we do have some limited resource he to help some tenants, but the vast majority of tenants we do not have the resources to represent. in my role as the supervising attorney i oversee a lot of the litigation that happens and i'm very aware of the value that attorneys add in cases when we're able to represent tenants fully. last week at court we sent six attorney to court and five of though tenants were able to keep their rent controlled home, their tenancy. we consistently add more value as attorneys in the number of tenants who are able to remain in their housing when they are facing an eviction. if the tenant has to move, we add more time and get more value from the tenant in terms of money waived or money paid to leave their unit. some examples are in [speaker not understood] in her .50 who had been living in her unit 15 years. she was living in caltrain in potrero hill. the landlord insisted she move. there was no way they were going to budge. we got involved and were able to help that woman keep her housing. since then she's reestablished her e1 in a new career as a chef and she

i've been a tenant in my current tenant five years [speaker not understood] until i was served with an unlawful detainer. i had no idea i had any rights and went to the eviction collaborative and letteredv about the possibility that i could negotiate staying in my unit. in my situation the counsel for the landlord was very adamant that i leave the unit and, in fact, a trial date was set. so, without representation from people at eviction defense collaborative, i'm convinced there is no way i'd be able to keep my unit. so, thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>> hello, everyone. my name is durel hunter. i came here because i was moved behind what's been happening in san francisco with these real estate -- realtors and these landlords illegally evicting people out their homes based on -- because they want to move another tenant in who will pay a higher rent. so, in the process they create false allegations and documentation. and like as you see, some people here can't talk or can't understand eggvlyerction very well, can't speak it. ~ english very well, can't speak it. [spea

for all tenant hardships for operating maintenance and water bond pass throughs, the tenant hardship application, we ask about clothing and we ask for dumb stuff just like we ask the landlords. as i said in committee, i don't think that's relevant any longer and we'll stream line that and get rid of the criteria. we went to the rent board and asked them to make the criteria the same because it's confusing to people, that they can be poor but win here, lose here depend ongoing on the rent increase they're passed with. our board has landlord and tenant -- they refused to stream line until they see the outcomes, but i believe we'll move into the area of having uniformed hardship criteria and the criteria will be different for ten ands and landlords. we'll always look at the landlord's picture. we embraced the amendment that passed because we would look at bank accounts and medical bills and assets and the look at the whole picture. we would look at landlords and tenants. you're going to have competing equities and you're going to have small landlords who have one asset and you're going

for all tenant hardships for operating maintenance and water bond pass throughs, the tenant hardship application, we ask about clothing and we ask for dumb stuff just like we ask the landlords. as i said in committee, i don't think that's relevant any longer and we'll stream line that and get rid of the criteria. we went to the rent board and asked them to make the criteria the same because it's confusing to people, that they can be poor but win here, lose here depend

and the statistics show that when a tenant is facing eviction, if that tenant is represented by counsel, he is many time more likely to actually stay in their home than someone who is not. and, so, the purpose of this hearing is to underscore that part of the strategy to address the crisis of evictions in displacement has to be how do we ensure that tenants actually have the legal support that is needed, that they need to make sure they survive that eviction. with that, i want to ask the public defender of san francisco, jeff hadachi, who has been working on this issue with us. i don't know if jeff is here. i don't see jeff. if he can say just a brief few words before we go on to public comment. mr. hadachi. >> thank you. good morning, supervisors. i'm here to express my support for expanding legal services for landlord tenant representation. although i'm a public defender, my efforts of focusing representation of residents accused of a crime, i've seen a great need for legal services in other areas, specifically housing rights, child custody, and family law. san francisco, as you know,

i was pulling out the tenant hardship application which specifically states that assets -- when a tenant is applying for a hardship, it includes their assets and that determination including non liquid assets and retirement accounts. that makes a lot of sense. tenants should not have to provide the value of their retirement account in determining a hard ship and neither should a landlord that's not there on either end. i want to say at the hearing on this legislation, there were a lot of statements but some of the supporters of the legislation, i'm coming close to distributing the existence of the mom and pop landlords, the people who have a small building, maybe their only building and they live in that building, and those are not the people who are doing the evictions and almost disputing it's really an issue. so i would question why it is then when you have a modest amendment that says if you own the one building, if it's a small building and if you live in the building, you shouldn't have to sell that building or take out a mortgage on it if you're otherwise of limited means because

