Something i was working on when i was at collaborative that was necessary innovative is not an act worthy ever continuation we must find ways to insure that people are supported you must be willing to reexamine the regulations that in times of crisis protects the vulnerable that legislation not only protects the Housing Stock but sending a message to those who seek to personally gain the jig is up the mission stands behind those changes and considering you have at me as a cory think things will change thank you. Thank you next, i have tim. clapping. hi, everyone thank you for being here and thank you to supervisor Peskin Office for leading this charge of it and i just want to say especially in these times in San Francisco is committing ourselves to be a skaurng city if you make laws you have to update them we are going to keep the laws as is for example, if you believe in the alternative that those hotels will build more units if they rent them out you can look at the hearing what will happen verse 6 hotel unit in the central city that hurts because the knew that was pretty much bs the rooms are not confront you need to update those laws to have the facts rather than looking at paper so you know this in addition to the fact that you know if you dont get the hotel owners to you know have the buildings inspected by dbi you know if you dont have peace things will not get better thank you. For the record that was 2 more the next speaker, please. All right. calling names thank you good morning supervisors im gil dbi commissioner and here to let you, you know on behalf of the commission we thank supervisor Peskin Office and supervisors that cosponsors this back in the spring at the commission we were walked through the conversion process we recognized that many of the clauses and rules in chapter four 1 were antiquated and for todays Housing Market needs to be updated i sent a letter we appreciate the inclusive way that supervisor peskin and supervisor kims office went about crafting this legislation and many of the secrets cd i crafted to enforce the laws and help the community we involved sro owners who many of them want to do the right thing and have a shadow cast on in bad operators with a profit and here to say we support support this legislation and thank you on behalf of the commission thank you. All right. Next speaker. Is tommy oh, please come on up if you want to come thats fine. speaking spanish. good afternoon. I work for 17 years with families that live in residential hotels. speaking spanish. and this is a kwofrt moment our families having lived in residential hotels. speaking spanish. first, because the rents have been raised x abundantly families used to pay 3 to 5 hundred now 15 hundreds for a oneroom hotel. speaking spanish. its to painful to see that families are suffering so much. Suffering against great discrimination. speaking spanish. discrimination by the rich and powerful because theyre not thinking about the wellness the children only about theyre on benefits. speaking spanish. and i remember 17 years ago in the beginning of any work the conditions were very bad and Work Togethered with dbi and made a strong effort to make sure those conditions change. speaking spanish. because people with report what is going wrong and dbi can send someone that can help them. speaking spanish. and now that is conditions in the hotels are better that they are cleaner the rich and powerful do come to take the places of our families. speaking spanish. thats why ladies and gentlemen, of the board of supervisors we ask to come together with you to make changes for the most eventual families. speaking spanish. thank you. We believing in you and want to continue to believe in you. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi tommy from the Human Rights Committee were 100 percent in for the support of this legislation and grateful to supervisor peskin for bringing this this is long overdue weve noticed in the clinic as we see tenants come in from sros and reporting what is happening and the fact they cant afford the sros anymore i wont repeat what other people said im in agreement with the speakers before this mike i want to add something that is not pointed out yet that is the Divorce Hotels have always been a place where lgbt folks find a room if you go back not 70 during harvey milk times the sros were for the workingclass and especially young people that were they came here and the sros were their residences before they got an apartment not the case no more unfortunately, because other speakers said the cost of the hotel rooms are high and 40 percent of Homeless Youth in the city that are lgbt and homeless cant afford a hotel room with the converting of those rooms to hire price is making it more difficult for those folks to get a hotel room i know that everyone is in support and hope it gets quickly we are certainly need it. Thank you randy shaw. Thank you supervisor cohen and other cosponsors and for me who was here in 1980 with a brawl and battle to net e get any water down version of this ordinance passed and spent every year in the 1980s to get any ordinance passed and wasnt until 1990 they closed the major loopholes that was a process in august of 89, 6 hearings and didnt become law until later this is a change of eludes and people not coming down in opposition if hes a great time for the city of San Francisco it is a loanly battle to save the sros looked at people didnt know what sros were every time someone joined the board of supervisors we need to explain you have a no the private kitchen not a private bacterium and you spend that much money and now you guys get it Alice Griffith the internet made that forum necessary when we passed the 7 day rental you cant with the internet trying to move 3 days and everyone else is moving out it is a scam we have to see the