. >> my name is scott weaver where the san francisco tenants union. i'm sure you are all aware of the vulnerabilities of the population that is subject to these buyouts. and the shock that they feel when they receive a letter from an attorney saying we may ellis the building, my client is considering owner move-in eviction. immediately, there's one foot out the door. immediately. and that's why we need this 30-day cooling-off period so that we don't have people making sudden decisions, so we have people who have the ability to go to counseling organizations to be able to do that before being scared so much that they will sign an agreement. i think as we talk about buyouts, we underestimate the displacement effect that buyouts have. if we were to count the number of buyouts that really happen in the city, they will exceed any single cause for eviction. they probably exceed any two causes for eviction combined. this is a big deal in terms of what is happening right in front of us. and landlords have been very open about not filing these things with the

. >> my name is scott weaver with the san francisco tenants unit. thank you, supervisor peskin, sunny for making this legislation possible. in a sense, we shouldn't be here. it was the law in 1980 that corporate rentals were illegal. it was doubled down in 1998 that they were illegal. and somehow it got lost in the airbnb legislation. so this is our opportunity to get it right and to make corporate rentals illegal and to provide mechanisms for enforcing the illegal conduct, because what we are dealing with is actually a rogue industry. they didn't come here and take our rent-controlled units with permission. they took it in opposition to the very laws that the city has passed. [please stand by] >> this legislation is super important to me and thank you, mr. peskin. thank you, networks speaker, please. and by the way, i have a new stack of speaker cards. ryan thompson, paula millard, carrie blanchette, andrew simmerman, jeff jordan didn't tyler smittay. >> i would say veritose has many goals and one of the goal is to create small, quick improvements

. >> my name is scott weaver with the san francisco tenants unit.supervisor peskin, sunny for making this legislation possible. in a sense, we shouldn't be here. it was the law in 1980 that corporate rentals were illegal. it was doubled down in 1998 that they were illegal. and somehow it got lost in the airbnb legislation. so this is our opportunity to get it right and to make corporate rentals illegal and to provide mechanisms for enforcing the illegal conduct, because what we are dealing with is actually a rogue industry. they didn't come here and take our rent-controlled units with permission. they took it in opposition to the very laws that the city has passed. [please stand by]

. >> my name is scott weaver from the san francisco tenants union. i was going to say something else until this elderly gentleman came up here, and i thought what would have happened if he didn't have representation, if he was in that 33%? and we all know what would happen. we know he would be on the street. and not long for this world. what if an 80-year-old man or woman were in that same situation? i think it's the same result. 75, maybe they are too young to die on the streets, maybe not. we heard the statistic brian gave of the high percentage of subsidized housing tenants who seek these services. what of those subsidized housing tenants are going to end up on the street because they don't have representation? because the city did not live up to the mandate of its own voters? and then what's the cost of all of these people being on the street? how much money are we going to spend on emergency services and homeless outreach and navigation centers? i submit to you it's a lot less than the cost of counsel that you are mandated to provide. thank you.

. >> my name is scott weaver from the san francisco tenants union. i was going to say something else until this elderly gentleman came up here, and i thought what would have happened if he didn't have representation, if he was in that 33%? and we all know what would happen. we know he would be on the street. and not long for this world. what if an 80-year-old man or woman were in that same situation? i think it's the same result. 75, maybe they are too young to die on the streets, maybe not. we heard the statistic brian gave of the high percentage of subsidized housing tenants who seek these services. what of those subsidized housing tenants are going to end up on the street because they don't have representation? because the city did not live up to the mandate of its own voters? and then what's the cost of all of these people being on the street? how much money are we going to spend on emergency services and homeless outreach and navigation centers? i submit to you it's a lot less than the cost of counsel that you are mandated to provide. thank you.

. >> my name is scott weaver where the san francisco tenants union.e you are all aware of the vulnerabilities of the population that is subject to these buyouts. and the shock that they feel when they receive a letter from an attorney saying we may ellis the building, my client is considering owner move-in eviction. immediately, there's one foot out the door. immediately. and that's why we need this 30-day cooling-off period so that we don't have people making sudden decisions, so we have people who have the ability to go to counseling organizations to be able to do that before being scared so much that they will sign an agreement. i think as we talk about buyouts, we underestimate the displacement effect that buyouts have. if we were to count the number of buyouts that really happen in the city, they will exceed any single cause for eviction. they probably exceed any two causes for eviction combined. this is a big deal in terms of what is happening right in front of us. and landlords have been very open about not filing these things with the rent boa

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