That its come up, i would suggest that the committee or the proposer to the committee is rushing their fences somewhat in putting this on for today with a referral to the full board tomorrow and that this matter would benefit from some consideration both at the rent Board Commission and further discussion amongst various stake holders. This has not been on the agenda of the rent board at all to my knowledge. I go to meetings, i get an agenda, its never been brought up, its never been mentioned in new business or old business. We get monthly statistics of reports of various actions of the rent board, notices served, claims made. This issue has never been brought up and if it is an issue its worthy of a discussion amongst the commission. Supervisor olage will recall when she was on the Planning Commission, the Planning Commission from time to time would weigh in, would typically weigh in on suggestions of amendments to the planning code and would make recommendations to the board of supe
About Building Code violations, around mice, bedbugs and when they speak up they are yelled at, they are asked to leave. There are several things that arent in any code right now that makes people not want to stand up and when they do stand up theres nothing that can be done for them around those issues and often people do leave. And when were looking at things like bed bugs when somebody leaves and the landlord rents it to somebody else, it actually perpetuates a whole series of problems. I stand in support of just cause today and i hope you support it. Thanks. Thank you. Ralph silverman, ben schafer, followed by lucia campbell. If your name was called, feel free to come up to the mic. I hesitated to speak today just because i. Maam, please pull the microphone closer to your mouth. My name is victoria hamilton. I did hesitate to speak today because the harassment i received as a tenant has been pretty substantial. I would like to say i have made considerable efforts to fight to be abl
About harassment theyve told me they dont deal with that. I have worked with a number of different organizations and i try to be respectful but they are all really overwhelmed by the, i think its some of the comments that there were not a lot of cases of harassment are misinformed. I have run into a lot of other people who are experiencing this and i think that the economic realities of the rents being very high create an incentive for the landlords to harass people, especially those with disabilities. So i think there is a great need for some legislation to disincentivize people to take advantage of the laws as they stand. And i hope that we will move forward in a direction that lets people have full quiet enjoyment of their home and the opportunity to live in a stressfree condition that doesnt further exacerbate their health. I have limited hours each day in which i feel well enough to do much of anything and i spent a tremendous amount of the time i do have available trying to prote