. >>> ted [speaker not understood], san francisco tenants union and as you've heard most tenants are getting evicted and we're seeing a lot of evictions these days. do not get an attorney and end up losing in court. so, we have a big need for legal services for tenants in san francisco, especially during this housing crisis. most of the legal representation we have right now, almost all of it, is for tenants who are facing an unlawful detainer or an eviction lawsuit. we need to stabilize and increase funding for that so that no tenant is going before a judge or jury without an attorney, without full representation. but beyond that, we he need to begin giving full legal representation to tenants from the moment they get the eviction notice. as has been noted earlier, many landlords issue bogus or what we call pretext evictions, evictions which will not stand up in court, evictions for nonpayment of rent. for example, when the rent has in fact been paid and it's documented that it's been paid, the bullying tenants go into court with an attorney knowing they can bowl them over as if the

next speaker, please. >>> iris [speaker not understood] lewis, tenant, tenant in the mission for 38 years. very quickly, i read that in 2013 40% more working families are leaving san francisco than coming into san francisco, something we definitely want to turn around. and as a nurse, i'm very concerned about the health effects of all these evictions. i've seen people's blood pressure really go up, blood pressure crises, the stress, not sleeping, not eating well has really taken its toll on these people and families being evicted. i have seen a difference when people have support instead of fighting and have legal representation that they've calmed down, that they weren't alone and their health conditions weren't deteriorating as rapidly. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> hi, my name is linda galbreath and i'm a housing attorney at legal aid. we he provide free legal services for low-income tenants facing eviction and displacement and in particular we specialize in serving extremely low and very low-income tenants who are in public and subsidized housing. many of these tenants ar

tenant education and input and tenant protections. it's very important that there are people in these properties educating and empowering and listening to the tenants. many tenants have discussed that this development is chosen and now with the properties they didn't have a say. the tenants want to be involved in these processes, and now that there is time for door-knocking opportunities and the beneficiaries of rad, are not left in the dark. and for the tenants to understand the protections in rad. there needs to be education to ease the fears. it's important to get out-reach teams out there to teach others and to get more leaders on the ground. so that the residents know their protections and can get their concerns heard. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i want to say thank you for the opportunity to speak at this hearing, and actually for you guys to have the courage to call this hearing. to flush out some concerns and issues that people have around the rad program. you know it isn't an option

is that while this is an industrial tenant that makes one, also other office in the space. they also the tasting room in the stated goals was to do some minor retail industry. dose of events and happenings for the community in the space. so they've done a wonderful job. weber barbecue pit bocce ball courts. they have picnic tables that all the tenants share in the committee shares in their industrial tenant weber number of ancillary uses would've really activated space. we expect many of the building south of 20th st. to have it variety of uses even if they are predominant character is making industrial. with respect to office up your senator to buildings though the circle become office because historically were office. building 101 and building 104 this is a picture of what fort point looked like prior to renovation. this is what [inaudible] look like today. what was seen in the market is love creative office type uses to my lot of nonprofit type uses, and a lot of tech type uses. the really drawn to historical buildings. we are talking to all those groups actively though no one has

have right now is that it's very hard to do any leasing the transition documents in place because tenants feel that there's a significant amount of regulatory uncertainty until we actually have our deal in place so hopefully this summer when the deal is in place will be able to really reassure the market that at this point all that's left is the construction execution but we have talked to a lot of tenants on what talk a lot more about tenant mix later in the presentation but in terms of mix of uses our goal is really to build a community and every project we do the community is really an evolving community and some of the considerations we have at this project of the types of uses so we have industrial uses, large industrial uses. we have office use. we have restaurant uses them we have small maker type uses and accommodate all those together. then we have commendation of public space and private space. there's major balancing act between things like loading and public areas, but it's up there with extremely focused on that the transaction documents cover and that the community have been

