements. the proposed resolution and ordinance are before you today instead of moving, as it traditionally would as part of airport's budget, in order to ensure the financing necessary as we ramp up the completion of our runway safety program. starting next month, the program will really become -- it will get as large as it's ever going to become as we close two of our runways for four months to finish the project. the supplemental request has been reviewed by -- and approved by both the airport commission and the airport financial advisory committee. also by the city's capital planning committee. and as i mentioned, i am joined here by the airport budget director if you have specific questions on some of these projects. he can address that. >> okay, thank you. colleague, any questions at this point? supervisor mar? >> actually, i appreciate the

detail of the capital improvements. do you know yet where the waste treatment facility or the water treatment plants are going to be cited? >> i believe that we do, yes. i'm going to ask robert to address that. ~ >> bruce robertson [speaker not understood] for the airport. supervisor, we have a existing sanitary treatment plant and an existing industrial waste treatment plant and we have some vacant land by the waste treatment plant where we will house the new one. >> where are they located? >> that is currently in what would be the northeast part of the airport where the north cargo area is. so, away from our terminal complex. >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. >> colleague, if there is no further comment, we'll move to our budget analyst report. mr. rose, can we go through 3, 4, 5? >> yes, mr. chairman, members

of the committee. regarding item 3, on page 11 of our report in the fiscal impact section, we note that funding of the plot 700 development project is contingent upon approval by the board of supervisors of the issuance and appropriation of up to 1.9 billion in airport [speaker not understood] and that's under files 14 0 237 which we'll get to in a minute and 1403 2. the annual debt service on the pro positived bond is paid for by annual operating revenue which includes payments to the airport by the airlines under their lease agreements with the airport and airport concession and other airport revenues. as you know, the airport operates under a residual rate setting methodology, otherwise known as the break even policy. and that's used by the airport to determine runway related fees and other fees by all the airlines. the increases in the airport's operating costs due to increased debt service would be

funded by the increased [speaker not understood] under the lease agreementses with thev airport. so, we recommend that you approve the proposed resolution contingent on the board of supervisors's approval of the pending resolution authorizing the issuance of the airport revenue bonds a file 1403 27 and the related supplemental appropriation file 1402 32 ~. and going to those two items, items 4 and 5, i would note on page 15 of our report that the proposed resolution would authorize the airport to issue the 1.9 billion which i just previously referenced in airport bonds. that includes 1,456,4 34,700 dollars in direct costs, and [speaker not understood] in related costs and that's shown in table 2 on page 15 of our report. the project costs are detailed in table 3 on page 17 of our report with additional detail shown in the attachment on page

20 of our report. on page 16 of our report, we note that according to the estimates provided by airport staff, the proposed revenue bonds would be sold with an interest rate of 6.12% over 30 years. the airport's first year debt service is estimated to be approximately 10.2 billion in fiscal year -- excuse me, million, 10 million 244,901 in fiscal '14 with total debt service payments of 4 billion [speaker not understood] over the full 30-year term of the bonds of which approximately 1.9 billion is the principal amount and 2.4 billion is the amount for interest and related costs. on page 18 of our report, as discussed, we note that the proposed appropriation includes the 30.2 million in construction and design costs for the plot 70 development

project which cannot be completed without additional board of supervisors approval of the environmental review findings in accordance with the california environmental quality act. so, our recommendations on page 19 are that we recommend that you amend the proposed ordinance as file 1403 32 to request the appropriation 40,9 29 [speaker not understood] budget and finance committee reserve, pending approval of the board of supervisors by the c-e-q-a findings for this project and we recommend that you approve the proposed resolution file 1403 27 and the proposed ordinance file 1402 32 as amended. i'd be happy to respond to any questions, supervisors. >> thank you, mr. rose. colleagues, any questions at this time? okay, why don't we open this up to public comment. anybody wish to comment on items 3, 4 or 5?

my only question is how -- will there be any unexpected delays with the construction on the new airport? and if so, how long would that be? >> okay. anybody else wish to comment publicly on these items? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> i would just say i'm sure at this point there are no anticipated delays in the construction schedule, but you never know what happens in the future and i'm faithful that the sfo staff will make sure that is the case and they will work on that diligently. colleagues, we have three item to approve here. item number 3, we have a budget analyst recommendation to approve condition on the board of supervisors approval. can i take a motion to amend item number 3? >> so moved. >> as such, madam clerk? >> i believe the amendment for item number 4. >> i'm sorry, item number 3 was -- mr. rose, can i double-check

