Asked that question for my own benefit i shift my attention from other people and my desire for them to change their behavior where i wield no power, to recognizing how i have contributed to the situation and how i might change my behavior to affect a change and influence others to do likewise. A question which i have not heard being asked in this hearing or in any other situation is why are an estimated 70,000 rental units being withheld from the market . Nobodys been surveyed, i havent been asked, i have been withholding two or three rental units at a time. I deem it important to investigate and determine seemingly to me rental Property Owners at a time when market values are high are withholding rental units from the market for a particular reason or reasons which its appropriate be determined in your continuing investigation. I thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker. Hello, my name is sarah brant, i want to thank you supervisors for holding this and fighting for our citys soul or
The testimonies here but at the same time its like feeling the strength of these people and also want to ask you for more support and also thank you for your support and that no giving up on us in the city. One thing is clear for us in our building, we dont want money, we dont want compensation, we want our homes. No money can buy, my childrens were born in the house and weve been living and investing in our buildings and we dont want to leave. I am one of the persons who spoke said what are we going to do with our children. We also teachers, what are we going to do without teachers who can afford here to live . Who can live without all the people who work with the youth in Different Levels . So i want to put this thought in your minds and be thankful for this hearing and just keep helping us. We are not giving up. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker. Hello, my name is jennifer jamesison, i am a Third Generation San Franciscoan, i run a dog rescue and i am on commissioner on the we
Brackero, i live at 1047 and looking at eviction the day before thanksgiving. I look at this as a state of emergency because the options are nil and to have to move out of the city or out of the state because that is going to be the option for some of us. It is not affordable, oakland is no longer affordable, there have been people we have contacted us saying, hey, if you want to move to richmond and have a livework space, i am an accountant and i am part of the people who have made it desirable for these developers to come in there. I hope this is treated as an emergency, all of us deserve to be here and i appreciate your time and your consideration. Thank you. Thank you, maam. Next speaker, please. Hithere, may name is chris baker and ive lived at 1049 market for 11 years, i want to thank our mayor and the dbi for their help in getting the demolition permit that was used as a justification for the evictions of half of the tenants in our building, to get that permit suspended. That wa
Mic please, thank you very much. I am mary lou sampson, fighting for my home against foreclosure. They gave me an undisclosed adjustable mortgage, the payment and rate went up so much at the same time, our speculator bought my home who is evicting me when i could not afford the payment when it went up from 1,854 to 3,394. I kept being denied my loan notification which made me feel hopeless. I made 20 percent on a 700,000 house. Being evicted by these real estate investors, speculators, the richer get richer and the poor gets poorer and people should be protected from being displaced in San Francisco. Okay, due to unexpected expensive repair costs and legal costs i am now forced to live in an unfinished house. I was given the impression i would be living in a fixed loan of 1,654 through the life of the loan but later found the loan would be increasing until it came up to 3,954. I paid the 3,954 but i cannot keep paying it. In august 2010 they sent two guys in my house to destroy or chan
Wanted to advocate for all of them and myself. I have been a musician in this town for 20 years and feel like i have contributed to the cultural the culture that made the city the place that all these speculators are capitalizing on. So thank you very much. I think we deserve our place here too. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, i am mary johnson. If you can speak into the mic please, thank you very much. I am mary lou sampson, fighting for my home against foreclosure. They gave me an undisclosed adjustable mortgage, the payment and rate went up so much at the same time, our speculator bought my home who is evicting me when i could not afford the payment when it went up from 1,854 to 3,394. I kept being denied my loan notification which made me feel hopeless. I made 20 percent on a 700,000 house. Being evicted by these real estate investors, speculators, the richer get richer and the poor gets poorer and people should be protected from being displaced in