i make it clear to the tenants that -- >> this is for tenants already living in the apartments?o, first time. they would charge them a broker's fee. i would say, did you see him rocher or contact one? they would say, no. we end up paying a broker's fee. why? did you know that is illegal because you did not contract with a broker? a did not know this. likeve other problems tenants moving into a new apartment. if the previous tenant was there and he's only paying $626, the new tenant comes in and they're paying $1000. which is way above the equity price of that apartment. a tenant bringing another relative remember to live in that apartment with them, there were drapes the rent -- they would raise the rent again. this is going on regularly. >> you have called the city to complain about conditions like not having fire routes to get out? >> correct. first of all, as everybody knows, you must have a second or exit to get out of the building. if you have an emergency where you can't leave the front of the building, you must be able to have a secondary way to get out. , they blocked of

city clerk: item 14: 140035: [administrative code - consumer price index increase - temporary tenant household dislocation compensation] sponsor: chiu ordinance amending administrative code, chapter 37, "residential rent stabilization and arbitration ordinance," to implement california civil code, section 1947.99aaa111aa, by requiring the rent board to annually adjust the daily compensation rate for tenant household temporary dislocation of less than 20 days, according to the consumer price index cpii.12341234 >> same house same call. this ordinance is passed on the first reading. item 15. city clerk: item 15: 140096: [administrative code - tenant relocation assistance payment] sponsors: campos; kim, avalos and mar ordinance amending the administrative code to mitigate adverse impacts of tenant evictions to provide that when residential units are withdrawn from the rental market under the ellis act, each relocated tenant is entitled to the greater of the existing rent relocation payment, or the difference between the tenant's current rent and the prevailing rent for a comparable apar

next speaker, please. >> my name is rita i'm a tenant at robert fit. want to direct this to supervisor breed i met you last summer when you are you were holding this eviction her family i've lived next door to them my ceiling has been damaged repeatedly but they don't want to repair my ceiling. okay instead of you being your brothers keeper it looked the housing authority on you choose to keep those people in housing they're that he had fills and gang members a majority of people live in fear my daughter is 14 and a half last wednesday while i'm down at glide volunteering my kwes question when i asked the housing commission how many the police officers didn't come in and remove sonya i had restraining orders on both of those people. and now it's not safe to

the existing tenants are spread over 7 building on parcel a and b. you see the buildings numbers on your slide most of the buildings are occupied building 103 is vacated but the artist that is in this building is there. building ton one will not be demolished. building one 10 is the building that is occupied by the cookery which is a commercial kitchen. the existing artists community of shipyard tenants has been viewed as a - the mass developer has agreed to make sure that relocating tenants including the artists and commercial kitchen will be moved off site but those new buildings that include the new artist that building and a new replacement kitchen will be conducted near one 01. additionally tenants are required to vacant the facilities are entitled to benefits according to federal and state like contemplation for moving and compensation to other issues. we'll be caesar's the conditions of the artists studios and their kitchen facilities and their task is to look at the design facilities and most important making sure that all relocation requirem

i think the issues raised around tenant rights, the right of tenants to be have assurity of staying in their property. that they will be able to return to their units. and the ability to be transferred. whether it's, you know, trying to avoid a dangerous situation they are living in. or other ways, other reasons why they have been transferred. i think it's a right that has to be upheld. i am concerned about financing and who the investors and lenders will be. often we are at the constraint of the banks and the lenders. it's incredible that the profit model, even if we are creating a public/private partnership, the model from the lenders perspective compromises our resources, i am concerned about that. i have worked on since july of 2011, to create our own municipal bank that could be infused with our values as a city, and infrastructure, and education infrastructure. and to couple our resources, and to add resources. the public bank is one to make sure we have adequate dollars for our housing is an area to focus on. there was recommends -- recommendations that came out of the fsu and r

