>> i understand that but what my point was different, my point was if the property and property owner is already punished for not having corrected these issues why are we punishing the property owner again for a new order of abatement for the same issue? as a matter of double jeopardy that seems wrong. if they have existing ish oo uzwhether they know or not that order of abatement exists and don't need the- >> i think we have to go through the procedure because there is a new owner. >> i did have a question about the demolition of the fronts stairs do you know when that happened? >> i think it may have been longer than that but somewhere in that vicinity. my understanding is they were doing work on the interior and they essentially started to

collapse. that is a issue in the order of abatement is the front stairs. that isn't a new issue either. any other questions i can attempt to address? >> okay, thank you. >> thank you. >> rose mary. >> we are doing public comment and rebutal. >> any members of the public who wish to-- >> get in line if you want to-- >> everyone who going to speak, please line up. >> [speaking spanish] >> good morning. my name is

luteesia, i'm a tenant counselor and organizer [inaudible] i'm work ong the tenants with repair issues since december december 2014. the property was owned by [inaudible] during the time when we filed the complaint in december. my understanding work under [inaudible] purchased the property in january, mid-january and the tenants spoke to a representative of theirs, told them about the repairs. we wrote letters about the repairs and i just don't understand why there has been no action. there a roof collapsing, i do not feel safe walking on the back stairs and now you have 20

people, 22 people without a roof. [inaudible] sro's having to rent rooms, sleeping in cars. you have people without a home. it has been 6 months sich the purchase of property and it is since mid-prl when the tenants were forced out because of the conditions of the properties were so horrendous that the city didn't feel it was safe for them to be there. how do we holds these people responsible and get the repairs completed? that is what i'm here forime rrb here to advocate for the tenants. many latino immigrants struggling to also send money back home to families because now they are having to pay 600, 700 dollars for a hotel room before they were able to share a room in the home. that is

all i want to share. if you have any questions i'm also free. >> thank you. next. >> my name is [inaudible] i'm a attorney for the tenants that were living at 938-940 hampsure. i want to address issues [inaudible] first of all, when working group purchased the building there were leans on the property for the issues many issues that you are addressing today so they had knowledge of the deterioration. when someone buys a building they are responsible for repair issues and anything that needs to be taken care for the tenants in the property. the second thing is the permit that mr. freedman mentioned that were served with the notice to vacate in march or april, a day before we filed

the lawsuit against working [inaudible] those permits are the ones mrs. bosky mentioned that were inadequate and only addressed the minor issues in the property. they don't address the major issues including the back stairs and sale rring clamshs. when they say they aurmd pulled permits they are not mentioning the fact that the permiterize not for the mu kwlorft work you are talking about today. the next issue is they say they can't get permits, but they just removed the stairs about 2 or 3 weeks ago, so while they express concerns they can't get permits it doesn't stop them from doing things illegally anyway. further, they consistently stated in their appeal then in their support of their appeal brief, they say the tenants are getting in the way of them doing the work necessary. the tenants have been out of that property for 2 and a half month squz not

allowed back in the property with the exception of 2 or 3 times 2 of the times court ordered because the clients were forced to leave. the clients are living in hotel and can't store their property. the clients are not in the way, the tenant are not in the way. there is nobody in the property to get in their way. nerks they talk about the permit that they want to get for the majority of the property and how this old permit that was pulled in 1995 prevented them from doing this work. i believe building inspector [inaudible] signed off on that old permit in june, approximately a month ago. when i asked why that was, it is because the contractor asked them to do that because it was in the way of getting the necessary permits to do the work now. it has been a month

and no work is done. i don't know why it will take another week to start work when this place is vacant for 2 and a half months and signed off on the permit. also want to mention at a court hearing we asked the court to order access to our clients because they couldn't get in after the landlord locked the building and the clients had no way to get their prairpt. the attorney they had represent them mentioned they want ed to keep the tenants out because the tenants might squat in the property. despite the fact the tenants were still legal tents of the property. after the court order was given the day before the tenants were allowed to get their stuff out, the landlord or somebody had both bathrooms completely gutted and all the kitchens had all the

