and i never quite understand this because being a native san franciscoan and seeing the changes over the years of what every group pushing out another group, i'd like to understand better, if we can get more data. are these new type of employment really pushing out the people that have lived here for a while? and, if so, what are we going to do about it in regards to for our city to create the type of jobs that can keep our people here and not put undue pressure into our housing market. the other piece that i felt missing in this report was -- and i asked my staff this and i don't have the answers. is our city, where are we compared to other cities in the u.s. when it comes to building affordable housing? are we at par, are we below other cities, are we ahead of the curve or what? because i think it's important for us to understand that if we are indeed below average in terms of building enough affordable housing then we really need to refocus on our approach of how city planning is going to accept the type of development that we see in the city. >> thank you, supervisor yee, and let

i'm a fourth generation san franciscoan, i've been here a long time and i've seen what gentrification has done to our neighborhood. these proposals that you have to weaken the damage that's done by the ellis act, we look forward to working with your offices on that and, you know, making it more difficult, keeping track and data on these ellis act buyouts so that the city can react more forcefully in steming the tide because we don't want to, you know, like you said, supervisor campos, we're really fighting for the heart and soul of our city and we don't want to lose it. i'm fourth generation san franciscoan and i want to stay here. >> michael, lyon, sta and gray panthers. thank you for holding these hearing and thank you for the legislation to deincentivize evictions. i'll be really brief. so much of this is being driven by the lack of affordable housing for people of all levels. what we really need is a complete moratorium on any market rate housing until everyone and all income levels in san francisco can have housing. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name

our evictors, native san franciscoans, well connected san franciscoans abused us without fear of repercussions. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. blue. >> supervisors, i am diane carpio, resident of the city and county of san francisco for 20 years, my daughter is a native. yeah, there's -- this is definitely a huge, huge, issue, the bigger -- the other piece of the puzzle is the affordable housing aspect of it. and you know with all the funds that we're going through hud and the office of redevelopment and i mean -- it's just appalling that it's gotten to this point. then we had the bid's which the city gives businesses increasing assessments and that impacts all the residents around it. there's realtors, formula retail realtors under the guise of various llc's and they are all connected here and there and really the attorneys, bornstein and bornstein, mentioned earlier, i was in a courtroom, there's no court reporters or attorneys, the eviction collaborative is wonderful however just having somebody there to divide you through the entire process is absent. but those guys are r

our evictors, native san franciscoans, well connected san franciscoans abused us without fear of repercussions. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. blue. >> supervisors, i am diane carpio, resident of the city and county of san francisco for 20 years, my daughter is a native.

developing here and we put into land trust we could make a lot of housing affordable forever for san franciscoans and for people being evicted. thank you. >> i'm going to read a few more names prrp (reading names). >> hi, my name is tom rapp, i moved in san francisco in 1988 with my band. this is where my roots are, this is where i have made so many great friend ships and had so many good times and this is where i want to continue living. i am living in a rent controlled building for 15 years, my roommate who is a disabled senior has been there 27 years and we are being ellis evicted. we were being offered a win-win situation and we are being harassed and threatened. the ellis act is being abused at the expense of the character of the city. you are the law makers and i can't help thinking there must be something you can do to not only stop future abuse of ellis but to help the people who are currently in the eviction process. thank you. >> thank you, sir. next speaker. >> thank you for having this hearing. my name is melissa brackero, i live at 1047 and looking at eviction the day before thanksgi

we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions.here are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options are endless. anyone out there with a sweet tooth? then i have a great stop for you. i've been searching high and low for some great cookies and the buzz around town that anthony's are those cookies. with rave reviews like this i have to experience these cookies for myself and see what the fuss was all about. so let's see. while attending san francisco state university as an accountinging major, anthony's friend jokingly suggested he make cookies to make ends make. with no formal culinary training he opened his own bakery and is now the no. 1 producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all start

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, welco 10th annual public defenders summit. i'm so excited to be here today. our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. we draw together attorneys, community leaders, non-profit leaders and directors and people committed to improving the criminal justice system. we come together once a year to talk about the issues and problems that we want to solve. this year is a particularly special summit because yesterday marked the 50th an niversary of the supreme court decision. one of the most significant dimensions our country. on march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. even though it had been part of the constitution as the #6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. it never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been

