polly marshall to be reinstated. thank you very much. [applause] >> supervisor ronen: sorryier, we have a rule in all of our board rooms that there's no applause, so if you like what someone has to say, use your supportive fingers. and if you don't you can point daoust down but please don't make any audible sound. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, good afternoon, supervisors. my name is rocinda, and i live on mission street. and i have come here to really say i'm someone about someone who can help us. i live there for 13 years and i spend the money, a lot of amount, a lot to fix my house. this is my house. i have a big hole... (indiscernible) and this (indiscernible) and she tried to fix it just to make up. she send the workers and he covered and make a painting on the building. but the thing is that i send him a letter and email, and since that i have another problem. i live there for 13 years. and i almost lost my house if you can see the condition of how it is. i throw a lot of food away because it's a lot of (indiscernible) in

so i urge you to reject the mayor's sudden and uninformed decision to replace polly marshall and to appoint an inadequate tenant commissioner. it comes at an important time for long-term tenants and rent control tenants. last year the board of supervisors banned cent service and property tax being passed on to rent controlled tenants at the represent board. what -- rent board. what is at stake is using this law, they're making -- they're interpreting the law to their own benefit and what is being presented is a purchase agreement that is mainly redacted and has no signature, no date, no letterhead. so it's a very weak -- weak argument and i'm not an attorney. but i have common sense and the education to know that the rent board has to go by the current laws and not by just an opinion or compassion. thank you very much. >> supervisor ronen: thanks. next speaker. >> hello. my name is matthew cuza and i have lived for more than a decade under rent control at 2013, and last week our building had a rent board hearing with a significant rent increase to passthrough property tax and debt servicing