costa hawkins has tied our hands. very specifically, repeeling costa hawkins is repeeling the state's able to manage the power of california cities to regulate our own markets. nothing magical happens the day after the passage or proposition 10, it allows this board of supervisors to pass ordinances that we've been talking about for years, including legislation that would protect tenants like my friend, whose wife passed away last month and it would certainly ease a lot of our negotiations around mandating or even increasing voluntary contributions to our markets if we didn't have to create automatic of these elaborate contracts to get developers, who actually want to build affordable housing as part of they projects developments here in san francisco. i just think on balance, it's important for us to state our support as one of the most progressive cities in the state of california for the repeal of this measure. it's very important to distinguish homeowners and landlords. if you are a home own living in your home, costa hawkins doesn't havdoesn'thave an impact on you. i'm reading this book late but my summer reading was

i do believe we need to overturn the costa hawkins state legislation. that was only further consolidated for me. a few days ago, when my friend, 20 days after the passing of his spouse, received a letter from the lawyer representing his landlord, stating exactly this -- dear mr. -- let me offer my condolences on the loss of your wife. we know this must be a difficult time for you. we wish you well. due to her passing, the ownership has the right to establish a new rental amount for your unit under a state law known as the costa hawkins rental housing act. with regret, this letter provides you with the attached notice to establish terms of tenancy which establishes the rental amount to increase by 1,146.54 starting december 1st, 2018. we apologize for the formality of this notice, which is required by-law. we are confident the long period of time between the date of this notice and the date upon which the new rent takes effect will be helpful to you. please let us know if you need any repairs and maintenance. it's with regret under the circumstances of y

costa hawkins rental housing act. also a majority of the board of supervisors supports the repeal of the costa hawkins act. the resolution is boarding the california state proposition number 10 of the affordable housing act, on november 6th, 2018 ballot. and reaffirming the city and county in support or repeal of the costa hawkins rental housing act. acute parliamentarian trick to take this from the board and place it in the land use committee will not stop the board from endorsing this resolution before the election. the repeal of costa hawkins will pass on the november 6th election. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you. next speaker, please. >> afternoon, supervisors. lorraine petty here. i'm a member of and disability action. i am here to urge the board to support proposition ten to repeal costa hawkins. i think, for 23 years, costa hawkins has failed to tenants and it has failed the homeowners as well. it has given the green light to rental abuses and excesses. it has taken away our rights to correct them. we know what is going on. runaway rent increases, costa hawkins has made them legal. mass displacement homelessness, evictions, speculation,