here? sorry, my notes are confusing. item number 3 your recommendation was to approve that? no amendments? >> that is correct, supervisor. >> okay. so, colleagues, first a motion to approve item number 3. >> so moved. >> we take that without objection. [gavel] >> and then that item number 4 was to approve a contingent -- mr. rose, can we go to you again on item number 4 now specifically, can we go to your recommendation, the amendments we need to consider here? >> what we're suggesting, supervisors, is that based on the completion of the, of the c-e-q-a, that you approve the proposed resolution -- excuse me. this is number -- mr. chairman,

you were asking me about -- >> for items 4 and 5 i want to go through -- item number 4, just restate recommendation. >> i just want to clarify something. we're recommending the budget and finance committee reserve on the 32.2 million for the plot 700 very many. and the wording should say upon completion of c-e-q-a. >> and this is for item number 4? >> yes. >> okay. >> correct. >> that was your only recommendation for item 4? >> that's correct. >> so, colleagues, can i have a notion to accept that without amendment? [gavel]. >> line item? >> so moved. [gavel] >> mr. row, item number 5, so that's clean as well. >> item 5 is clean ~. 033 2 with no amendments. >> okay. so, motion to approve item number 5? >> i was thinking it was more slick than clean, but we'll go

with clean. second. >> we can take that without objection. [gavel] >> okay. madam clerk -- >> mr. chair? >> yes. >> i would like to request the department submit the amended ordinance to our office before 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> okay. [speaker not understood] from the airport. thanks very much. madam clerk, call one item out of order here because a lot of people are waiting. can you call item number 9, please? >> item number 9 is a hearing on the availability of legal assistance and representation for tenants facing eviction in san francisco, specifically how many housing attorneys are supported by city funding and how many attorney would be needed so that every tenant facing eviction in san francisco will have access to legal representation. >> okay, thank you very much. this item was sponsored by supervisor campos. so, supervisor, i'll let you take it away. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and i want to thank mr. rose for not recommending the elimination of my position just yet. but i do want to be very brief in this item and i want to thank you, mr. chairman, and

the committee, for giving us the opportunity to go out of order. and we have a number of speakers, just so you know, most of the speakers have agreed to simply have one person speak for the various organizations that are here because we know that the committee has a very full agenda today. we all know that san francisco is facing an affordability crisis. we have the highest rent in the country. 3,400 is the median, that the median home price for a house in san francisco is a million dollars, and we know that hundreds of tenants are being evicted as a result of that. we also know that here in san francisco the board of supervisors, the mayor's office has responded to deal with this crisis through a number of measures, including most recently the relocation assistance measure that increases the amount of relocation. the fact is, though, that we can pass all the laws that,

that, that are needed, but unless people are able to avail them self-of the benefits of those laws, the laws are not going to end up helping the people that need the help. ~ themselves we asked the budget analyst to do a brief report and we ant to thank him and his staff as always for the expeditious completion of that work to look into the question of how many tenants who are facing eviction and displacement are actually being represented by counsel. i personally was shocked to see the findings, and the findings were that in 2012 there were 3,695 unlawful detainers filed in san francisco superior court and only 478 of though tenants were actually less than 13% of tenants were actually represented by legal counsel ~. the numbers are not that much better in 2013. 3,4 23 unlawful detainer

actions ~ and only 17% of tenants were represented by counsel. and the statistics show that when a tenant is facing eviction, if that tenant is represented by counsel, he is many time more likely to actually stay in their home than someone who is not. and, so, the purpose of this hearing is to underscore that part of the strategy to address the crisis of evictions in displacement has to be how do we ensure that tenants actually have the legal support that is needed, that they need to make sure they survive that eviction. with that, i want to ask the public defender of san francisco, jeff hadachi, who has been working on this issue with us. i don't know if jeff is here. i don't see jeff. if he can say just a brief few words before we go on to public

comment. mr. hadachi. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors. i'm here to express my support for expanding legal services for landlord tenant representation. although i'm a public defender, my efforts of focusing representation of residents accused of a crime, i've seen a great need for legal services in other areas, specifically housing rights, child custody, and family law. san francisco, as you know, is experiencing a grave housing crisis. as a result, thousands of people are being evicted. according to the budget analyst report, there were 3,362 evictions last year in san francisco. the budget analyst has pointed out that it larch the actual number of evictionses are much greater because not ali vixes are ~ reported. most of the people are without any legal assistance through

this eviction process. of the eviction that were actually fought, approximately 90% of tenants did not have any lawyer or any legal assistance. many of these tenants have been forced to move away from san francisco and others have become homeless. as public defender, i've seen the impact that these evictions have had on our city's poorest residents. we represent about 20,000 people every year. one of the areas that we are experiencing the largest number evictions among our clients is section 8 housing. many of the residents are being evicted without having any access to legal services and without knowledge of their rights. it is very frustrating to me because we can only provide representation as to the criminal process, not to these other essential areas. now, in san francisco, the city does provide funding to agencies that does provide representation to those who needy vix assistance, and obviously the mayor's office of housing brian chew is ~ chu is