change and thank you all and supervisor peskin thank you for your support randy part of that process of evolution that has to do with with our team educating people 0 thank you pursue all right. I have have calling names . Hello, welcome. Hello speaking foreign language. good morning supervisors im with the association. speaking foreign language. today, we have tussle over 50 members to attend to close the loophole on the usage of sro and all the members standing upright behind us. speaking foreign language. we are very much against divorce owner that tries to use many opportunities to convert those residential unit into Tourist Hotel. speaking foreign language. and i was very much disgusted the owner tried to cover up the socalled displacement units that are compatible. speaking foreign language. and deliberately leaving vacant and not renting them to residents making it even harder for immigrants and low income families to find Affordable Housing. speaking foreign language. to many low income families and in any immigrants and seniors living choosing to live in an sro is not a free choice. speaking foreign language. it is often the only choice for low income families and they have not other choice we dont want tenderloin and the mission turning into areas welcome for tourists the acts of those owners are purely profit and disrespect for residents. speaking foreign language. the very purpose of those lose that were originally to be protect the families and now people using the loophole therefore i ask city hall to look at this problem seriously and approve this amendment and measure thank you very much. clapping. thank you good afternoon just for the record davies i live in the sro but i support h across o this is our town not company town i come as a person that lives in a sro that is located with the district but the majority of units including mine have private bathroom believe it or not that means i could be kicked out in a wet street as a transgender woman i need that more than a tourist that goes out for the Golden Gate Bridge and scarf out double double i saying as a segregated transwoman im worried about Deputy Superintendant will do i shouldnt have to worry about dying on the street and mini tourism i want to say im glad supervisors are supporting this coming together to support this i want to say in conclusion dont be trump like please keep marginalized people in their homes. clapping. thank you. Okay ladies and gentlemen, i hate to rain on our parade we have to no applause rule there we go if you like what you hear give a wave it looks really good if you dont like what you hear thumps down we appreciate you for that. Next speaker. Welcome thank you. Its yours. speaking foreign language. hi supervisors good afternoon im one of the sro families. speaking foreign language. im in full support of the legislation im a single apartment in the family i cant afford expenses when speaking foreign language. for us without sro unit we become homeless so it is very important we could keep the sro unit and pass this legislation. speaking foreign language. at the same time like all sro families we are seeking better housing for our kids so we hope that we all Work Together to push for better housing for all for our children. Thank you. Thank you. speaking foreign language. okay hi, everyone hi supervisors im one of the sro families in chinatown im in full support of amendment i came to the u. S. In 2005, 2015 a couple of years ago at the time the rent is around one thousand over one thousand dollars for a small room we couldnt find any place it was hard looking for sro unit we have no way of squeezing in our in laws tina sro like matchbox size no room to live no room to sleep however, this is the situation were facing. speaking foreign language. okay we have been i have a lot of friends looking for sros they couldnt get any no room available were not renting to families with children and then owners are converting some of the sros into tourist rooms making fewer and fewer opportunities for us to look for even sro housing. speaking foreign language. okay because of the divorce housing even making us the families and people in sros worry about being evicted becoming homeless, even Affordable Housing out of our reach we have seen 6 hundred 70 size room is about 2,000,000 thats not affordable for the lowerincome people it is out a lot of luck speaking foreign language. thank you. Thank you. Now that supervisor peskin had come up with that amendment we hope sloan we can pass it and keep our Affordable Housing thank you. calling names thats me. Okay come on down. Good afternoon, supervisors im raymond i work for the Market Action network some cam bans in the in with sdmaimz district so thank you supervisor peskin for bringing forward this legislation and the rest of the supervisors support in legislation were also part of sro collaborative i want to talk about the families we serve on the side of south of market the sro conversion is one of the costs and one of the reasons that families are pushed out into the street and thats why families are leaving the city the main reason of gentrification in our neighborhood now you you know we say homeless were not you know not with an person but families who be homeless we have families you know weve been trying to help people apply more Affordable Housing that is a long process it it takes time and years ; right . Thats why that is important we protect and preserve our sro housing sro housing is not ideal but over our heads you know its a good stepping stone families with waiting to get into Affordable Housing i of the you to thank you for supporting this legislation lets Work Together and keep our families in that city thank you. All right. Thank you next speakers ill have calling names . Thank you supervisors thank you. Im with the local 2 you know the hotel market weve watched over the last few years its record high as Property Value that is a growing incentive for owners to convert to Tourist Hotels doing that would be a tragedy not just for the city but our city Hotel Industry many live in sro hotels with dozen at cluster of 6 hotels that most recently convert to tourist to push people out of the housing means pushing the workers that keep our economy vibrant and this further exacerbating in crisis that working people have in the town and making our economy at least to function the way and Hotel Workers desire to live in the city and Residential Housing we need to do more to protection this this is common sense and vote this into law. