and that's the landlord will just aisle them as they claim. you know the behavior i hear from some of the landlords makes me wonder if there's something in the water if being a san francisco landlord makes them crazy maybe they're drinking too many sugary benches we need some consistence on the behavior of those landowners >> thank you. next speaker, please i have a card from antonio gonzales. >> hi. >> (speaking spanish.) >> good afternoon. supervisors i think it is due time for us to fight for strong protections against harassment and against the displacement and evictions they cause. >> (speaking spanish.) >> i'm a volunteer receptionist it and i see people coming in our offices everyday with harassment cases with eviction cases and their suppressed and upset they come in in tears telling me about the behavior they're having to a face from their landlords. >> (speaking spanish.) >> one can i a woman came in and let me know her landlord called her a dirty wetback and she needed to leave because she was the owner and could do whatever she wan

are good landlords but there is bad apples on both sides of the issues. the question i had is could this amendment, these amendments be where some of the bad anticipate -- apples of the renters be used to the landlords. maybe this is a question to the city attorney. i'm just curious if that's been discussed or not? president david chiu: supervisor campos for the city attorney. speaker: i don't know if the city attorney would like to chime in. what i would say supervisor yee is that i think this is a tool, but let me say this, that as supervisor march indicated, -- we believe the forum can deal with these issues. it's not a one-sided situation. nothing will happen if a frivolous case is presented and the facts don't really support and allegation of harassment. the other side that is opportunity to submit their open perspective and their own evidences as to what actually happened. does it mean that it's possible that someone is going to bring a frivolous claim, that's always a possibility. that's a possibility in superior court as well. but the point here i

many landlords invested in buildings like this one, thinking their investment would pay off. they believed that new tenants would move in and pay the higher rents. so newman kept taking out mortgages for the building. by 2011, he had taken out about $3 1/2 million in loans. as his debt increased, so did his monthly payment on the loans, and soon, newman wasn't putting any money back into the building for things like repairs. >> so the real problem here was not the owner's buying, it was the lenders being willing to lend at rates that were simply not supported by the revenue and expenses of the building. >> they really thought that every area in the entire city was going to be boom and the whole city was going to be gentrified. and they made the wrong bets in some neighborhoods where those neighborhoods are still a long way from being gentrified. >> paulino's neighbor, kim moore, is also struggling to maintain an apartment at faile street. >> i came into this apartment from a shelter. when i seen this building, i freaked out. i was like, "oh, no." just from seeing the outside

i was surprised to learn the landlord was the city of new york, the housing authority or nicha.n north america with over 400,000 tenants. and guess what else was in nicha tenant? guess who else had a bathroom full of black mold? yes, rosana and her asthma daughter. >> it was a leak. that's how the mold started. >> amanda was exposed to that mold for a long time. >> for a long time. >> she says she immediately notified them after her daughter was diagnosed with asthma in march 2012. nicha sent several crews to inspect but did not approve a bathroom repair until eight months later. and when rosana called them in the fall of 2012 to get an actual repair date. >> he said the only available date we have is march 2014, and i'm here sitting and listening on the phone, and i'm like 2014? are you kidding me? >> that was almost a year and a half away. >> at this point, i was saying to myself, my child is sick. she could die, and no one is doing anything to help me. >> a lot of folks will look at this and think, why not just leave the apartment? >> yeah, but then again, where do we go? rig

some landlords have discoved they can get more from tour than tenants. consumerwatch reporter julie watts has our story. < >> this isn't my particular unit. >>> chris butler can't forget his old apartment. all he has to do is look own air b and b, the site that allows you don't out your home. back in 2012 he was evicted from his 18 p hundred dollars month one bedroom in this building in san francisco's rush hill. the reason, one of just a few that justify legal eviction in renter-friendly san francisco. >> the landlord served me with an owner move-know eviction. >> but instead of moving in himself, butler contends the landlord moved his daughter in from another unit in the building so he could rent out her old apartment on air b and b. >> i was under rent control based on an opportunity to make more money through a different channel. >> butler points to these two units on air b and b which he sayest they are in the building and currently going for 125 and 145 a night. by comparison, butler's rent worked out to about $53 a night. >> it is a very big probl

to prove that the tenant didn't want to return as a declaration for the landlord. presume bely when i mean currently right now there's a fire era temporary vooeks evocation and the landlord turns around and rent to son-in-law the tenant could foil a lawsuit against the landlord and i'm sure that's happened. i don't know. i guess it will be we have look at of time to think about it >> today and tomorrow we could forward this. >> and my final question has to do with the division of a residential unit for housing. it's on page 10 of the largest file. and i was just curious as to the rationale >> sure currently section 317 is the dwelling unit so the loss of group housing is tomato subject to the same as a it is the loss of the private housing so under the control substance as for any other dwelling unit. >> and group housing is currently often governed by the residential hotel ordinance. >> there's a subset so group housing is housing without kitchens and individual come back facilities. so residential hotels are often a subset of a particular kind of housing. those u

