problems go unreported. many city-funded agencies are placing seniors in sro units. this is an enormous opportunity to discuss have the ability issues. our recommendation is that any contract between those city agencies and owners should include a standard of have the ability that is enforced. while this seems basic, many tenants are intimidated when they have concerns over their building. so, many of these concerns do not go reported. let s say that a city department funds a non-profit agency into non-funded sro s. they should require in the contract that they only place people in who are up to code would have the ability standards. in addition, the agency coming to the agreement to place units should require the owner to provide units that are up to code in free of infestation. we recommended inspections and enforcement of this contract language. the addition in the enforcement of this type of language would increase the number of units that meet have the ability standards
force. now, the reason it came to my attention is i came up with the problem of mice and cockroaches. it repeatedly went to my building manager numerous times. sometimes he would tell me flat out that he would not spread. sometimes his schedule would not do it. sometimes he would make excuses. sometimes i cannot keep them out of my dad when i sleep at night. has gotten to the point where i cannot take. i thought to myself, let me do the smart thing. let me find out who i am dealing with here. i went online to find out who was managing my building. what do you know, it turns out, first of all, that this guy is currently sitting on your sro task force. not only that, he is not even a resident of san francisco. he lives in san mateo. he does not care. [applause] supervisor mar: next speaker. i will call a few more names. [leads names] reads names] i just turned 81. i am a senior. i did not grow up at the time of single occupancy. i know what it is like for these people. it i
i am going to call people in bunches of 10, but if people could live up on the left side, that would really help. jessica, james, jesse, tony, and [unintelligible] [reads names] good afternoon, supervisors, city staff, and supervisors. you have heard a number of recommendations for changes to be made. what you have heard so far are recommendations that can be implemented right away. these are urgently needed, given the concerns over health and safety. we urge you to take action in the days and weeks. by improving contacts and pursuing other changes, i have several other recommendations that might take more time. more targeted outreach to seniors and adults with disabilities in sro s, as well as access to services to make sure that seniors have access to in home affordable options and other services. we would also like to see increased disaster planning. over the long term, we propose providing tenants the ability to provide a council not from a management so that people can
they should be proud of who they are and what they are. [applause] supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker? good afternoon, land use committee. my name is walter james. i am an organizer for the central city collaborative. i am also a resident for the mission hotel. the reason i am here today is to support the recommendation. first, i want to thank the people that put the report together. i think it is great that they put that report together. my main concern of, in these hotels, it is unbelievable. the things that are important to me, enforcement no. 3, a structure that is efficient, right now we are dealing with electrical problems. right? they are like the property management under support services. since they bring us to the front page, doing my own research, maybe something has to happen. right now i am trying to come on board with this and do something in a good way. new policy, my time is up, but with support services like property management staff and case managers,
instructors and to the hotels. they should give the inspectors the authority to write citations upon sight. they are denied access into the hotel. these are citations that should be issued on site. a lot of private hotel operators to not allow the inspectors to come in. he should increase the fee as well. it makes no sense that we have so many people living in inhumane conditions. i am fighting with the collaborative, and every other city departments. making certain that these tenants are getting treated fairly and the conditions are improved. mrs. collins? i have a question. i wanted to get the dvi code enforcers, who come through the door that is where they are denied? they are denied assets when managment says you can t come in or this is not taking place. there is the denial of the problems existing, the investa tion of rodents or bedbugs. elevators out for two or three days. these are the se conditions denying assets into the hotels. this needs to be tighte