clearly, the landlord -- the lease does not stop the plaintiff from suing the landlord. therefore, the attorney for the plaintiff is going to target the person they are getting the money from. it does not let the tenant of the hot. the tenants in their lease is contractually responsible to the landlord. there are ways that can be dealt with between the landlord and the tenant. i have represented landlords. i have represented tenants. at some point, i represented both because they have a common interest even in that. obviously, they both have to make the space accessible either now or later, so it is best that they work together if they can. and work together to save us -- to hire a single lawyer. they can make repairs or what ever is in their agreement. sometimes, when the tenant is the small business and does not have much cash flow, one way to do is to renegotiate the lease, where the cost is amortized over a longer period time. it is another way to spread the payments back to the less financially available person. would you do if you get one of these notices? if you ha

clearly, the landlord -- the lease does not stop the plaintiff from suing the landlord. therefore, the attorney for the plaintiff is going to target the person they are getting the money from. it does not let the tenant of the hot. the tenants in their lease

it's not often that the landlord community and the tenant community gets to work together. in this circumstance i can say that we have a broad base of support. it's a commonsense piece of legislation. the landlord community is behind it, the tenant community is behind it, we've met with supervisor wiener's office as well as supervisor cohen's office and i'm here to urge you to pass this along to the full board and thank you for your sponsorship. >> thank you. thanks for your great leadership as well. >> i have a question. >> supervisor wiener. >> it's always been surprising it me that any landlords allow smoking in their buildings. if i owned a building with units in it i was renting out, i would i think just include a ban in all the leases. it damages the property, it's -- do you have a sense for if there's a trend towards that that's going to eventually take care of itself? >> i would say there's a trend toward people using smoke free leases. we want to develop a disclosure policy because you can't necessarily change a lease term for a lease that's already in effect. when

it's great you guys try to work with the landlords, but don't wait till they don't let you in any more before you call us. that's number one. the other thing is to the department itself, our housing inspectors have to go in any way. i don't think they can only go in after waiting and waiting and waiting for the collaborative to invite them in. because i think that there has to be some regular checkups to these. and that's why things take so long, i think. that's just my gut level feeling. i feel that without the inspector -- inspectors cannot be stopped from going in. that's also the difference. that's the reason they have badges, this is that's the reason they have ids and they drive city cars. the landlords and the lessees and the managers cannot stop them from going in and going into the rooms they want to see. >> may i comment on that, commissioner? >> yes. >> it's not correct to say that the inspectors wait for the collaboratives to invite them in. we're in buildings like this constantly. the problem is an inspector is not a substitute for good management of a property, and that's

to fix the issue. landlord or lessee to fix the issue. if they don't then we call dbi inspector out and we work with [speaker not understood]. work with dbi inspector or talk with the landlord directly. so, we are like the go between. we are like the folks that come to us in order to address the issue. so, we've done this with welfare. that's what we do here with some of my coworkers and also from the tenants how this is going. thanks. >>> hi, good morning, appeal board. my name is ben. i work with [speaker not understood]. we are with the organizing department at [speaker not understood] and i am the program coordinator for the code enforcement program. adjust mentioned like how we got involved with the building. to provide you with a framework of how we were working with tenants, i want to give you some common issues that we face on a daily basis or tenants face on a daily basis. so, just to give you some quick facts. so, there has been a -- so, within the last two years, we've been dating back to 2010. so, f

martha, talk about -- there were protesting the landlord's daughters middle school. >> yes. that is typical for one of the anti-abortion tactics is to try to prevent the doctor from having any place to practice. dr. carhart was incredibly lucky in finding a clinic or the landlord was willing to stand up for him and for his rights to continue to practice through the >> not just willing, unbelievably, coincidentally, mr. stave's father, was and he an abortion provider? >> he was. >> this is the landlord. >> the landlords father was an abortion provider whose clinic had been firebombed. the landlord completely understood this and that was a very rare and lucky circumstance for dr. carhart. many of the landlords would not be so sympathetic. who would want protesters outside their businesses all day, every day? >> one of the focuses of "after tiller" is the way the threats and attacks faced by abortion providers affect their personal lives. this is dr. warren hern of boulder, colorado, talking with his mother. papert they've had in the about abortion, since last month, i think sti

for certainly things >> we do have the buildings identified how do we coordinate this with the landlord and others. we're thinking about this well, in advance. also i want to note in terms of ada last meeting i talked about the one dollar that's being added to the business register so the d d i was an entity that would particularly receive some of the funding to help them move along and get their inspectors certified. they're interested in turning the funds back into what they could use toward cast inspections. we'll be meeting over the next three weeks >> the bulk of the money will not be coming in until may. i've talked to the person who is in charge of that monies. i think one the great benefits is funding a cast certification for businesses. so i'll be, you know, keeping you updated on this. and then last meeting i noted there was a meeting in chinatown doing presentation on getting cast certification, doing assess boycotting improvements. the union was our core sponsor and one of the things say they do education to their business clients. we had 13 applications for getting assistan

