Supervisor avalos . Avalos present. Supervisor breed . Breed present. Supervisor campos . Campos present. President chiu . Chiu present. Supervisor cohen . Cohen present. Supervisor farrell . Farrell present. Supervisor kim . Kim present. Supervisor mar . Mar present. Supervisor tang . Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please join us in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madam clerk, could you read any communication . S . Yes, mr. Thv, i have two communications. The first is from the director of the department of elections, mr. John arnst certifying the vote and results of each of the races shown in the sum have i report of the municipal election of november 6, 2013 to be true and correct. Spec
[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
Included working for a number of it nonprofit organizations in chinatown including the chinatown english language center, chinese for affirmative action and the northeast Community Federal credit union. She served on the commission on the status of women, the state Employment Service board and [speaker not understood] rights commission. After retirement she remained active on civic issues with her recent commitment to helping to support the building of the chinatown north Beach City College campus in the heart of my district. Over the span of 30 years, she served on 20 boards and committees dedicated to i am riching the economic, social, and political welfare of individuals in our community. On behalf of the city, i want to offer our condolances to isabelles family, her husband george, her children georgette, tina, jeanette, tommy and nancy. She will be missed dearly. There will be a Remembrance Service on sunday, january 12, at 3 00 p. M. At the hie Presbyterian Church and in lieu of
Organization of primarily lgbt runners who get together to run and walk every week in our city. And he is someone who is very well thought of in front runners and in the community. He was 6 feet 4, so, we were a Kindred Spirit in that way. When his kidneys failed him in 2001, many expected him to withdraw from front runners, but he continued to participate. He was a regular participant and someone who was a real key part of the organization. He received the front runner of the year award at one of the annual banquets for the organization. He survived by his family in ohio and many, many friends here in San Francisco. And the rest i submit. Thank you, supervisor wiener. Supervisor yee. Thank you, madam clerk. Today, colleagues, i am sending an inquiry to various city agencies asking them to participate in the working group to consult with each other on implementation issues with the noise laws in the city. In my district i have had many constituents contact my office with noise complain
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