She informed the public that Proposition H is still stayed pursuant to the Preliminary Injunction issued by Judge Robertson. If the Rent Board passes implementing regulations at this evening's meeting, the City Attorney will schedule a hearing before the same Judge and ask that the Preliminary Injunction be lifted. Landlord Teresa Gognio said that no pro-landlord legislation has been passed by the Board, and asked if the Board was totally for tenants. Landlord Bill Alvarado told the Board that he has two units that his daughters currently live in. Tenant Lorraine Calcagni of Lombard Place Apartments said that she hopes Prop.
H is fair to small landlords.
Ms. Calcagni said that the tenants at Lombard Place have had their rights denied at hearings before the Rent Board's Administrative Law Judge. Tenant Helen Fellows at Lombard Place asked the Board to implement Prop. H. Ms. Fellows said that the tenants' rents would double in five years, which will lead to displacement. Tenant Representative Jennifer Welch of St. Peter's Housing Committee asked that the Board implement a Moratorium on the processing of capital improvement petitions, prior to the effective date of the Moratorium passed by the Board of Supervisors, since it is long-term tenants and seniors who are the most affected by capital improvement passthroughs. Tenant Juana Selena Televiz said that her landlord never repaired anything. Now that he has finally fixed a few things, he is seeking a rent increase for capital improvements.