i understand the landlords didn't refile for them to recite it. they just got this permit. the board has power to grant the appeal. they should grant the appeal on a number of basis. one, if the appeal is not granted there will be a decrease in affordable housing contrary to statutory state of the policy of the city again, it is basically in equitable to give a bonus to someone who violates the law who is not available to someone who follows the law. i think the equities here lie greatly in favor of my client and that this should not be permitted to be a means to rce her out and possibly get in a new tenant at 2-3 times the rent and reward the landlord for the wrongdoing. thank you. >> thank you. miss the salas, do you want to speak >> i don't know if i should. i'm not represented by a lawyer. >> she's the agent for the permit holder. she's been actively involved in this appeal in terms of -- but it's -- i don't know if, she can decide for herself. >> i didn't know she was the agent. i didn't realize. >> she's been submiting the documents as the agent? >> no. she had some p

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 h

if there's any repairs the tenant should notify the landlord.roblem is he was a normal tenant-- looks normal, but he became an alcoholic. he destroyed everything. you can see that there are a lot of things that he never reported. basically, that's what he did: he left everything in a mess. the landlord should provide... that t building is in good health and safe conditions. the plumbing should be working. they should provide heating... and anything to do with the health and safety of the tenant. i've complained, and mostly about the bathroom. it's just a disaster. the paint's all flaking off off the walls, and the ceiling is just starting to mildew. [ narrator ] tenants need to tell the building owner or manager... when problems develop. once they write down all the problems at one time that's wrong with the unit they should send the letter through certified mail return receipt. i also suggest they should take pictures of the damage. [ narrator ] if the problem is serious... and is not taken care of within a reasonable period of time the renter

i feel that that the landlord would lower the rent or a reasonable way of rent. and it will be a much better fit for the neighborhood. thank you. >> i want to voice my opposition to starbucks, thank you. >> thank you. >> i live and work in the castro. in the back bakery and i am close to bring it to the neighborhood because every starbucks has a environment, and you know exactly what you are going to get. where the local place and they offer unique serves and one of the things that they do is they let the local artist comes in and put their pieces up because they can put them on display and also offer them the opportunity and they don't pocket any money from it. and really just to support. and thank you for your time. >> come on up. i am going to call a couple of names. >> david troop, and elizabeth hardenin hank, line, and richard shafer and andria, and david petras and courtney, shasla. >> the heart save the triangle is a organization representing the market and do both triangle neighbors. the san francisco examiner featured one of our attended community meetin

they went to the landlord and the landlord gave them a price for the rent that was out of the world, out of this world. and, so, the vendor obviously said, we can't afford that type of rent. and he said, i am happy to keep it vacant. that chain link fence that you saw in the photo, i find it interesting that we had that chain link fence in the photo because it, interestingly enough, went up about a month and a half ago and we were told it went up because -- that the awning is not compliant with building code and that the landlord was going to fix the awning. i didn't realize that it was made so that the place could look worse than it possibly could. already does. when dtna and the planning department asked the commission to pass the policy that establishes a method of determining concentration of formula retail and appropriate levels of retail concentration in the upper market, the intent was to save our prominent corners and preserve local businesses and safeguard the community against an over proliferation of formula retail, just like star bucks. this is exactly why we came to this

that is just the way the landlord left our house like this. what i wanted to get at is we are just now having gas restored. we have no heat in this building, that furnace which was illegal anyway, was the last form of heat in these apartments. there is no heat in the apartments. for the period of 2-1/2 weeks after this fire, we didn't even have hot water or a stove or an oven to cook with because, again, there was trouble with the gas main and the way it was routed between a restaurant and our residence. what i'm trying to tell you is this building is not up to code. so, the landlord can get his house in order, please do not allow any additional construction or installation at this property. thank you. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment on this item? okay, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> well, this is interesting. i don't think we've ever had a situation where an individual has come up and talked about the maintenance issues of a building. i guess i would ask project sponsor or staff to say if any of these

and the only punishment for a landlord that does hold that return of deposit. so it would have a rebuttable presumption that if you do not get your interest if you go to small claims court you are owed twice the amount withheld. >> so that would make it a little more risky for the landlord. >> there needs to be disincentive for them not to deal honestly with it. >> speaking of dealing not honestly with money. california has gone from a deficit to a surplus. that is reflective for what we have been reporting here on kpix 5. happy days back in sacramento. >> they are a lot better. this is my third year in the senate. this is a different year because we are not talking billions and billions of very painful cuts. this year we will not have a deficit and in fact depending on whond who's revenue projections you trust the governors and his department of finance or our legislative analysts office our independent nonpartisan lao and they are claiming an extra $3.2 billion for '13 and '14 we will see. >> there is two kinds of fights we have in the legislature over money.