the landlord will do the work. it is our understanding in discussions with the department and the department at least has tentatively made a decision that they will pay that $1 million over 10 years at $162,000 a year which includes and 8 percent -- annual interest rate. if that resolution on how that's paid will result in a $1 million $620,000 which is five plus interest when you add the 8 percent -- annual interest rate. finally supervisors i would conclude that based on the recommendation of the real estate division we are recommending approval of this resolution. supervisor mark farrell: thank you mr. rose. supervisor avalos? >> supervisor john avalos: yes. regarding staffing changes when we see the rising increase, what year did that take place and i really want to hear justification for this expansion in square footage for office space. it seems like a very significant increase and one i don't think i'm quite ready to approve. >> good afternoon, supervisors, first i would like to change chair farrell and the

the landlord hats evicted us to get out it's going from 4 unit to 2 unit. it's like the ellis act was to allow the owners to evict and build something new. the seniors in order to get huge profits it's a dislocation of longer san franciscans to leave the area and drive us into homelessness. those tenants are being replaced by new conforms >> thank you, very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you supervisor avalos for our proposal. >> tom director of loveable city. thank you supervisor avalos. we have a huge for a moment crisis and when you're in a hole we need to stop digging and this was mentioned before really catch the planning code criteria policies up with the housing elements criteria policies that favors keeping housing and those dpaelt towards housing issues. on the questions of group housing we brought together a few different definitions of demolition. the article 7 and 8 that was covered in mixed youth districts they include the demolitions and article 317 that covers the other districts of city doesn't include groip group housing. we want to

landlords are cashing in and that includes ours.ou can continue to profit from the three commercial units below us. if he can get us out, he can rent our units out as offices or sell the units as tics or otherwise just deliver it empty and sell the building, or worse, knock it down and build a high-rise or sell it to a developer who would do so. we live in what should be a historic building [speaker not understood]. what will become of us, our friends, of this historic housing? we need a moratorium on the state ellis act. the city can call for this and fight for the rights of the citizens much like it did in allowing gay marriage, even though the state said that wasn't supposed to be. [speaker not understood] made into offices or ti chis for years would help. requiring percentage of the sale price of ellis buildings or units to be paid to bmr housing fund or sf land trust. certainly oversight, making sure that landlords are suffering -- thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon. my name is james glory. ~ glowver. [sp

.) >> we don't stay at home we try to keep ourselves busy out in the street we're afraid the landlord is going to try to talk to us. his son came and offered a thousand dollars i asked him would you leave our apartment and do you think that's enough to give him more he said he wouldn't but was offering it to me. my family we don't sleep we're incredibly influenced and it's fuk our school work. >> . >> (speaking spanish.) >> so thank you for again listening to our stories this has affected my families health i'm losing won't and hair my family our dynamics are different so thank you for doing what you thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> . thank you supervisors i'm tony gonzales with american indian movement west. i share the same as what was said earlier i content the supervisors for taking the position to change legislation to include the particular tactic of harassment by landlords etc. i'm not just speaking for my organization as a vietnam veteran and the westerns that are here it facts many people. it's a shame that the rich culture that the city has projected to the

the landlord met her there. showed her around. signed a rental agreement.ys - after she gave him 18- hundred dollars. >> pam: so you can imagine, baker was surprised. when sheriff's deputies showed up and told her she and her children to get out. victim: it's a wonderful place. the house is a wonderful place. its enough room for me and all my children. it's wonderful. >> pam: was in heaven when she found this home for rent on craigslist last week. the landlord met her there. showed her around. signed a rental agreement. and gave her the keys - after she gave him two money orders. >>18-hundred dollars. a thousand for the rent and 800 for deposit. >> pam: but yesterday two sheriff's deputies showed up and told krishanna and her kids they had to get out. >>i let them know how i came about the place and they just started like looking at each other like, oh craigslist again. >>it is common. >> pam: the sacramento county sheriff's department says it sees cases like this probably once a week - scammers always on the lookout for newly vacant homes. >>once they're v