i want to thank dbi and the city attorney's office and thank the tenants union for their support of ouregislation and thank the feedback from online platforms as well as the apartment association and the coalition for bettered housing. i know there will be more discussions and look forward to those and thank amy chang >> mr. president, seeing none, other nominations that concludes the roll call. >> i want to go to our accomodation district had would like to move forward with we do those at 2:30 but there's a important person here. >> again, thank you very much supervisor chiu and colleagues for entertaining this. for this person i wish we could roll out a red carpet. last week wednesday something tragic and beautiful at the same time happened on ocean beach. today, i'm so thrilled to be able to how were you someone who both sides the true sense of the word. a 17 why would i think he's decided to go catch waves he sad

they're not letting tenants have their own board to say the money is there for tenants to have their meetings and then get back. we want to make sure in the future that san francisco stands like the president has stood up for so many different things our country have today, that it's important we have those independent bullies as residents. we know how to make the system better for the people who are homeless coming in or coming out of prison. we are often the forgotten people who are not there. thank you for being here for the mayor -- i seep him at the earthquake. i didn't make t. weird day. thank you. [laughter] >> all right. we're going to move on. thank you, teresa and mr. chu. okay. we're going to go on -- >>> juicy edmonds. thank you. i forgot to say that. >> okay. moving on to item number 4, the independent living resource centers, jessie lorenz. >> good afternoon, councilmembers and staff, members of the public. my name is jessie lorenz and i'm the executive director of the independent living resource center san francisco. i want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to

supervisor wants this is to be passed into the tenants and merging the units. in response supervisor chiu said this should not have to - supervisor kim expressed concern there's not enough improvement and believed the city may not receive applications yet she supported the opportunity to legalize the board was voting for this we had a marathon sequa appeal session regarding sfmta the appeal was heard the shuttle policy and pilot program was carolyn exempt and the pilot project as exempt under class 6 that is for information gathering and activities. activities can be part of the program or action that's not been proved there's no unusual circumstances from the experimental regulations. many the case of the shuttle program sfmta proposed the shuttle providers serving intercity to apply for permits for the shared bus stops and they'll be succinct to concern operations and carry tracking device and the effectiveness of the program will be monitored and in an effective for the shared use of the bus stops the shuttles will be held responsible for one dollar for the

and so i think that that is another challenge and it is not just the tenant community that is worried about it and also it is land lords who feel that they have rented out their apartments to long term tenants and then the tenants themselves are using the apartments to make a little side money and i think that is where it gets complicated and we are in a way planning does have to come in with the zoning issue and it is whether or not it is allowed in the residential neighborhoods and so i understand the fact that dbi and the fact that we do have many more inspecters in the field than planning but there are some that are under the purview of planning. and i want to thank the department and the staff for working with the supervisor on this, because it is important legislation, especially the tax aspect that we have not been getting. and even if the rentals are found to be legal, the city is not getting any tax basis for it. and so that is an important issue, but at the same time, at what point do we allow just to kind of go on ward? but i had another question and i was wondering if i co

we've also been working with many of our tenant counseling agencies. and at our last meeting, we asked them what would be most useful in term of access to information and what they told us is that an online affordable housing data portal -- and with that or more than that is what they called a hotline where someone from any service agency could call one number and [inaudible] for example, you're familiar with the disability community services list that comes out. often when you look at that, it can still be very confusing. so, is it a tax credit unit or what's the eligibility? so, what we were hoping to design was a data portal in which a resident or a case manager could actually enter in the characteristics about themselves and their families and then hopefully what would pop up would be all of the unit for which you are eligible. it would have information about whether or not is there a waiting list, is the wait list open or closed. and in an ideal world, if it's something that has a lottery, for example, they could take that information that you've

