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From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 6-18-2020
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A
Thank
you
good
morning
we're
gonna
get
started,
we're
going
to
start
with
me.
Reading
a
respects
to
our
current
status
in
the
state
authorized
emergency
status,
so
I
understand
that
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
Council
session.
Due
to
the
car
public
health
emergency
City
Council
is
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
Microsoft
teams
to
make
this
remote
meeting
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
meeting.
A
D
C
A
A
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work,
particularly
through
last
night
members,
staff
and
support.
Thank
you
guys
really
appreciate
you
all.
So,
we've
established
the
forum
from
the
council
will
now
come
to
order,
despite
the
great
need
there
will
be
no
invocation
today.
We
will,
however,
observe
a
very
brief
moment
of
silent
prayer
for
our
city,
its
leaders
and
the
citizens.
During
the
current
public
health
crisis,
we
will
ask
you
now
to
observe
a
brief
moment
of
silence.
A
A
C
C
A
D
C
The
president
and
members
of
the
Council
of
the
city
of
Lafayette,
the
committee
of
the
whole,
to
which
was
deferred
done
number
two:
zero
zero.
Two
eight
five
entitled
an
ordinance
to
adopt
the
capital
program
for
the
sisters
for
years
2021
and
bill
number
two:
zero
zero,
two
eight
six
and
saw
that
in
order
to
adopt
the
fiscal
2021
capital
budget
and
Bill
number
2000-2002,
eight
seven
and
side
of
the
mordants
adapting
the
operating
budget
for
fiscal
year
2021
and
been
limited
zero
zero.
Two.
Eighty
eight
inside
of
an
ordinance
of
any
chapter
19.
C
C
Certain
tax
rates
and
then
number
two
zero
zero
292
in
Thailand
in
the
ordinance
many
chapter,
19,
1300
and
terrible
estate
taxes
to
eliminate
the
discount
for
only
payments
of
real
estate
taxes
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Three:
three
one:
the
resolution
approving
the
director
of
finances,
budget,
Stabilization,
Reserve
and
withdrawal
certification.
D
A
A
E
A
C
C
Six,
an
ordinance
to
amend
for
stunning
maps
by
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
certain
areas
of
land
located
within
an
area
bounded
by
56
feet,
archfiend
Conestoga,
Street
and
Market
Street
2
0,
0,
3,
4,
9,
14
of
the
without
zoning
and
planning
to
a
men.
Sir.
The
reasons
of
chapter
40
districts
by
creating
the
AME
American
Street
overlay
district
and
to
zero
zero
five.
A
E
A
C
Coming
out
finance
to
which
is
a
third
bill,
number
two:
zero
zero
thing
for
seven
and
t'other:
an
ordinance
amending
chapter.
Nineteen
thirty,
two
hundred
instead
of
keystone
opportunities,
own
economic
development,
district
and
strategic
development
area
provide
for
additional
extensions
of
certain
benefits
for
the
purpose
of
facilitating
economic
recovery
from
the
Kovach
19
pandemic,
respectful
reports
that
is
considered
the
same
other
times.
The
accessibility
council.
G
A
D
C
The
Committee
on
law
and
government,
which
is
deployed
on
the
p2000
76,
entitled
an
ordinance
providing
for
this
mission,
DePaul
pet
electors
of
the
city
of
fallout.
There
have
an
amendment
to
develop
a
hormone
charter
and
on
the
police
department
to
eliminate
the
practice
of
unconstitutional,
stop
and
frisk
has
approved
by
resolution
of
the
City,
Council
and
venema
to
zero
zero.
Two
zero,
eight
and
Souder.
C
The
mode
is
providing
for
the
submission
to
qualified
electors
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
of
an
amendment
to
the
bill,
hemmer
Charter,
providing
for
the
creation
of
the
office
of
the
victim
advocate,
as
approved
by
resolution
of
the
City
Council,
and
ban
hamma
two
zero
zero.
Three
to
eight.
That's
at
an
annoyance
amenity.
Philip
afford
to
write
a
new
chapter
inside
of
employee
protections
in
connection
with
copa90,
an
emergency
health
order
to
provide
workplace
protections
in
emergency
health
orders
and
regulations,
protections
for
employees,
actions
of
information
related
to
employers.
C
Deliberate
and
reserved
in
the
placing
of
the
city,
planner
right-of-way
for
sewer
and
drainage
purposes
and
then
in
the
2-0
2016
started
in
the
woods
made
section
2001
on
the
faulty
code
inside
of
residence
requirements
and
restoring
the
department
that
no
person
shall
be
appointed
as
an
employee
innocent
service,
including
but
not
limited
to
police
officers.