here as well jeff barkley. the reality is there are a dozen lars who are funded to focus on evictions. and we estimate that at least ~ twice the number of lawyers is needed to meet the demand that's been identified just by the budget analyst to deal with unlawful detainer and eviction actions. currently only 10% of individuals facing unlawful detainer actions are receiving full scope representation, where over 90% of landlords have expert eviction attorneys representing them. it is also necessary to provide legal assistance early on in the process. there are thousands of tenants who never reach the unlawful detainer stage because they are unaware of their rights and they do not have access to legal assistance or a lawyer and they agree to move out and they agree to a buyout and they don't have the ability to know and exercise their rights. in other counties and states across the nation, there has been a call for free

representation in housing cases. jim who is a partner in morris and forrester has been a strong advocate for this. new york's legal aid program which is the equivalent of the public defender there also provides legal assistance to those facing eviction as part of the representation they provide. other states are extending the right to counsel in matters where important rights are being impacted. housing is one of those critical rights. san francisco should be a leader in providing legal assistance to those who need it. now, we already have a network of legal service providers in our city that do a great job of providing eviction defense, but there is no way that they can handle the demand given the crisis we're experiencing. we need to ensure that they have the funding and staffing necessary to provide representation in these cases. a recent harvard study found that people who are facing

eviction and receiving legal representation are two-thirds more likely to keep their residences than those without. another study in san mateo found that tenants who received full scope legal representation receive "outcome comes far superior to those who got a little or no legal assistance." so, legal assistance makes a huge difference in the outcome of whether a person is aloud to stay. the budget analyst has done a good job of describing the program. their statistics fully support what we're asking for here. the report amply demonstrates there is a great need in our city for legal aid for tenants who are being evicted. so, what's the solution? i would start with providing more funding to provide attorneys to work an eviction defense. i would increase the 12 attorneys to at least 24. and also fund parallel support. this will have the impact of providing legal representation to those tenants who are not currently being represented and lawful detainer actions and evictions.

~ paralegal i also think there need to be lawyers available to provide advice to thousands of people who have been offered a buyout or harassed out or choose not to contest their eviction, but still need legal advice. these san franciscans need help and lawyers can be assigned to various hot spots throughout the city where the largest number of evictions are occurring. they can be assigned to communities such as bayview hunters point where there is a legal clinic now that is not receiving any support from the city. we can reduce the number of eviction cases also if we require mandatory mediation in lieu of litigation and ali vix actions from city-funded housing ~. this could actually reduce the number of forced eviction cases by 25 to 40%. so, again, this will reduce the need for lawyers by reducing the number of cases. another would be to mandate that the s-r-o housing staff assign a social worker to individuals who are having

difficulties meeting their responsibility as tenants due to poverty, mental health, financial crises, and substance abuse. there also needs to be a way to stabilize funding to the agencies that provide these services. currently there is a gap in the flow of services since the, for example, the eviction defense collaborative which holds most of the contracts where city funding is given to other agencies. we don't get their funding until july and that funding is not received until october. this means that agencies must often reduce its staffing before it learns of its funding award and then has to hire new staff once that funding becomes available. this disrupts services and makes it difficult if not impossible for the eviction defense collaborative to properly manage staffing and funding to its contractors. how does the board know these resources would solve the problem? i would again turn to mr. rose's office and ask them to

do an analysis, which is needed, to figure out what is needed to solve this problem that they have identified. it's critical that we come together as a city and ensure that the agencies that provide assistance to those who need legal representation in eviction cases are properly funded and resourced. thank you. i also have a copy of a opinion editorial that was in today's chronicle in case you didn't see that. thank you. >> thank you, mr. public defender. before we go to public comment, i want to briefly ask our sheriff who i know that he and his office also have a role to play when it come to eviction defense. sheriff mirkarimi. >> thank you, mr. supervisor, supervisor campos, colleague, former colleagues. we were here for another matter. glad to hear that this hearing is taking place. the sheriff's department is the agency of last resort.

