Thank you very much. Madam clerk, are there any other items before us today . There are no other items. Chairwoman we are adjourned. [meeting adjourned at 11 00 a. M. Pacific standard time] hi. My name is carmen chiu, San Franciscos elected assessor. In our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90 of their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties . Well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the states proposition 13 law. In 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. Under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. Every year after, that value goes up by the c. P. I. Or the California Consumer price index. But if the c. P. I. Is more than 2 , prop 13 caps the increase at 2 . Well walkthrough the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. Lets take a home with initial value of 400,000. In the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2 , growing from 400,000 to 408,000. In year three, that 408,000 is increased by 2 to roughly 416,000. Every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2 , and that is called your prop 13 value. Keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be the same as market rate. What do we mean by that . Lets say over the last ten years, home prices in San Francisco have gone every roughly 10 every year. Despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2 growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. Know that the value recessed when theres a change in ownership. A change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. Maybe through a new owner. Maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names through title. At that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. That value becomes a new starting point for the property. Just like before, the Growth Continues to be limited at 2 until the next transfer happens. Remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. Value might also be added when construction happens on your property. That would be another instance when growth in your value might exceed 2 . Here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. Every july, well let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. You can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. Please note that a separate office called the treasurer Tax Collectors Office will send you a letter in october and theyre responsible 230r collections. For more information, visit our website, slate, and as soon as it comes back on, we can start. Okay. Good morning, everyone. Were going to start our september 23rd rules committee meeting. I am supervisor walton, and this is supervisor gordon mar. Chair ronan will be here in a little while. So im going to go ahead and start the meeting. Our clerk today is victor young, and i would like to thank jesse larsen and matthew from sfgov tv for staffing this meeting. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents tob included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the october 1st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise state. Chairman thank you. Can we call item number one. Item one is the ord nan and the administrative code to add a preference and City Affordable Housing projects for tenants temporarily evicted for rehabilitation work, to provide evidence of complying with the tenants right to reoccupy such tenant rental units. Chairman thank you so much. I forgot to announce we have our guest, supervisor peskin, who is here to talk about the substantial amendments for item one. Im going to pass this over to supervisor peskin. Thank you, supervisor walton. And i want to thank you for waiving the 30day rule. This is a proposal to amendment the Housing Preference policy to accommodate tenants displaced by temporary Capital Improvement conditions, which is quite pronounced in areas of the city that have older rent control housing like the corner of the city i represent. San franciscos existing rent law a allows landlords to evict tenants temporarily in order to provide capital u78 improvements, and sometimes they are mandatory, and sometimes theyre voluntary improvements that the landlord undertakes. I think many of us have heard about the phenomenon of remolding evictions, and in some cases, the gold plating, with Capital Improvements, that are not just about safety and inhabitability, but are really aimed at driving out tenants. Under the rent ordinance, these Capital Improvement temporary evictions are indeed intended to be temporary, and the tenant is entitled to return when the renovations are completed. And the law, as it exists, generally requires that the work should be completed in three months. But the law allows landlords to extend that period without limit. For example, one project youll hear about in district 3 threatens to displace four longterm households, most of them seniors, for at least a year without any increase insistence or offer of replacement housing. And there are many such evictions pending citywide, as well as in the Northeast Corner of the city, and as youll see on his heat map ill wave at us colleagues, there is a header map that is happening in the city, and they happen throughout the city, but are concentrated in districts 3and 6, and there have been so far 400 of them since 2017. So given the challenges of finding housing for even those at the top of the income scale, for many working families and retired seniors, a temporary Capital Improvement eviction notice is a disaster and often leads to just the threat of them can force buyout situations. So the proposal that is for you would make tenants facing Capital Improvement evictions eligible for inclusion in a new