appliances removed. they were making sure our clients had no way of living in that property and we asked to have access to the property they said they can't get in because the stairs are eare moved. i ask you to question why the bathroom, kitchen and front stairs were removed and nothing else has been done. i'm sure my time is up so just wanted to thank you for letting me speak. >> thank you. next. >> next speaker. >> the public comment is 3 minutes but you have translators you can get double time. >> [speaking spanish] >> good morning my name is john

carilous and i am a tenant in the unit. they had us vacate and we are just wondering -wandering around. and we want today know if we were going be able to return quickly because the money we earn is not enough to be paying hotels. and we are hoping that it is repaired as soon as possible so we can return to the unit. i have

been a tenant since 2005 and since the new owner bought the property they made us vacate and i don't know why. and the new owner that arrived also didn't want to fix anything and i don't know why. and we have been vacated from-a while but we have been afraid to say anything because we feared we have to leave the property so we have been living in those conditions for a while. and we

have our personal items in there and we can't have access to them and we have been having to purchase new things that we need. for that same reason they removed the stairs so we wouldn't have access to come in. that's it, thank you. >> thank you. next, please. >> [speaking spanish] good

morning, i have been a tenet at that unit since 2004 and since the last 3 months we have been out of the property and we are requesting your help to so we can return to our home. and we are hoping things are repaired because we have been to hotel to hotel andilately we have been in one hotel for a month, which-they fix their

home so we can return to our things. and when we vacated the property, they told us it would take 1 to 2 week squz it is taken 3 months now and we are begging for your help because i don't feel it is fair we have been living in a hotel. and that's all i wanted to ask for, just for your help. thank you. >> next, please. >> [speaking spanish] good

morning, my name is [inaudible] i have been living at the 940 since june 11, 1998. when i arrived there everything was better, but things are--

[waiting for translation]-- since the owner died, another person came by and we've been having problems. they just come by and charge their fees. we ask them to fix our water. we had cold water and we were

taking cold showers and for a while we were not taking a shower. later on they would just come by and charge for their rent and nothing would happen. afterwards we found out they sold the property, a representative came by to talk to us, but nothing has happened. after the owners

purchase they told us we needed to vacate and it would take about 3 weeks like the other lady mentioned but woe have been living in hotels. i found a little room and paying 650 dollars and still don't have a bed. i have to sleep on the floor. all our personal items are still at the property. we haven't been able to access it. we just took out some clothing items so we could continue going to work and that is all.

thank you. >> next, please. >> [speaking spanish-waiting for translation] good morning,

my name is [inaudible] i am here to talk about the situation we have. there have been 3 owners in the property since i have been there and all 3 have sent just the representatives to collect the rent. the first one second one and third one-the second one and told the lady talk today the third own, i always asked her to repair the problems and i wonder why the owners never show their faith so we can see who they are and talk to them.

they should come by and say, i'm the owner so we could talk to them. and all of us have always been on time with our rents, we have never been late with any of the 3 owners and eve wn a money order we have to pay it. asked her to repair the

problems and i wonder why the owners never show their faith so we can see who they are and talk to them. they should come by and say, i'm the owner so we could talk to them. and all of us have always been on time with our rents, we have never been late with any of the 3 owners and eve wn a money order we have to pay it. um, and i'm here to plead and demand that things are fixed because it is not fair. it has been 3 months, all most 4 and i haven't even been able to go in and get a shirt because we are not authorized to go in. we don't have anymore money to pay hotels and now i'm living with 3 orfore people and i sleep on the floor and i'm not embarrassed about it. that's it. >> thank you. next, please.

