action requested by apel lanlts. reinspection by senior allen davidson and reversal of the order of abatement. would the department like to come forward? >> sonia, is this working? >> yes. you just have to place your item there. >> ok. thank you, mr. deputy. and good morning, commissioners. james matsu, acting chief housing inspector. 780 post street is a 36-unit, five-storey building. there are full of tenants, many older tenants there. we received a complaint eight months ago, in january, from somebody that had fallen in the elevator because it wasn't aligning properly with the hallway. so we wrote a notice of violation.

action requested by apel lanlts. reinspection by senior allen davidson and reversal of the order of abatement. would the department like to come forward? >> sonia, is this working? >> yes. you just have to place your item there. >> ok. thank you, mr. deputy. and good morning, commissioners. james matsu, acting chief housing inspector. 780 post street is a 36-unit, five-storey building. there are full of tenants, many older tenants there. we received a complaint eight months ago, in january, from somebody that had fallen in the elevator because it wasn't aligning properly with the hallway. so we wrote a notice of violation. the elevator starts and stops abrumentzly. we posted the notice. we did a reinspection. we referred the case to a director's hearing. we mailed a notice to all interested parties. posted the notice. did another reinspection. the elevator still was not operating properly. here's a picture of the elevator. another picture. and there's a third picture. director's hearing was dully held on march 29. a

and i'd like to add that to the apel lanlts. i think the commission is sympathetic. but we want to see more compelling reasons for us to help you. meaning we want to see probably a little bit more dialogue with the tenant and come up with a plan maybe. show us that you're thinking about the situation. and everybody's concerned. >> yeah. yeah. and to -- i think that partnership with the tenant and the ownership is what goes a long way here in addressing these kind of situation where is we're trying to balance safety. and we do acknowledge that it is a big job and we are not up here to displace people and how we come told a more universal approach to this is what kind of -- is what the commissioners were looking for here. so i would second -- third the commissioner walker's -- >> commissioner walker? >> the other thing is if we could get the code enforcement outreach groups to get involved, including the owner partner association, maybe there is assets available for actually helping, that would be great. thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. >> there