Unless
he
or
she
than
a
bona
fide
resident
of
the
city
for
at
least
one
year
or
two
appointment.
And
then
in
a200
26-7
in
submission
to
the
city.
C
Two
one,
six
and
side
of
the
resolution
proposing
an
amendment
of
the
former
Charter
providing
for
the
creation
of
the
office
of
the
victim
advocate
and
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Three:
seven:
seven
inside
of
the
resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Charter
to
provide
for
the
creation
of
the
citizens,
police
oversight,
Commission
and
and
to
authorize
City
Council
by
ordinance
to
determine
the
composition
as
and
duties
of
the
Commission
and
providing
for
the
submission
of
the
amendment
of
the
electors
of
Philadelphia.
A
A
802:
zero
zero,
two
one
six
and
two
zero
zero.
Three
seven
seven
will
be
placed
on
the
final
pastors
calendar
and
our
next
session
of
council
chair
now
recognizes
councilman
Thomas
report
from
the
committee
of
streets
and
services,
Thank
You
council
president,
the
Committee
on
streets
and
services
reports,
our
two
bills
with.
A
C
Kamiesh
speaks
and
services
to
which
is
the
third
bill.
Number
two:
zero
zero
three
five
one
and
founded
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
operation
of
sidewalk
cafes
during
the
close
of
nineteen
emergency
undersell
until
December
31
2020
in
areas
of
the
city
where
such
activity
currently
must
be
otherwise
authorized
by
special
ordinance
and
are
only
expanded
activity
by
currently
licensed
sidewalk,
cafe
operations
and
then
number
two
zero
zero.
C
Three:
five:
two
in
the
ordinance
amending
chapter,
11
100
of
the
provisions
to
authorize
the
streets
department
to
commit
closure
of
the
public
right-of-way,
including
on
street
parking
spaces,
the
public
health,
welfare
and
safety
purposes
during
the
code,
19
of
the
cuff
emergency
until
December
31
2020,
including
expansion
of
business,
uses
that
cannot
operate
in
indoor
environment
or
have
limited
in
dual
capacity
and/or
service.
Due
to
the
coated
19
emergency,
the
spectral
reports,
it
is
considered
the
same
amaterasu
attached
bills
to
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
A
C
Committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development,
to
which
is
deferred
bill
number
Tuesday,
zero
to
nine
three
entitled
an
ordinance.
Many
chapter
xvii,
1400
of
authority
code
instead
of
nine
competitively
bid
contracts,
financial
assistance
by
making
revisions,
including,
but
not
limited
to
the
exceptions
for
emergency
contract.
C
Entitled
an
ordinance
out
of
nine
of
the
philippi
code
to
create
a
new
chapter,
nine
5000
and
title
food
delivery
services
to
regulate
third
party
food
delivery
services
require
certain
disclosures
to
consumers
and
provide
for
a
limitation
on
certain
fees
charged
to
consumers.
The
spectrally
approach
that
is
considered
the
same
other
times.
The
attacks
goes
to
council
with
a
favorable
recommendation.
A
F
C
Health
and
Human
Services,
to
which
is
afford
number
two:
zero:
zero:
three
zero
six
entitled
an
ordinance
of
man;
chapter
nine,
healthy
families
and
workplaces,
definitions
and
requirements
to
ensure
that
certain
healthcare
employees
are
compensated
for
lost
wages
and
medical
expenses.
In
the
event
they
contract
the
communicable
disease
disease
at
work.
During
a
pandemic,
Emma
Cabana,
respectfully
reports,
it
is
considered
an
amended
the
same
I'm
attorney
Charleston
councilman.
C
A
F
A
In
this
bill
will
be
placed
on
our
first
women
calendar
today.
That
concludes
committee
business.
Consideration
of
the
calendar
I
know
the
bill
reported
from
committee.
Was
the
suspension
of
the
rule
have
been
deemed
to
have
heavy
first,
we
will
be
placed
on
our
second
reading
and
final
passage
counter
and
our
next
session
of
council.
There
are
no
additional
bills
in
our
first
reading
calendar
today.
A
So
today
we
only
are
considering
those
legislative
matters
on
the
second
reading
of
our
passes
calendar
that
directly
pertain
to
the
Cova
19
crisis,
or
that
require
expedited
action
to
continue
essential
government
function.
There
are
several
matters
on
the
calendar
that
meet
these
criteria.
The
prime
sponsor,
though
those
matters
have
communicated
with
the
desire
to
have
them
to
sue
today,
therefore
recognize
Councilwoman
Parker
those
matter.
The
second
element
Thank.
D
A
Thank
You
Cal
Foreman.
So
before
considering
these
resolutions
and
bills,
we
consider
public
comment
on
the
circumstances.
