running around to areas like the mission because of the fire we have the same problems in chinatown north beach and in the tenderloin and we can't run from area to area and the landlords, the last thing that the landlords pay for routine inspections. i have talk to the san francisco apartment owners. they support bringing back routine inspections so it's not like they don't -- the good landlords don't want it. we can go into the buildings and check everything. if it's okay it's okay and if not they will fix it. >> next speaker please. >> my name is john freedberg and a counselor with the housing rights committee and i am very concerned about the fact there are some tenants not here today who presented a very troubling picture of a building on a street near mission, a building that has over 20 units and a restaurant in it and according to the tenants they believe the landlord was a victim of an attempt to arson the building several times. there is nobody here today i believe from that building because of fear, maybe because of immigration issues, whatever, so my proposal is only there be a requi

a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928 the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three