Still alive if hes still alive. Why city men say only city fools rush in but i can help San Francisco fall in city love with you sail, can you afford this day we will let you in if we cant help falling in city love with you like the hetch hetchy flows surely to the ocean sea city how it goes merrily, some things are meant to be take my city hand take my city, whole city life, too for we, president chiu, can can [speaker not understood] cant help fall in city love with you thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is charles [speaker not understood]. Im here on behalf of lester cab company. [speaker not understood] ellis and polk new years eve what completely unregulated. The vehicle had no identifying marks and noncommercial plates. So, if the driver had not volunteered to the police that he was in uber service, no one would even know that there was a commercial vehicle involved in that fatality. Note also please that there is no regulation to prevent that driver fr
[gavel] item 8 is a resolution supporting amendments to state law to return local control over to the ellis act to prevent the speculation and abuse of nofault evictions. President chiu. Thank you, mr. Chair. First i want to take a moment and thank all the members of the public that came to speak out on this resolution to support amendments to our california state law around the ellis act. You have told us some very heart felt stories about what we know is going on way too often in our city. We are in the midst of an affordability crisis. We have seen a sky rocketing rate of evictions and i certainly know as tenants i think we all know that this is something we need to address now and we have to do better at it as a city and as a state. As one of the members of the public mentioned, the ellis act was designed to provide some relief to longtime Property Owners that were looking to get out of the business. And what weve seen in recent years and certainly recent months is too many real es
The public that came to speak out on this resolution to support amendments to our california state law around the ellis act. You have told us some very heart felt stories about what we know is going on way too often in our city. We are in the midst of an affordability crisis. We have seen a sky rocketing rate of evictions and i certainly know as tenants i think we all know that this is something we need to address now and we have to do better at it as a city and as a state. As one of the members of the public mentioned, the ellis act was designed to provide some relief to longtime Property Owners that were looking to get out of the business. And what weve seen in recent years and certainly recent months is too many real estate speculators who are purchasing properties, evicting our san franciscan residents and flipping those properties for profits. Colleagues, i ask you to support this resolution and join supervisors campos, kohl cohen and mayor lee in calling for state reform for stat
Incomplete, but partially incomplete without the voice of me and some of the other people who have been advocating for homeless issues for five years. Thank you. Are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general Public Comment . Seeing none, general Public Comment is closed. [gavel] madam clerk, could you please call the [speaker not understood] calendar . Items 8 through 12 are being considered for immediate adoption without committee reference. A single roll call vote to enact these items. If a member objects, a matter may be removed and considered separately. Thank you. President chiu, item 8, please. Madam clerk, can you call the roll [speaker not understood] . Yes, so, can we take items 9 through 12 without objection . Thank you. [gavel] item 8 is a resolution supporting amendments to state law to return local control over to the ellis act to prevent the speculation and abuse of nofault evictions. President chiu. Thank you, mr. Chair. First i want to take a m