. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is jessica manolo with the housing program and we work with over 800 clients doing housing case management. first of all thank you for calling this hearing. it is definitely essential. we see in san francisco that affordable housing is lacking tremendously with endless wait lists. we have seen numerous families in the south of market where he will ils evictions, false owner move-ins and where landlords have offered these nominal buyouts. they have been long-term tenants for 2 to 3 decades and efficient departmently san francisco's rapidly rising of rents and displacement is atrocious. their families and seniors are being forced out of their homes in all neighborhoods of san francisco. these evictions, buyouts, really disrupt these families and seniors. we have it talk about really how it effects them mentally, the stress that it causes. the children, sometimes they are, you know, it disrupts them, you know, with their school work. so, you know, we really need to find ways and the policies presented today are steps toward protecting and keeping