REMARKS
Council Member Sandy Nurse explains reasoning behind proposed illegal eviction legislation
2:13:15
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81 sec
Council Member Sandy Nurse clarifies aspects of proposed legislation addressing illegal evictions and explains the rationale for involving the police department in these cases.
- Clarifies that restrictions in the bill apply to landlords, not tenants
- Explains the need for 24/7 personnel to handle illegal evictions, citing lack of alternatives to police
- Expresses openness to alternative solutions for 24/7 response capability
Sandy Nurse
2:13:15
Yeah.
2:13:15
I just just to clarify, those are for the landlord, not any of those restrictions would not be for tenants.
2:13:21
Just want to put that on the record.
2:13:24
And additionally, we wanted to put on the record that while we agree we don't want PD to have any more power, there is I would love to know a city agency that has 20 fourseven boots on the ground.
2:13:38
This bill was developed in coalition where there was just no other agency with the power to change the lock, at 12 o'clock at night, 1 in the morning, when a super fails to show up, when a landlord fails to show up.
2:13:54
We just don't have personnel on the ground besides PD I mean, the next closest thing we have is sanitation workers, which are out by a certain hour.
2:14:03
So the 20 fourseven piece, and this is why we asked about, what the hours are, like when does an unlawful eviction generally get reported?
2:14:13
I imagine it's when most people get home and realize their shit's out on the street, and we just don't have capacity on the ground.
2:14:21
So we we already proactively spoke with these groups.
2:14:24
We would love to find anyone else to do this that actually has operational capacity in any sense for 247.
2:14:31
So if you all have ideas, we'd we'd love to work with you.
2:14:35
Thank you.
