. >> i'm colet pricher. i'll be brief. i want to thank the supervisor for her impassioned words. i said it for me. like many here i'm one of the lucky ones and a homeowner and live in vernal heights and i'm not affected by the situation but i from friends that give to make it a community and these are the people we're losing every day. >> supervisor: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> it seems repetitive but still important, i'm a nurse and senior and lived in the mission over 40 years. in 1995 my partner and i were evicted. after 11 years in the mission and the landlord told us we were being evicted and then rescinded it. he hated living on the block but said it would be an owner moving eviction which never happened. one motivation was that once he got rid of us in our rent control, our affordable rent he could raise the rent any amount. we didn't know it then but we were lucky to be evicted in 1995 when there was still real affordable housing to be found. those days are gone. costa-hawkins including the know have a - has played a huge role in gentrification. many peo