. >> good afternoon, lavon hickerson, i'm a native san franciscoan, 12 years in alamo square. feel very privileged about that and an asthma board member. i don't think i can add a lot of details to what you've heard about the unsafe conditions option 2 presents. i'm kind of old school, we have a public high school there, i always thought when you had a school you had a quiet zone. what is it going it look like when you funnel all of the tour bus activity down hayes street? so i can't see how option no. 2 is going to work. it's also a very dangerous option when you think about cresting on that hill and trying to pass blindly around tour busses. that, to me, spells disaster. so i would ask you to please support option 1. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> felicia faulkner. >> good afternoon, miss faulkner. >> my name is felicia faulkner and i've owned a building for 23 years. at the time we purchased the building we reis fored the front of it, there's statues, these two sta khues were completely restored, they have been there for a hundred years and restored about

>> good afternoon, i am marla knight, a retired city college teacher and a fourth generation san franciscoan. i live down the street from teresa on lombard. we were bought by urban green investments in mid-november. a week later we got the letter of intent that they were going out of the land lord business which they had been in one week. on february 24 of this year we received our notice of ellis act eviction so we are due to vacate on the 4th, 2014. i support your proposal, especially the moratorium. i hope it will apply to us too. i'm also a volunteer tutor at telegraph hill community center and i really would like to continue contributing it my community. as all of my co-tenants, we have a couple asian immigrants who are 89 and 92, respectively, and they are section 8 resip cipients and they are being evicted too. urban green chose not to do a value added and do market rate but just evict us all. anyway, i really really hope that this matter, these proposals go forward quickly. thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hi, i've evan juisilary, it's me with the pictures. you may

. >> hello, my name is jennifer jamesison, i am a third generation san franciscoan, i run a dog rescue and i am on commissioner on the welfare commission. i am here to talk about costa hawkins, it's a state act, if you are not familiar with it, it allows a land lord of a home with an in law unit to petition the board to redesignate the house back to a single family dwelling thereby breaking the rent control and raising the rent exponentially. we moved in two years ago to the rate of $2,000 a month, our land lord has raised the rate to $4,000 which he knows he can't afford. costa hawkins is legal but we can't be the only people this is happening to. the evil stepchild related to ellis. because of the status of the rental market i am now faced with being forced to leave my home and my xhuept. community. i'm not a part of a protected class, i'm probably one of the members of the middle class we've been talking about but i've also been unemployed for two years. i'm someone who believes in this city and bleefrs in the community, i believe i am a part of the people who are being squeezed and

organizers say they were no strangers to the fighting for rights of tennants and thousands of san franciscoans are in danger of losing their homes. >>> president obama ready to make a big-time decision concerning thanksgiving. >>> the 18-year-old set on fire aboard a bus in the east bay is expected to go home today. i will have the very latest on sasha fleischmann coming up. >>> i'm lauren petty outside of chicago in northwest indiana. we are in michigan city. they are going to be dealing with lake effect snow for the holiday travel. a couple inches here in michigan city. the further east you go, the more snow they are going to get. maybe as much as 6-12 inches in northwest indiana and southwestern michigan. the wind is not going to help holiday travel as it is whipping at 25 miles an hour. it is going to be an interesting day for anybody hitting the road for the holiday. >>> the teenager recovering from serious burns after being set on fire from a bus is expected to be home. more on the release in time for thanksgiving. >> reporter: recovering from third-degree burns is no easy feat. sasha fl

san francisco city hall, mayor lee and others will pay tribute to milk and misconi. the theme will be skyrocketing rent. they were no strangers to fighting for the rights of sfrasan franciscoans >>> thousands are getting their hands dirty to help clean up san francisco. they are working to tackle 300 tasks on the accreditation commission list of the things that must be fixed to keep the school open. this includes pulling weeds, recycling, composting and washing of the windows. earlier this years, the commission ruled the college would lose its accreditation in july of next year if certain requirements are not met. >> it is 4:51. >>> a new jersey police officer being called a hero for pulling a man from a burning truck. the terrifying ordeal was caught on the officer's dash cam. he opens the door and manages to pull the driver out to safety. he runs back to the truck to make sure there are no other passengers inside. thisic have tim is expected to survive. what caused the truck to catch fire is now under investigation. a true hero. >> instinct takes over. you jump to action for yourself in harm's way and save lives. >>> 4:51. still ahead. a very serious question here. how much

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, equal everybody and thank you for being here to witness and a celebrate the signing of dues process for all ordinance in san francisco. and first, i'd like to commend supervisor avalos for your work supervisor in bringing this important legislation to this body before the board and public. i want to thank all the other supervisors as a role wholly know they spent a lot of time on this to think about the changes we're macro and i especially want to give a particular things to tang and kim for oh, amendments it strengthened the ordinance itself. i also want to give a very strong thank you it the numerous agencies about public safety but the cabinet rights ease the cabinet advocates many are in the room today including the groups that xhiepsz is rights committee i had the opportunity to hear the stories of victim who were getting tangled up with icing detainers for try