these landlords were in the minority and the landlord of cottage where nie family lived was not amonghem. rate payer books for 1848 is missing. the book for 1849 is in worse condition than the earlier books. theate book for 1849 is torn and muddy and appears to have blood stains on the pages. as if this book is telling me what happened that awful year. i search for james lacy's name and find it gone along with the other tenant and it is town lands as well. [applause] >> i think on that note i will read a poem, which is my book among other things my quest to discover the family's connection or my connection to that history. and what happens there is the pursuit and the logical seeking after those signs. those material signs baptismal records and there is happenstance. that's what happened to me once when i went to ireland i staid at a b and b. there are a zillion every other house is a b and b. i hit on the one b and beshgs where the owner said, your last name is to bein i know where all the to beins came to ireland. i said, i'm all ears. this poem goes into that and the last part is a

we have -- and after the business registration form is the sample document that landlords are required to use. we have this sample document on the website under our ada page in addition, to the brochures. so last month i talked about the ada outreach program that we're doing with the invest in neighborhoods. and we now expanding it into chinatown. i am very pleased to say that this last saturday, northeast federal credit union, along with the chinese benevolent association hosted a workshop for businesss in chinatown. and we had about 68 participants attend. so we are launching the invest in neighbors ada outreach program to chinatown as well. small business week, commissioner adams will be providing you with regular report as part of his president's reports, but just wanted to let you know on the staff's side we're working to explore to see if we mike might be able to have a very small kind of tech expo. where we hear there are small business technology companies that have technology that that want to get in front of small businesses and have been asking how they can do that. so we're

the landlord also coowns a popular restaurant near union square. today the frustrated tenants protested outside of naan n curry. this person admits there are problems and has started to fix some of them. >> i think $50,000 at once if i have to do like overnight and i just don't have that much cash available to put into the property. >> reporter: the city says building inspectors found more than 200 violations at this apartment complex in the last couple of years. these are some of those violation notices. >> i can't say that in the time that i have been around here that i have seen that many violations. >> reporter: inspectors sent the case to the city attorney for legal action. >> i'm not a bad guy. i'm just -- i'm just a victim of this economy. >> reporter: but the tenants say they are the real victims in this case. in san francisco, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> well, it is the go to website before going out. now yelp will offer more than food reviews. cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts on the additional information being offered to diners in san

we make an amendment on prop n i think services for the tenants will be better, especially when the landlord is not linked to organize it or organizations because there is a conflict when the tenant has a problem in his hotel going to the tenant rights organization that represents the tenants and also the landlords. so it doesn't make a lot of sense. i don't want to name organizations that do that, but do something we can change to improve case management services and property management. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> my name is michael harrington, i'm here with the mission street collaborative. dolores street. i think all sro's should have grab bars in the bathrooms and buildings should be equipped with working phone jacks in each room. there's a senior disabled lady who lives in my building who has two times slipped in the shower, busted her head open, had to go to the hospital. the next time she had a black eye. the grab bars, it could have really helped from her hurting herself. i'm disabled myself, i have had two ankle surgeries, they had reconstructed my ankle, and w

we asked the landlord what is going on here. >> a holiday weekend upon us. or just about here. day in the holiday will be the warmest as temperatures increase. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or why it doesn't have to be an adventure to stick to your new year's budget. because safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, a case of arrowhead water is just $3.33. folgers is $7.99 for the large size. that's a huge deal. rise and shine. simply orange oj is just $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> tenants in a san francisco neighborhood are speaking out tonight about deplorable conditions. ktvu's rob roth talked to the landlord after getting a look at what is inside. >> reporter: 50 people live in this apartment building. this broken window provides a glimpse into a building so run down tenants are saying enough is enough. >> reporter: tenants invited us inside their apartment that rents. showers that don't drain. pipes that drip so much the cabinet is rotting rotting and smok

i'm here because i understand that right now the law basically says that landlords can bar tenants from smoking in the common areas of buildings like the lobby and the hallways but it's not allowed to bar smoking in individual apartments. the problem with that is --. >> mr. white, i think that might be the next item that you want to speak on. >> i'm sorry, i thought this had to do with that. >> the smoke-free housing disclosure is the next item. >> i'm sorry, you want me to --. >> yes, if you could stick around. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would like to speak in opposition to this item and the reason i feel that way is that even though smoking is so much, causing so much damage, i think if we're going to single out smoking there should also be a concurrent discussion of banning automobiles in san francisco, banning liquor in san francisco, and banning industry in san francisco because i think those three contribute a lot more damage to san francisco citizens than smoking. the logic used that i heard earlier if you apply it to those other three different things is rea

