Thank you for your time and your consideration. My name is [speaker not understood] im the supervising attorney at the evictions defense collaborative. It is the primary agency that helps tenants respond to their eviction lawsuit. 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 im very aware of the value that attorneys add in cases when were 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 [speake
Evictions, but there is a dearth of attorneys who get paid to represent tenants who cant afford it. But on the flip side there are attorneys that make a living on representing landlords to evict tenants. Lets just level the playing field. Really consider what it would take to make sure that there is the proper full scope legal representation because at the end of the day were not asking to increase the number of housing units. Were not asking to build huge development. Were just asking for people to have representation in court so that we can fulfill the justice in the court system. But thank you for your time. Thank you very much. And thank you for sharing your experience. Next speaker, please. Yes, my name is [speaker not understood]. I live in [speaker not understood] Public Housing project. My question is, okay, i understand that about these evictions, though. But i want to under about the [speaker not understood] from the wrong side like the gang members, the ones that have drugs
So, these organizations, the eviction defense collaborative, mother brown, power, casa justa, coalition on homelessness, we heard from the San Francisco Bar Association, the Asian Pacific islander legal outreach, tenants together, the Tenants Union, the tenderloin housing clinic, Legal Assistance for elderly, the housing rights committee, the Bayview Hunters Point Community Legal Services, and then any other member of the public who would like to speak. Please go ahead. Thank you very much. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for your time and your consideration. My name is [speaker not understood] im the supervising attorney at the evictions defense collaborative. It is the primary agency that helps tenants respond to their eviction lawsuit. 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 im very aware of the v