we have a landlord lease if anybody goes along our building we get it fix and we paint it. i don't understand why this guy can let this property go so long as it is. there are a lot of coffee shots, eateries and all of this kind of thing in that area, including three starbucks already. please, disapprove this. thank you. >> i am going to call a few more names, come on up. >> emily, crafilsa, torez and samar and chris holmes and alan, harnet. and karin lee. and andy new, and david pridwell. like a couple of other people, i'm david troop. and there is no question that this proposal does not represent something that is necessary for the neighborhood with the other starbucks and numerous other coffee shops nearby. the neighborhood is under attack for removing that commercial uniqueness that is really the vitality of the neighborhood that brings the visitors, you know, when so much of the neighborhood becomes cookie cutter and homogonous to any other place in america, what reason is there for them to come and visit the castro? putting other neighborhood businesses that are uniqu

with your landlord or at senate lot of problems later on. the inspections offer a limited attempt at bringing a civil action for damages. it does not affect the ability to bring damage claims under the symbol laws. however, most lawyers -- they will not pursue the case. so, oftentimes, it works it to stop the lawsuit before it starts if you do that inspection. they are not particularly expensive. so, it is something someone would want to do. you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plaintiff may not be a professional plaintiff. that does not make any difference. the defense has been tried in court. is a civil rights statute. -- it is a civil rights statute. they can be a perfectly legitimate plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit, and there are a number of people who belong to disability organizations that actually, that is what their livelih

. >> reporter: florida native maria wells never ever wanted to be landlord. >> i would be really happy when i'm not in these situations. >> reporter: she owned two homes, one hers, one for her mother. as the housing recession dragged on her living changed. maria got married and moved in with her new husband. her mother fell and had to go assisted living. maria was saddled with unwanted real estate. >> wasn't happy about it but i was so upside down, did not want to do a short sale or a foreclosure so i decided that i needed to rent them. >> reporter: even as home prices slowly improve 13 million homeowners are still under water on their mortgages and another 9 million likely don't have enough equity to move. life circumstances, be it job changes, marriage or divorce force people to move. that has created a new breed of accidental landlords. >> people of some means are able to avail themselves and move out of the house and move into a new one and rent out the old house. >> reporter: while some underwater borrowers choose to walk away from their homes those that want to protect their scor

this city is fineing the landlord for graffiti even though they maybe merchant gates. i think it's being done that way because it's easy to tag the landlord that have properties. i don't understand why the board of supervisors with the public works department would not cite the merchants. they have a business license they can go after them. my clients are day after day being penalized. we don't see them because the gates are up only at night. inspectors are driving at night and tagging on almost like if it's a game. it's getting worse and worse. also i noticed being everyday in chinatown that none of the sidewalks or properties that are owned by the city are being packed like some of my clients have been tagged for chewing gum, a tiny piece of green along the edge of the building but if you go around, not just in china town but everywhere you will see a lot of sidewalks cracked and chewing problems, but it's owned by the city but they don't get tagged. that's it. thank you. >> next speaker? >> hi. my name is william chang. i own the property for many years. i have so m

she alerted her landlord about the trapped baby after giving birth in a toilet on saturday.he says the child slipped into the sewer line and she couldn't reach him. firefighters ended up sawing away a section of the pipe to free the baby, who is miraculously doing fine this morning. the woman says she did not initially come forward as the mother because she can't financially support the baby. police are treating the case like an attempted homicide, but so far no charges have been filed. >> the baby was two days old, too. >> unbelievable, but the baby was okay. >> exactly. >>> it is 4:55 right now. >> the record will stand for now. >> an 81-year-old man from nepal giving up on his quest to become the oldest person to reach the quest of mnt everest because of poor weather conditions. that means 80-year-old yuichiro onora will remain the oldest person. >>> mike, what's going on, on the roads? >> that's when i'll go to mt. everest, when you can take a car there. you see a little slowing past the exit. that's an optical illusion as traffic gets away from us. maps will show you th

director carla johnson talked about the sro technical assistance manual that was developed to help landlords and installing grab bars in the restroom in the safest way possible. the council members have had an opportunity to look at the manual closely and our last executive meeting and we finally support the mayor's office disability efforts on this important project. i also want to remind you that we would like to make public comment, but when we have multiple people wish to go speak on each team we reserve the right to limit public comment time to one or two minutes so that everyone has a chance to talk. okay. sorry, you guys. i'm very new at this. you guys are going to have to get used to me. in my report. i'm still on the chairs report. i would just like to mention in the beginning some events that is going to happen and i will mention them at the end real fast. one day, next month is mental health month. if i don't know. we are going to be bumping here. please come to our meeting and tell others to come to our meeting. we have the mental health walk which is a free walk next month, june

that has created a new breed of landlord. call them accidental landlords like maria in south florida. >> i wasn't happy about it but i was so upside down, did not want to do a short sale or a foreclosure so i decided i needed to rent them. >> one of the tennants certainly surprised me. they decided to change a water filter for a holiday weekend and i got the call that 500 gallons of water had gone into my home. and 50,000 dollars later in repairs i had to fix it and then rerent it again. >> for more on this, go online. realty check.cnbc.com. >> thanks very much. abercrombie & fitch is front and center because its shares are getting slammed today. revenue dropping 9%. that was way below the estimates. and first quarter same store sales plunged 15%. very rarely if ever see that. foot locker getting kicked around as well today. and senator from new york saying he has real concerns about plans by japan's soft bank to buy 70% of sprint nextell. it's up about a third of a percent. delta airlines making a big bet on new york. phil l