but julie watts found one bay area renter who says his landlord pushed him out the cash in on air bnbnother unit in the building. >> reporter: chris butler can't forget the old apartment 689 all he has to do is look on air bnb the site that allows you to rent out your home. back in 2012 he was evicted from his $1,800 a month rent controlled one bedroom in this building in san francisco's russian hill. the reason? one of just a few that justify legal eviction in renter friendly san francisco. >> the landlord served me with an owner move in eviction. >> reporter: but butler contends the landlord moved his daughter into butler's unit from another unit in the building so he could rend out her old apartment on air bnb. >> they saw an opportunity to make more money through a different -- through a different channel. >> reporter: butler points to these two units on air bnb which he says are in the building and currently going for $125 and $145 a night. by comparison? butler's rent worked out to about $63 a night. >> this is a very big problem. >> reporter: tenant rights attorney is represent

but on the consumer p watch, julie watts reports some landlords are diversing they get more from tourists than tenants. >> reporter: yes. and that has some long-term tenants complaining they are being squeezed out of their rentals. >> this isn't my particular unit but this is another unit in the building. >> chris butler can't forget his old apartment. all he has to do is look on air b and b, the site that allows you to rent out your home for vacation. back in 0212, he was evicted from his $1,800 a month one bedroom in this building in san francisco's russian hills. the reason, one of just a few that justify legal eviction in renter-friendly san francisco. >> the landlord served me with an owner move in eviction. >> but instead of moving in himself, butler contends the landlord move 0 his daughter into -- moved his daughter in so he could rent out her old apartment on air b and b. >> i was under a rent control based on an opportunity to make more money through a different channel. >> butler points to these two units on air b and b which he says are in the building and are currently going

served me with an owner move-in eviction. >> he contended the landlord moved in his daughter to renter old apartment in airbnb. >> they saw an opportunity to make more money through a different channel. >> butler points to these two units on airbnb which he says are in the building currently going for 145 a night. by comparison butler's rent worked out to about $63 a night. joe tobener is representing him in a lawsuit . he said it's a problem all over the city. he said stories like thesauri phenomenonlies, but that's no -- like these are anomalies, but that's no consolation for these renters. >> the lawyer for the building owner who evicted chris today julie his client is in compliance with local and state laws. >>> apparently amazon figured out a way to read our minds. it just got a patent for something called anticipatory shopping. so it analyzes customer data. amazon says it can predict what you might buy next and move those products to a warehouse near you before you order them. amazon says the strategy is meant to cut down on shimming time. >> pretty predictable, but i'm not tha

and once that unit is reoccupied by a landlord, it has to be that same unit in the future. it cannot be another unit unless they file a petition, i believe, with the rent board. and, so, i think that not all -- when we think about property owners, it's not all property owners are equal. there are definitely some who really struggle who have no choice but to maybe rent out another unit for the extra additional income, but may not have [speaker not understood] they want to put the unit on for the duration that they're living there. so, i would like to he see if supervisor avalos would be amenable to either removing the prohibition of the owner move-in occupancy or reducing the moratorium down to maybe half of what has been proposed today. >> supervisor avalos, do you want to respond to that or do you want to continue it down roll call? >> i would entertain the idea of reducing the moratorium from 10 to 5 years for omi evictions. i think that could help us and show that we're treating omi evictions differently in this legislation, which i think would help it to be stronger and

. >> a group of san francisco tenants is seeing their landlord and say they've been bullied into moving out so the owner could turn the rent controlled building into office space. this area is going through construction and many long time tenants have been evicted. tenants accuse the landlord of letting the building fall into disrepair >> bed bug, lack of basic services as hot water and heat. >> the owner disputes accusations saying thesy pushing him to convert the building into offices. >> protest turned violent in harris. french taxi drivers attacked uber cars outside of the two main airports, assailants threw paint and objects. five taxi unions organized the demonstration calling so called smart phone based car services unfair competition. uber faced resistant from taxi groups in the use as well. french regulators issued a dreey allowing independent services to operate there as long as they wait 15 minutes before picking up passengers the unions say that is not enough. >> snap chat users concerned about the data breech could have to v.led to snap spam over the weekend one user tweete

for taking the position to change legislation to include the particular tactic of harassment by landlords etc. i'm not just speaking for my organization as a vietnam veteran and the westerns that are here it facts many people. it's a shame that the rich culture that the city has projected to the outer public is in the state of problems right now. there's a lot of resentment we see those big buses that driving around here that creates the resentment to the topic. we hope there's a a balance to keep our people's here all the superdomes of society and in particular our art and cultural workings are being affected. like a brain drain that goes on in other countries there's a cultural drain here for us to maintain the cultures is to also find ways thinking about the artist in our communities and filmmakers and those who are trying to stay here and work inform the community have a hard time finding a plays to thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, please. >>. i'm with the san francisco tenants union. thank you supervisors so far bringing this legislation back. harassment is definitely