miss miller. >> item 6 is an ordinance amending the health code diskloeging landlord's prohibition of smoking in residential rental units. >> this item is sponsored by me. this is the smoke free housing disclosure policy. it's a common sense measure for maximum notification of smoke free units in our multi unit buildings. so, colleagues, i'm asking for your support. i think this is important because it's bringing together not only tenant organizations but also the landlord organizations, the san francisco apartment association, with the mission sro collaborative which was the major impetus with other tenant organizations in supporting this to create stronger public health policies and to limit second hand smoke in multi unit buildings. the hazards as we said before of second hand smoke is well documented. there's no safe exposure level, it's cancer-causing, it's toxic, it leads to thousands and thousands of deaths each year and by limiting access to second hand smoke, it's protecting people's health. also, when people live in close proximity to units where there are smokers in apartme

the landlord, they refuse to run away anymore. i own property but i refuse to rent anymore. co, they refuse to -- their property away. it -- beg demand for the property. and then i think san francisco the problem is the rent control killed the society. that's not freedom. is economy. if ms. jane came -- go to china to come in this country, there's no rent control. if you go to vietnam, there is no rent control. if they come to this country they find beautiful houses being built, every year, every month. they create lot of house. then i pray for this conversion of t.i.c. to condominium. it's fair to the landlord and also fair to the tenants. thank you. >> chair wiener: thank you. next speaker. >> actually call my name but i have to pick up my kid. can i speak? >> chair wiener: go ahead. >> sorry. my name is bobby i'm a wife and mother and lived in our unit for eight years and our entire building is owner occupied. we want to convert for all the reasons stated from those ahead of me. we pay 7% on our loan and we could be three and a quarter if we were a condo. the easier transf

then also a long ada, starting january 1st, with supervisor david chiu's legislation is the landlords are to be working with their new or renewed -- around new leases or renewed leases, there is a form, a joint form that both the landlord and business need to sign saying that they have discussion, acknowledgment around accessibility. and then the property owner is to provide them with the broch

we had to move out of that place because the landlords son moved in and it took us 11 years to get back to the bay hills. we moved back in april of 2009 and it's been four years we're pretty sure may not residents >> now apartment union one is a small apartment and the living room is an essential part of it. it has by way windows where we live and it has sun light throughout the day. as i said in the mornings i'm in the living room reading any newspapers and donna goes to work and before that he's in the living room drinking coffee. and weekend and holidays we are both in the living room and i guess it's very important to us to have sun light. sun light in the living room is a big deal to us to have that blocked off and be in the shade is a major effect on our quality of life. so we're in favor of any changes to the project that would minimize that effect. i don't know who came up with the idea that there was be no effect on the sun light in the living room. there will be a substantial effect. and on our privacy the deck looks directly into our dining room. >> thank you next speaker. >>

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the man who lived in the unit was the landlord and he suffered minor burns. neighbors heard the man screaming for help. >> i just heard popping sounds and then i heard him yelling call 911. that is what i did. >> officials say the apartment was so badly damage the landlord will have to find a new place to live. >>> oracle says it created a tempiary fix with its java -- temporary fix with its java software. last week homeland security warned users they are vulnerable to potential attacks. the company says the new fix gives users a chance to reject software before it infects their computers. one experts said they still have critical flaws. >>> apple cut orders for parts for the iphone 5 because of weak demands. apple asks several suppliers to slash orders by half. shares dropped 4% on that news today. the iphone has been losing ground on the cell phone market. the demand is growing for inexpensive phones. >>> samsung asked the court to uphold its ruling on the galaxy cell phone. in october they refused to impose a ban on the sale. apple requested that ban. the t

continue to work closely with the mayor's office i hope that has led this effort and negotiate with the landlords about this possibility and i also note that yesterday, the federal government i announced that san francisco has reduced homelessness among our veterans by 60% since twee 11 and even though that is something to be proud of, i think we can do more in this effort, i think we should move in that direction. and the next item that i have is something that i mentioned last week much has been said recently about the housing authority but i wanted to make sure that as we discuss what is happening with that agency, that we go back to focusing on how this agency is fuelly serving the needs of it's residents. so i am introducing a motion directing the budget and legislative nillists to conduct a performance on it of the san francisco housing authority and making that audit a priority and this will be a motion that would ensure a focus on compliance with all complicate federal state and local laws on the effectiveness of the governance of the agency and it will look all the financial over site an

the landlord also owns a popular restaurant near union square. today the frustrated tenants protested outside of the restaurant. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: he admits there are problems and started to fix some of them. >> $50,000 at once if i have to do like overnight and i just don't have that much cash available to put into the property. >> reporter: the city says building inspectors found more than 200 violations at the apartment complex in the last couple of years. these are some of those violations notices. >> i can't say that in the time i have been around here that i've seen that many violations. >> reporter: inspectors sent the case to the city attorney for legal action. >> i'm not a bad guy. i'm just -- i'm just a victim of the economy. >> reporter: but the tenants say they are the real victims in this case. in san francisco, i'm da lin, cbs 5. >>> let's check out mobile5 at the ferry building in san francisco tonight. ken bastida on plans to bring back something missing from this popular landmark. ken. >> reporter: yeah. hi, gr