the over 1500 evictions that have taken place last year similar to previous years are all administered by the san francisco sheriff's department. out of concern about the number of evictions taking place and the intensity of the evictions that in itself were taking place, we had asked in our budget last year for the support, the funding for the eviction assistance unit so that we can assist people to try to rebound from the eviction process so they're not made homeless. we're concerned that if there is any intervention when the nonprofits on behalf of somebody being evicted occur, that the order of time -- by the time a writ comes down from

the courts for the eviction itself leaves very little time in itself. so, even if well resourced, members of the nonprofit advocate community are enabled to help cushion this particular blow and this reality. still, you can imagine by the sheer volume and scale of evictionses that come to us, then that's it ~. and it's the sheriff, myself, who exercises based on statutory authority some discretion that allows us to be able to make sure that it is -- that somebody is not being unfairly displaced. but we don't have the legal staff in our own office to even evaluate that particular process. so, very minimum, i would certainly like our ability to help people not become homeless and working with whoever the

resourced organizationses are to advocate for people that are being evicted ~. ellis act evictions is certainly what's been on the press as attention in the media for quite sometime. but that pales in comparison to the other eviction categories that are taking place in san francisco. and i would encourage the board of supervisors for future hearings on funding for the organizations that are here to also consider us in being resourced in the eviction assistance unit because we are doubling our staff up to try to help people find housing so that they're not being evicted or when they're being evicted have something alternative to. thank you. >> thank you. and i know that we have here brian chu, jeff buckley from the mayor's office of housing. we look forward to working in the near future to come up with a proposal around this issue. ~ mayor's office

i know there is a short time, so, turn it over to public comment. and if i may, i'd like to begin by asking the dean of usf law school, john [speaker not understood] who is here. dean [speaker not understood], thank you very much for taking time out of your schedule to be here. i know that we're giving each person two minutes. so, dean. >> i thought it was one minute. i want to thank you for your leadership and the comments of public defender this morning. it is a very important issue. you heard about the measurement of the quality of need in san francisco. another is the quality of the resolution of disposition of cases. you, this board has led the way for tenant protections, both tenant protections if there is not a lawyer there to make sure those are carried out in court, it's as if you didn't pass them. i happen to serve on a jury, a three-day trial, a [speaker not understood] case. we came back in 7 minutes as a

jury. if the tenant had had an attorney and had legal representation, it would have been a much different disposition, probably would not have had to go to court. so, the role of the attorneys is both to make sure your protections are in place, but also to counsel and help people in need so that the quality of decisions are made on the merits. finally, what i would like to say, too, is that usf will be offering an eviction defense course starting next spring. with that we'll provide up to 20 students who will be in this class, [speaker not understood] five or six ex tern ships so they will support families in this air i can't tellv so, again, i thank the leadership of supervisor campos and the board for making this happen. thank you. >> thank you, dean [speaker not understood]. i also would like to call upon the president of the san

francisco bar association, stephanie scape who is here. madam president, thank you for being here. >> thank you. i am stephanie scape. i'm the president of the bar association of san francisco. i'm also the president of our nonprofit entity, the justice and diversity center formerly known as the volunteer legal services program. i want to thank you for taking public comment on this very important issue. the bar association has been at the forefront of supporting efforts by the city to make legal services available for low-income san franciscans. through our jdc, we provide legal representation to low-income san franciscans with a particular focus on eviction defense, family law, and federal benefits advocacy. our eviction defense services are provided by volunteer attorneys as well as our staff attorneys. what is happening in san francisco? last year, our staff and

volunteers provided services, eviction defense services to more than 1300 households. what do those numbers tell us? two things. the first is that legal services for low-income households facing eviction are desperately needed in the city. but there is one other thing that those statistics don't tell us. how many of those household were provided full-scope representation? full-scope representation only was provided in 25% of those cases. that means that 75% of those folks did not have an attorney who was qualified and available to take their case to trial if necessary. we did what we can and we leverage our volunteers to make the biggest impact that we can, but qualified legal services staff are really necessary to make a difference in the city. i have with me here aaron katayama who is one of our staff attorneys at the homeless advocacy project which is one of the projects of the san

francisco bar association's justice and diversity center. that project and our right to civil counsel project, two projects we provide civil defense services. i'd like you to hear from erin briefly and the work she does for full scope legal services representation for these tenants. >> thank you. >> thank you. i'll be very brief. i am the only staff attorney at the homeless advocacy project whose full-time job it is to provide full scope representation to tenants facing eviction. and i've seen firsthand that tenants without full-scope representation by an experienced attorney are forced to try to litigate eviction cases on their own again high paid and high priced law firms. it is virtually impossible for vulnerable clients like ours, people who are either elderly, disabled or with small children, people with limited english proficiency to fully

litigate a case on their own without an attorney. they come into our office confused about the eviction process and the procedures and until they receive help from an attorney who is experienced, it is virtually impossible for them to receive a fair outcome. the homeless advocacy project is set up to do this kind of full-scope representation as the only eviction attorney, full-time eviction attorney at haps. i know from experience another eviction attorney at our office would be extremely beneficial to meet the need. we do hundreds of cases a year, but we have to turn down hundreds a year. it's frustrating to have to do that. thank you. >> thank you very much. and we have a number of speakers here. and what i would ask is that i know that there are representatives from different organizations. so, if you can please line up to our left, your right, and just come up. we're going to try to limit if possible to on