it requires landlords to make some apartments off limit to smokers. they also ban smoking in common areas. another part of walnut creek's new smoking ban goes in effect today. that includes balconies, patios, and any common areas. smoking is already banned in the downtown area, public places, and within 25 feet of any doorway. >>> time is 4:35. this morning president obama heads out on a four-state two- day tour to drive home some of the points he addressed in his speech. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> president obama asked congress to pass immigration reform legislation, raise the federal minimum wage, and provide quality preschool education for more families. if congress doesn't act, he will. >> america does knot standstill and neither will i. so wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation top expand opportunity for more american families, that is what i'm going to do. >> the president also announced he will issue an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors. he says it's a step toward fi

the space celebrities is hollywood's a scientology is one of the major landlords. early on they set out to recruit celebrities. there was a church publication put out shortly after the founding with a roster of perspective celebrities with people like bob hope, walt disney disney, reduced some of the most famous in the world but that is to they sought to use as a pitchman for their new religion. celebrities did come to the church. they built a celebrity center said they would feel at home. some of the year of the people that came into the church were rock hudson hudson, apparently he got very upset in the middle of an auditing session and needed to go put more money in the meter in they would not let him out of their room. he never came back. korea swanson, the gloria swanson the star of silent movies. people later like colin and even elvis presley made a stop. he did not stay but his widow and daughter are prominent members. but celebrities are useful. they become megaphones for advertising the church and its benefits. if you look at the people that have been ther

it's wrong that their landlord gives them this buy out. it's completely unaccept ablg able, when state law allows this for their own short-term financial gain. all roads lead back to sacramento on this issue. that's why they are working with tenants and senior advocates and the entire states delegation. that's why i'm working with real estate and the business community to step up and work with me to make these changes at the state level. that's why i'm putting together a coalition to amend the state's ellis act and protect these vulnerable tenants to state that these laws are being abused. that's why you will see me in sacramento to change this law to end this type of speculation. thank you for your question, supervisor. and if i may say that thank you for the anticipated questions of supervisor avalos. if i can anticipate your non-question this month it would be go 9ers, yes. go 9ers. thank you. president david chiu: thank you, mr. mayor. go 9ers. with that we go to new business. call item 2. >> item 31141: [public employment - amendment

landlords, property owners who want to preserve housing and make improvements in housing where there are nonconforming units, where the zoning has changed from the original zoning that had occurred when the building was first created. and we also want to preserve housing and prevent mergers and demolition of housing where they are currently rent controlled units and affordable housing stock. this legislation will help keep families in san francisco. i know of many, many people including family members with children who no longer live in san francisco because of evictions, because of the high cost of living and this is rent -- these are two tools, these two ordinances are two tools that will help prevent evictions from occurring. and these are buildings that exist all across san francisco and we have been called upon by score, hundreds, not thousands of people in the city to help preserve this housing stock. so, colleagues, i hope to have your support. i do so appreciate your flexibility and hope we can move forward on this today. thank you. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you. again, i w

the landlord said they knew very little about him except that he paid rent on time. he told the fbi he targeted the consulate because all voices were in chinese and the chinese consulate had to have been involved. this neighbor exchanged pleasant tris with him. >> it's sad he hears voices he never exhibited that here in this house or neighborhood. >> very normal? >> yes. >> he comes back to work next week. >> the parents of andy filed against officer gelhaus a 13-year-old was carrying an air rifle. gelhaus says it looks like an ak 47 assault rifle. the press democrat reports county officials have not yet commented on the accusations. >> san jose police say a serial bank rober becoming violent and they're asking for tips in this case and want your help, today, releasing these images of the robber saying he appears to be a woman but could be a man. the recent bank was robbed yesterday. >> and take a look at this. belmont police released this camera video showing two burglary suspects caught in the act inside of a home. it happened at a home on the 2200 block. no word o

discount that allowed the original buyers to keep the profit when they sold those homes to private landlord at market price then the government artificially raised market rents by choking off supply by making it impossible for councils to replace the sold off houses then it paid those artificially high rents to the same private landlords in the form of housing benefit many times higher than the housing benefit would have paid had the houses remained in council hands again these are not economic policies that are failing this is a genocidal policy that succeeding at a return to the comments of pat quinn she said she is a british citizen i feel like the government wants me dead you are correct. prefer if you just topped yourself that's the great innovation of the coalition government yeah well actually the coalition government there is a huge rift emerging this week regarding this house price rises must stop so house prices are up eight percent across the entire united kingdom in two thousand and thirteen well vince cable's not happy with this and he's come out really. hard against david came