in this particular case we have a business owner who was renting prior has now become his own landlord and control of his destiny and personally i'm leaning to letting him continue. he's had a business since 1994 and before the legislation was created and nothing brought up at that point. what the legislature was trying to accomplish or not, i think the business owner has been in business for quite some time and to have him go through this cu process could be the end of his business, personally. >> i don't want to speak for commissioner fong but it would seem that approach flies in the face of what you were getting at earlier which was if we let the zoning administrator stand we are obviating the role of the commission. here in support of the administrator says it will go to the condition and if there is a problem they get their conditional use. >> i would personally deny the appeal. >> i would accept that. i don't think there is a necessity for extra process if it's not required. it's just not across the broad spectrum for any type of decision. i still go back to not necessarily that

that's when officers say plummer hit the landlord and used a stronger pepper spray also used as bear repellant. he is being charged with assault, misuse of tear gas and possessi possessing tear gas. >>> thieves stole motors right off boats in san francisco. someone cut through cables and stole five motors from pier 40 monday night. the motors belonged to the bay area association of disabled sailors or baads. without those boats, veterans with disabilities who sale with the group, like christina rube-key cannot hit the water. she is unable to use her arms or legs and sails on a specifically designed boat, moving a joystick with her chin. >> it was awesome. i thought it was great i had the ability to sail, given my disability. it's really not, obviously, very expected. so i thought it was a really incredible opportunity to engage in a really fun sport and engage actively. >> police say they found the motors, but it's uncloer ear if they're still in working condition. fixing one of those boats is expected to cost a few thousand dollars. >>> the state supreme court will hear arguments ov

i have worked and known the yamda family for many years and they are good neighbors and good landlords. i think the noise is a bother to them. they have done what they could. they have replaced their own windows to try to mitigate it. it has not helped. we don't see any reason why that variance should be granted to allow them to exceed the noise levels especially when there is ways for it to be mitigated. we hope that you can deny this appeal. thank you. >> any other public comment? seeing none then we'll start with our rebuttal. you have three minutes. >> i just want to point out that we are in a mixed use neighborhood and back to the application for a noise variance, if there was no leeway why was i asked to submit an application for a noise variance. that's all i have. >> the question i think i know the answer. the fan must be on continuously while the restaurant is operating? >> 11:30 is wrong. we don't even have people. it is from 8:30 we are done between 10 and 10:30 >> the fan is for kitchen heat. it extracts any buildup of hot air and for safety. we turn on the fan from 8:30. b

. >>> a 55-year-old man on the peninsula is in jail today accused of attacking his landlord with bear repellant. police say he confronted the property manager and a worker hass night about noise they were making while doing maintenance work at a belmont apartment complex. that's when officers say he hut the landlord and used a stronger than normal pepper spray also used as bear repellant. plummer charge was charged. >>> an organization remains docked after thieves stole motors right off boats in san francisco bay. police say someone cut through cables and stole five motors from pier 40 monday night. the motors belonged to the bay area association of disabled sailors or bad. they are used to power safety boats. without them sailors can't hit the water. she's unable to use her arms or legs so sales on a specially designed boat moving a joystick with my chin. >> it was awesome. i thought it was great i had the ability to sale given my disability. it was not very expected. so i thought it was a really incredible opportunity to engage in a really fun sport and engage actively. >> san franc

and that's global's customers were left in the dark and looks like he was basically an absentee landlord as m.f. global just sunk so what's the significance of this report and can we expect any real changes as a result john. here. there are obviously we want to hear your. words we don't. want to be. divisive. there's. really. no. more. well maybe not so much. i don't i'm not sure because we won't know the full details of exactly what happens in that period there until after one of our justice is to move ahead with the federal prosecution. and a lot of the stuff comes out but at the end of a what it means is the city of regulator froze when they shouldn't be allowed their violent and only companies to go ahead and go into chapter eleven federal court management is not aware of shortfall several days after it was very clear they were not and they know that you were involved they knew it involved. and then they knew that they were actively working with to try to go into bankruptcy that would work so i mean i want to investigate this and how it happened and how all the government man chapter

to see was kind of an absentee landlord in those early days and this the f.c.c. is top regulator and this is out for we out there is a set of fire congress you know which might open the doors for the opportunity to see change here and you've said you know there is you have enervate of way to to make more customers protected if there's another m.f. global can you talk about your plant on. agreement that you are. great with very very deeply here. are they work together. and the safety and everything because the well in reality is on running money for customers are they in general read or is this day and this is the and this it was as if the nine year old. being mean to disparage threw her totally meaningless there was a. little money left in the state got to go to pay back that shortfall for well in ninety nine there was an s.p. underwent a bankruptcy with a shortfall very small and phrasings nominated and the judge ruled. the executive the statutory authority figure in the making of rules that if it was an event was a dream article about a president but is out the