>> [speaking spanish-waiting for translation] >> good morning my name is [inaudible] i have been living at the 940 since 2003 and have the same issue as my other partners. myself, i don't have enough money to live in a hotel so i have to live in my car. that's it, thank you. >> next. >> good morning my name is diana mar teens and work for the mission sro collaborative. april 6, myself and my supervisor [inaudible] and my

coworks frank rod regs and [inaudible] came to the residence of 938 and 940 hampsure. the front stairs were so worn down it was unsair to walk in the building as was the back deck. the ceiling in the haulway and bathroom were falling down and in one bedroom the tenets had to put up a embrella over the shower so the dirty water didn't drip from the roof as they use the restroom. the tenants had to come up with temporary [inaudible] while the owner ignoreed the fact the building was falling apart. down stairs the conditions were worse. i saw what appeared to be abestoes exposed. as stated earlier, the walk ways and

walls and ceilings were so worn down it was extremely unsafe to walk or live on the premises. brureracy and paperwork isn't a exkoos. it has been months and months, there must be something done because it is incredibly unjust to have these tenants living in something compareable to tenement slums so please please do something because the tenants have been nothing but respectful to their home, but they have not been given the respect and the-nothing has been done to help them live in their own home. as they said earlier, they are separated from each other now and it is completed uprooted their lives and making surviving in the

city of san francisco even more difficult than it already is. thank you. >> any further public comment? >> 6 minutes of rebutal time. >> members of the board a couple things with wespect to the statements that were made by the property owners counsel. he talked about minor items, well, we need to redirect the fact that most of the things they talked about are not before you today. the collapsed ceiling and stairs and those types tof things are part of a different notice of violation with a order. the oitem that are before you with the notice tw 20 items are the

types of things if the property owner had operated in good faith could have made these corrections so that the haptabout could have been bet frr the people in the building. if you look at the notice of violation and you are deal wg repairing windows , a stove, sinks rodent infestation, repair a floor covering, i showed a photograph of that. these are the things before you, not what they mentioned. those are already dealt with with aprieveiates order. the property owner in february had a opportunity a deal with it. they hired early in february a 3rd party to give an assessment. we know from the december notice showing the ceiling collapses if they looked at the property they know what they are getting into mpt with respect of those items i have to mention them. what

repairs did they do? they didn't want to spend a lot of time or money. one is have the address at the front of the building cht this is what the inspector saw with reinspection. this is what they put up there. this is indicative of what is happening when we went out there and these are items they could have fixed and wouldn't have effected the other issues they need today plan for such as the stairs, and plumbing and roof collapse. that is what is before you today and because of that behavior we are saying that an order should be issued to make sure it is on the record so when they move forward everybody understand what has to be done. >> commissioner [inaudible] had a question >> you mentioned preerfbious violations. i don't see that in the packet. >> those notices of evaluation are not before you but they brought them up to give

information that will be more of a benefit when the next item comes up for the appeal before the commission but that isn't on this noticeof violation. this dealwise issues they could have made repairs on. >> commissioner lee. let me see if i restate what i think is happening. there is a notice of violation for the back porch but that is in the process of being resolved before the department and not before atoday? >> right >> what is before us is a notice of violation for 20 iletms- >> and that is the first item on the appeal and there is a second we are not as concerned about. those twonet items in the packet- >> i have a follow up question i asked [inaudible] it permits that are mentioned attachment 2, are those permits addressed or going to be address ing the notice of violations?

>> some of the items. >> you have not verified that work has been completed is that correct? >> no that isn't correct. when we went out we verified ont 2 items were partially completed >> so most are not completed >> that is correct. they could have repaired them and didn't require a permit. >> that is why it is before us today. did [inaudible] say the permit he is pulling for the stairs or porch in the back include the permit which would include the work on the 20 items? >> it will from the standpoint they'll have to make repairs from that standpoint. >> but there are separate permits for the 20 items >> there was a permit pull in march that stated it was for all notices but that was

inadequate permit for job evaluation and scope of work and the fact it didn't have plans, it was a over the counter permit. mr. [inaudible] when he came into the process and at the time he indicated he worked with staff because a previous contractor tried to file permits and this one he filed is going through the process is a forum 3 permit i believe with the plans and it is 300 thousand dollar permit, but again that is mainly addressing things from the other notices of violation associated with the property. >> you are telling the 3 permits, the building electrical and plumbing are enacterate? >> the first permit chs inadequate all the other items we mentioned. >> commissioner mu carthy >> so rosemery to