tiers for displaced tenants. With this reform, tenants receiving capital eviction notices can apply for Affordable Housing without having to wait years for a unit. I think the support would not require any additional subsidy because the tenants could utilize the Relocation Assistance to cover increased rental costs. And eligibility would be temporary because when the renovations at the original places are complete, the tenants would be required to go back to their original unit, and those units in existing Affordable Housing would be freed up. So we need to develop more comprehensive reforms to protect tenants from these abusive practices. In addition to the neighborhood, but the preference policy, im offering some amendments, which i distributed to you. First on page five, at line 24, in the eviction clause, at subsection 11 at the bottom of page five, youll see the insertion of the words that work would make the units hazardous, unhealth, and or uninhabitable while work is in progress. On the next page, page six, this would cod fee codify existing policy at the rent board by the insertion of the words the landlord will only require the tenant to vacate the unit for a minimum time required to do the work. At page six, further down in subsection a, i would ask the committee to consider adding the language, a subsection 3 there, and provide the tenant a form prepared by the rent board that the tenant can use to keep the rent board apprised of any future change in address. On the same page, subsection c, and this is quite important language, is some direction to Administrative Law judges at the rent board to consider whether the landlord has delayed in seeking the extension the reasonableness of the landlords time estimate, what work is reasonable and necessary to meet state or local requirements colonel safety or inhabitability, and whether any tenants have objected that the cost of securing alternative housing would cause them a financial hardship, and other extraordinary circumstances. The board may grant or deny an application or may approve a shorter time based on the considerations of the facts of the case. So this is direction to the a. L. J. And finally, further down on page seven, there was language that i initially proposed that i am now proposing to strike with regard to the requirement that no certifcate of final completion be approved until the landlord has provided the tenant an offer to reoccupy the unit. And the reason for that is that many of the types of work that are done dont require a certificate of final completion, so that language need not be in there. So those are the amendments that id like to offer. I would like to thank a Broad Coalition of folks who have brought this to my office and contacted other members of the board of su supervisors, ranging from the Town Community development is center to the San Francisco tenants union, the Housing Rights Committee, and others who you will hear from during Public Comment. Chairman thank you. With that said, we will now open item one up to Public Comment. If you have Public Comment, please come and line up to my left, your right. And you have two minutes. Good morning. Shelby, housing rights staff attorney at the asian law caucus. The asian law caucus supports supervisor peskins proposal for three reasons. First, it will support those cleent clients are particularly vulnerable to evictions. When our clients receive temporary eviction notices, panic sets in. Our clients have age and disabilityrelated needs, as well as cultural needs, that create tremendous barriers to finding appropriate temporary housing. It is critical for our clients to remain in San Francisco, and a preference will make it more likely theyll be able to find safe and Affordable Housing in the city. Second, we support the preference because it is temporary. Preferences will not solve the Affordable Housing shortage in San Francisco. But the creation of a temporary preference that supports tenants while their lan landlords complete renovations, will increase the extension. A landlord who seeks to displace an elderly tenant living on a fixed income should not be authorized Carte Blanche to spend an entire year doing work the that to tenants unit in if means that tenant will be homeless for that year. We strongly support the amendment that would require the board to consider hardship when the renovations are not mandated by applicable law. I also have written assumptions that i will give to the clerk. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors, im Marilyn Knight of north Beach Tenants Committee co founder. We founded the committee because in 2013, there were 20 plus of us who were being evicted on one block. I urge you to support supervisors peskins amount for the relocated tenants in the preferable ap Affordable Housing programme. There has been prolonged rehab projects that have forced tenants to relect relocae to other cities, far from their jobs, medical and social support and other support systems. This move is particularly hard on seniors and families with schoolaged children. Three blocks from my home, a sixunit building is set to undergo a major rehab project. Many of the tenants are seniors. And this would mean a relocation of who knows how long because, though, technically it is three months, it can go on for a year or more. Susupervisor peskins legislations, making them part a performance of the preparational Affordable HousingProgram Gives them stability and allows them to stay in San Francisco while their homes are being renovated. Then to return to their communities, thus ensuring they did not become relocation refugees. The stress of relocation is great, even if it is ones choice