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Ill judah south of market activist as an organizer i help the families apply more Affordable Housing but because of the high cost of living in the city and the Affordable Housing for families we end up applying for housing in an sro this is the only source of housing our families can afford so we urge your supervisors to please save our sro hotels and the metrics to prevent owners from converting and on behalf of the families we stand in support of supervisor peskin legislation thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon Committee Members im kevin im a Pedestrian Safety organizer with the sro alcoholic and in support of Hotel Conversion ive lived in sros for almost 15 years not glamorous and not socially acceptable housing it is still housing and afford and a lot better than or else on the streets or in a shelter i have nothing against the Hotel Tourist industry but for the sros unit their threatened to be re7bd out from people not wanting to live in turn and with the homeless in San Francisco how can we do that in people will not get into a place to live i want to thank supervisor peskin thank you for all your hard work and urge you all to support those amendments and save our sro units and stop renting them out to tourists thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. speaking foreign language. good afternoon, board of supervisors my name is a al had an im a immigrant and here with the mission collaboraticollabo e collaborative. Im asking for no more evictions of people so the units are converted for tourists use. speaking spanish. so ive been without a home important a period of time ive been hopeless and thinks how hard it is thankfully i was able to move out of that situation and find a place in a hotel but i have been kicked out of my hotel room twice and im here so that didnt continue to happen in the mission. speaking spanish. so ive been living many a hotel room for two years in the tenderloin but i fear with those rising prices and values of rooms i might lose any housing it will be difficult to find oath place with those high prices. speaking spanish. thank you and hopefully, you can support this amendment were fighting for, thank you. Thank you tony rob else after tony a few more cards calling names . Supervisors thank you for introducing this piece of legislation my name is tony i work for seniors and date action seniors have been very hard hit by the affordability and theyve shoulder much of the burden of this crisis for many seniors the sro hotels are the only housing they can get and to put that in danger is to put seniors in danger of being homeless ive seen that scenario happen we know when seniors and people with disabilities become hopeless their lives are very much in danger this legislation and the amendment is very much an issue of common sense a its been a Long Time Coming and it desensitize the illegal conversion and the ramon and other schemes that sro owners and operator have used on their tenants for many, many years and gives dbi the enforcing powers to monitor the sro heretofore and again seniors have and people with disabilities are a hard enough time justice navigating day to day living issues and having the stress of that they shouldnt have thank you very much. Thank you teresa. Good afternoon teresa and im today representing north Beach Tenants Committee because the past year and a half people are afraid their lose their sros rooms the new owners or management is not no longer renting to permanent residents or san franciscans rather to tourist theyre very worried when they ask about maybe having a senior friend who is looking for a place to live theyre told no. Were not doing any more renting but rooms are remaining vacant i want you to know because the communities the sros im familiar with in my neighborhood one in particular was was sold was bought and attempted to evacuee people and so create a Tourist Hotel out of this this is where 82 yearly person working as a fisherman his entire life but one person came to his rescue and so im glad that supervisors are again coming to the rescue we need to preserve those communities they are Community People depend on each other the fisherman and the longshoremen and the sros im fume with i know there are families i know there are elderly in other sros also in the neighborhood im so glad youre doing something about that remember those are people in the community so lets keep their Homes Affordable i also found an ad for the same place where that is actually advertised as a tourist home and 1,500. Welcome. Yeah. Thank you. Next speaker. Maam, your glasses. Teresa your glasses were left up here. Thank you very much. Good afternoon my name is a dining at manager of the sro collaborative a program of delores Street Services wire enthusiastically in support of the Hotel Conversion ordinance amendment we particularly support the new definition of residential rooms from 7 to 3 two days that will close the loophole that allows tourists to book for 7 days and check out early this is a common practice that sro and landlords use to get around the fa