there has been no action by dbi. dbi issued a fine for non- compliance. our clients are between a rock and a hard place. the cannot fix the unit. the need to either get a permit and suspended or get other people into the property, and that is what we're looking for. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. in with the department of public health, here to speak with regards to the property, not help center one. we would like to resolve this matter with the department of building inspections. there has been some confusion between the department and the building construction managing group. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here representing an owner who is an elderly woman and not able to attend. this is in regards to all been placed on the building for landscaping work. ," spoken to some -- i've spoken to supervisors preliminarily. i would like to resolve this matter through supervisor elsbernd or supervisor mirkarimi:, -- supervisor mirkarimi if possible. there may have been impropriety in how

it just shows her commitment and how much she loves dbi. she was a great person to contact, even to chat. we are going to miss you, ann. looking forward to seeing you again. thank you. >>item 5. update on housing code enforcement. 5a, status of mou with housing authority. commissioner walker: this was an agenda item i ask to be put on as part of the update with our -- partnership with the housing authority. thank you for being here. maybe staff could come first? >> good morning. chief housing inspector. i was not quite sure of all the data to provide you with today, so we basically went through our database and summarized for you, in a form that we have presented to the commission back in 2008, the number of complaints that lead directly received on housing authority cases on the basis of an mou executed between the housing authority and department of building inspection, what that breakout happens to be. with respect to that, from 2007 until year to date, 150 cases that you see on the summary, there are currently four cases still open. two

we are working closely with dbi staff to work on these processes. we are well on our way, but obviously, it is a long-term project. a lot of things will happen over the course of 30 years, we anticipate. we are very fortunate to have strong support for mayor lee, as well as key members of the board of supervisors. we are certainly moving ahead as fast as we can, but in a very deliberate if manner -- delivered iberative manner thats the public informed. we are working on this draft. we were fortunate to have input from the president at a meeting this week, so we will be making some changes to this initial version. we will be getting copies to anyone interested, certainly. i think we have to order some more. as soon as they are available, we will distribute them. i will be happy to take questions. lawrence is here to get into specifics, should you have questions. commissioner hechanova: commissioners? commissioner clinch: i was happy to be able attend some of the brown bags organized. i would like to see more of that information more widely disseminat

how is dbi's attitude toward unlicensed contractors? second question, are dbi housing inspectors, building inspectors, trained in the rights of tenants regarding entries, landlord entries and other entries? and i'm referring particularly to civil code section 1954. >> california civil code section 1954 is referenced in the housing code as far as right of entry provisions as far as both the land lord and the inspector. one of the slides we had up earlier talked about the responsibilities of the tenant and it indicated that it is their responsibility to provide access to the land lord when they want to make repairs, provided they get adequate notice. that is one thing that we actually usually have language in our notice of violation in the boilerplate that talks about the fact that the land lord should give adequate notice to the tenant when they make repairs. with respect to unlicensed contractors, with respect to certain permitted work we don't like them. i mean that's really the answer there. although some work doesn't require permit a

the initial implementation of the system will be with planning and dbi. more than once a day, we need several times a week. they're very involved. >> what are we going to have it up and running? >> the rfp was a 24 month project. that would be two years from september 1st. there is a possibility they could get it sooner, but the project is for 24 months. >> this year? >> know, september 13th. -- no, september 13th. >> why does it take so long? >> there is significant work that has to be done. >> two years is not long for a rollout like this. not for revamping the system for all the details. >> it should not take 12 years. >> it should not take 12 years, i agree. >> any questions? >> item on training an update to staff and hires. >> our list of hires, we have eight new hires since the last commission meeting. they are replacement hires and we are replacing the people who are retiring that have several days -- several vacant positions that we were not able to fill due to the fact there were no current lists available. they became available so we have new hi

we have someone here who can address that. >> chief plumbing inspector, dbi. i spoke with the owner of the building at 570, i have spoken with the contractors working with them. they explained it is in fairly good, running condition. it is an old system. i sent out one of my staff to go out there, who is knowledgeable on boilers and systems. he told me it is still running, but at this time next year, we will not accept any certifications from the contractor who certified it already from the past year. it looks like they are doing repairs to where it is in compliance but the repairs are surviving only to an extent and that are falling apart again. unfortunately, with his unit, the building, they are going down for a few days at the time. at this point, looking at the system, speaking with the owner, she said money is tight at the building that she just took over. they are trying to finance and figure out a way to replace the system, give everyone ample time to know -- to give them notice. it is not an easy replacement. it is a larger system. removing everything

dbi expended significant forces -- resources to amend the manner. president goh, you have indicated you would like to move back into deliberations, is that correct? >> [gavel] >> president chiu: good afternoon, welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting f[gavel] >> i would also support a motion to reduce to five times based on the fact that the work was minor and the appellant might have believed it was abated. the department having expended energy to investigate the issue, this is why i would not support it. do you want to renew your motion? >> reduce the penalty to five times. >> based on the reasons stated previously? [gavel] president goh: yes. >> we have a motion to reduce the fee. on the basis that the work was minor and the appellant might have believed the penalty had been abated. is that correct? >> also the dbi had expended significant resources. >> on the motion, president goh. president goh: aye. cthe appeal is granted and the penalty is reduced to five times the regular. >> thank you. we will move on to item 5. appeal no.

i called after 24 hours with no heat to dbi. how many days, when the welfare of residents are at stake? in the housing code, under the paragraph purpose, it says the purpose of the code is to provide for the maintenance of the minimum requirements for the protection of life, limb, health, property, safety, and welfare of the general public, owner, and occupants of the residential building. seven days without heat and no attempt to repair it. i understand the problem in trying to reimburse the city for the money expended, but i do not think a repairmen coming out and spending two hours is going to be an enormous charge. mr. murphy, last time indicated, it was a small number of landlords that were a problem. i agree with that. i have lived in rental units most of my life. this particular landlord, i have written letters to her and she does not respond. in terms of a director's hearing, nobody came to the directors hearing. commissioner hechanova: were the inspectors able to get into your unit to take a look? >> yes, i was there to