tenants are cashing in and landlords are fed up. >> there is not a matter of acceptability, to me. this is criminal deception. >> gm's ceo under fire for a second day. the claims the company covered up a deadly defect. ,,,,,,,,,,,, tough on tenants who rent o their spaces on air bnb... as consumerwatch reporter j watts explains -- there's bn a >>> landlords are starting to get tough on tenants who rent out their spaces on air bnb. as kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains, there's a sharp uptick on eviction notices in san francisco. >> reporter: it's no four star hotel but jeff katz's living room has been a hit on air bnb. >> it's a great neighborhood. >> reporter: he said he saved about $3,500 letting tourists sleep on an air mattress while he slept in the next room. >> did i get rich off of this? no. but it was a pleasant experience. >> reporter: now he is paying for it. >> this was on the door when i got home. >> reporter: last week, the special ed. teacher got an eviction notice from his landlord stating he had three days to pack up and get out because he was illega

thank you very much, and thank you to all the tenants and the representatives who. come out today. >> thank you, supervisor campos. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. appreciate supervisor campos and the community coming forward with this hearing. and i have been supportive of eviction defense for many, many years [speaker not understood] the budget over the years and interested in doing that again this year the mayor's office can do that. i also want to make sure we have a balanced approach as well. i worked very hard to pass prop c, the housing trust fund. part of that what actually a homeowner stabilization fund. at the very last minute it was changed to housing stabilization fund and there was money that was moved from homeowner stabilization fund to eviction defense. i think there should be more money for eviction defense, but we also have a crisis for working class homeowners in san francisco that we are now addressing as a city. so, i want to make sure that as we're talking about, you know, tenancies, we're also talking about under water mortgages. we're also t

it has an impact on tenants and landlords and one can support it or not support it. it's important to get the details right even if those details are reasonable affecting a sub set of the universe where the legislation can come into play. i think it's worth it on having those discussions and i'm glad we did that at committee and at the full board w that said, i do think that looking at the big picture, this legislation is important. and we, as i mentioned last week, it seems like hardly a week goes by where i don't learn about another eviction in my district and i know i'm not hearing about them necessarily in other districts, so i can only imagine what is really happening and i know there's been some discussion about there aren't as many evictions now than in 2000 or the overall evictions, and it's a small number. whether it's a small or large number, it's having a huge impact on people's lives and when these evictions happening far often than not in my experience, you have seniors being impacted and people who are not going to be able to find other housing. people

the tenants. and the city is still receiving those funds.hat program was to get the men and women off the drugs and put them in training so they would have stable jobs. i have the information here. i gave this information to the housing director. i mean -- no the president -- what are you baby? president of the commission. i had him make copies of it, because i wanted him to know. that so-called rad is an excerpt from what the tenants should be doing. and i asked you at a meeting, asked for an audit of hope, the mayor's of housing, all of those funds are to go to the tenants. and the city is getting those grants that started at bayview-hunter's point. and the tenants did reconstruction of the buildings themselves. they were trained to do this. they were trained. and 20 people were trained to be managers. and only 12 retired. now (inaudible). >> thank you, mrs. jackson. thank you, thank you, dr. jackson. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am adam maguire, i am a maintenance man for the housing authority. i was born and raised holly court and i

he has made a lot of money off minorities, hispanics, blacks, koreans, tenants.ut he doesn't treat them in a way that is fair. he doesn't seem to understand that. >> yeah, it's because he is a slum lord. you just said the definition of what a slum lord is. and if you apply that to the nba you are talking to someone who put $13 million on the table. $3 million down and now he has a club worth 800 million to a billion dollars. and i think, don, you spoke about this being a turning point moment. it's only one if we realize that the efficacy of what are called respectability politics this idea that if afternoon americans don't wear baggy pants and wear good clothes the racism will go away. it's a lie. institutionalized racism is alive and well in the united states. >> i'm not sure if that has anything to do with donald sterling. >> he's a jerk who has been coddled by nba owners for three decades. if donald sterling was the one who was caught on tape. i'm sure what isaiah said is true. that he has not heard this before. and david stern the former commissioner and curr