to relocate. Through supervisor peskins amendment, we can make relocation less traumatic for our residents who have contributed so much to our city, our beautiful city, although very expensive city. Thank you. [buzzer] chairman thank you, ms. Knight. Hello. My name is hannah chum, and im a housing staff attorney at api legal out reach. Being displaced from your home temporarily is more than the issue that is being presented now. The way the ordinance is written, there are not enough protections or resources for tenants. For example, if a tenant is being displaced for 12 months, and the rent board is allowing these extensions without any room for additional location or resources for Affordable Housing, it makes it very difficult for tenants who have been living in the bay area, and in San Francisco specifically, to be able to stay here. These tenants are being displaced from places theyve called their homes for 20 or 30 years. And then theyre expected to pack the majority of the their life in a matter of 60 days and somehow find a temporary place for potentially a year. We support this because this is temporary, and also it provides families, who have elders or individuals with disabilities, or tenants who are monolingual speakers, to have additional resources. In most cases, landlords are including additional repairs that should have been done previously, but they wait until it is too late and then there is a violation of the building. This increases the supposed amount of time tenants are posed to be displaced. We support the amendment by supervisor peskin so tenants will not have to be displaced longer than they should be. Thank you. [buzzer] good morning, supervisors. My name is rose beriessa, and im a navy san franciscan, and ive been a teacher for 20 years. Im here to support my brother david, who has been living in a veritas apartment in the civic center for the past 23 years. He was given a temporary eviction, and he actually did ask for some assistance from veritas, and they moved into a temporary housing in the tenderloin. He, at that time, went to the corporate offices and signed a Good Samaritan lease, which said after six months his rent could go up to market value. This doesnt work for him. And that is coming up in october. While extensions continue for work being done, which were Capital Improvements that needed to happen on this building. So this particular legislation is not only helpful to my brother, but to anyone else in a situation like this. He works parttime. He supports the arts in San Francisco at playing piano, and needs to be in a central area, and he lives on a limited income. So Something Like this is so very helpful to support everyone in this situation. Thank you for your time. And thank you, housing rights and the tenants union. Byebye. Hi, good morning, supervisors. My name is pak ing. And im here on behalf of my parents. My father is 92 years old, and my mom is 87 years old. They both have been living at 819 lombard street since 1979. They were earlier given this temporary eviction notice, earlier this year, to move out from their half of the building. And the rent board authorized the landlord a oneyear period of time to fix all of the violations. However, they i mean, because the assistant Housing Program is so limited, they were not able to find anything else. And they contacted the assisting Housing Program of the city, and they told me that because they were temporarily evicted and not permanently evicted, they were not qualified for the assistance Housing Program. I think this resolution is very useful for the situation like what my parents are in. Because the rental market nowadays, they basically cannot find anything out there. Their income, both, totaled, is less than 1600 a month . Where can you find housing for that amount . [buzzer] i think this program will help. Thank you so much. Bye. Good morning. My name is steven way. I live at 819 lombard street, apartment a, and we the tenants who live in the building, were served temporary eviction papers so the landlord can do repairs on the building. The prospect of relocating, even if it is temporary, it is nothing, if not a near im pocket in impossibility in my estimation. The reason i say that is because were all on fixed income, and there is nowhere for us to go unless section a would be available. Im not on section a, and more than had of my income goes to rent, which theyre trying to increase. It has been a hardship on myself and everyone because of the lack of repairs that were supposed to have been done, but now is delayed and now it is causing the situation where they have to do the work. I think that supervisor peskins legislation would be very helpful to us, to everyone. Thank you very much. Chairman thank you. Hello. Im the interpreter for mr. Lim. [speaking foreign language] [voice of interpreter] good morning, im josh lim. Last year i had a stroke, and now ive become disabled. Im 56 years old today. I rely on my 180 for retirement. I live on lombard street. Since 1975, and its now 44 years. My landlord turned my safe home into a different building and tried to evict us. I only have 900, and i cant afford to rent somewhere else. And all the places we reached out to, said it is complicated for us and not convenient for us to live. And because we are poor, it is very hard for us to go to the tenant house, because were so poor, we cant afford to buy somewhere else. We hope the government can pass this legislation to help tenants like us. And i also hope that the government not allows the landlord to do repairs for a very long time. If it has to be 12 months, we have to be homeless, essentially on the street. I dont know what to say. T