maria, jay -- jenny, patrick kennedy, jen p., sarah, and brian basinger. if you would like to speak, please fill out a card. otherwise that is the end of public comment. >> thank you. [speaking spanish] >> good evening. i work with just cause and i have been working in san francisco for for 30 years as a tenants' rights organizer. >> [speaking spanish] >> the mathematical eloquence that the city staff were able to bring to the data that was shown to us is important and really great. what we did not see was the percentage of seniors that are going to be on the street based on displacement and eviction. >> [speaking spanish] >> we also

i am brand -- brian basinger. i am a low income person with aids who happens to scrape into a modern and come unit by partnering with a city employe. i am not against moderate income and mixed in come housing. if it is done right it could be better. i am conscious of that we're in the last couple of weeks i had one of my members with a limp, down the sidewalks in a doorstep of a neighborhood business. i also had the transgendered woman friend of mine raped in her hotel which is what low- income housing is. i also had a member of mine who is also a volunteer brutally murdered in his hotel as well. this stuff is real to me. it is not a spreadsheet and it is not academic. when we look at this disparity of who we are serving and why, for those of us on the ground, it is real and it is brutal. it gets us a little bit emotional. rent control is the largest and most successful program for low- income and moderate-income households. 90% of lgbt people are renters who need to be protected by rent control. also, when we are