Public
comment
must
concern
matters
of
the
second
meeting
and
final
passage:
calendars
for
passable
possible
action
at
each
session
of
councils,
a
speaker
on
any
of
those
matters
must
sign
up.
In
order
to
testify,
you
must
call
two
one:
five,
six,
eight
six,
three:
four,
oh
six
by
5:00
p.m.
the
day
before
the
session
to
sign
up
for
public
comment.
A
A
A
We
will
make
sure
that
you
know
when
your
two
minutes
is
approaching,
so
we
will
have
a
timer.
A
bell
will
ring
approximately
30
seconds
prior
to
the
2-minute
limit,
so
you
can
wrap
up
remark.
We
thank
you
very
much
for
your
anticipated
cooperation
with
these
worlds
that
have
been
established
as
a
result
of
our
condition
or
once
you
a
lot
of
time,
has
passed.
You
will
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remark
and
shortly
thereafter
you
will
be
muted
and
disconnected
from
your
meet
remote
meeting.
I
also.
A
So
thank
you
very
much.
There
was
legislative
matters
today,
your
testimony
only
limited
to
the
doing
that
were
called
up
by
Councilwoman
Parker.
So
we
will
now
reach
out
we're
going
to
take
a
brief
moment
to
allow
the
tech
support
to
tee
up
the
calls.
I'm
told
that
there
is
a
timeline
that
they
need
to
have
adequately
time
any
T
up
those
individuals
so
we'll
take
it
around
five
minutes
and
then
we
will
continue
notified
by
tech
support.
A
One
last
thing:
I
just
want
everyone
to
be
aware
that
this
is
a
public
meeting
and
is
being
recorded
so
because
the
meaning
is
public.
Participants
of
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
So,
by
continuing
to
be
in
a
meeting
you
are
concerned
to
being
recorded.
So
I
would
ask
mr.
Debra
at
the
appropriate
time
once
we
get
the
tech
support.
Teed
up,
we
will
start
calling
the
names.
A
A
F
What
I
wish
to
speak
on
was
both
piece
of
bills
and
things
the
needs
to
be
provided
to
tenants
concerning
the
ability
to
pay
the
rent
I
build
with
Susy
özil
zero.
Five:
two:
zero
zero,
two
nine
four:
two:
two:
zero:
two:
nine
five:
two:
zero
zero
zero
two
I
do:
support
these
bills
and
hoping
that
they
be
to
provide
relief
to
the
tenants
well
I'm,
sitting
on
this
phone
listening
to
City,
Council
I'll
call
make
this
continent
I'm,
appalled
at
the
number
of
bills
that
you
people
trying
to
pass
under
the
coals.
F
You
can
bring
it
up
here
and
be
on
top
of
these
things.
This
is
very,
very
this
activity
by
City,
Council
led,
do
I
know
this,
because
I
have
never
tasted
in
my
life,
and
then
you
expect
the
public
to
comment
on
these
bills.
When
you
do
not
even
have
a
session.
I
do
I
know
when
the
sessions
are
being
held
for
committees.
F
F
F
Okay,
I
know
I.
Suppose
we
gonna
build
our
told
you
goes
out
too
okay,
but
I'm
just
really
appalled
at
the
number
of
builders
you
trying
to
seize
and
seal
tea
cup
using
coffee
as
a
cover-up.
The
pairs
of
articles
that
you
know
the
public
can
have
access
to
can't
get
access
to
how
we
gonna
fight
this
I,
don't
know,
but
I'm
really
gonna
put
for
my
foot,
say
right
now:
no
I
can't
oh!
This
is
just
too
much
for
me
to
handle.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
H
Name
is
Adam
Butler.
This
testimony
is
regards
to
build
two
zero
zero.
Three
five
zero
I'm,
a
volunteer
I
had
to
save
our
injury.
The
gracias
Guardian,
which
is
located
in
the
proposed
overlay
district
that
this
bill
would
create.
The
garden
was
created
by
neighbors,
provide
food
in
a
gathering
place
in
an
area
that
has
been
completely
neglected
by
the
city
for
decades.
Unchecked,
new
construction
has
already
been
devastating
to
this
particular
area.
H
Dozens
of
families
have
been
displaced
in
the
past
years
as
predatory
developed
as
a
required
property,
neglected
real
estate
and
ignore
the
pleas
of
neighbors
upset
about
the
impact
of
construction
on
their
homes
and
open
spaces.
This
is
a
spot
zoning
bill
by
the
Planning
Commission's
own
description,
and
it
should
even
be
under
consideration.
It
is
clearly
designed
to
benefit.
H
It
has
clearly
defined
a
benefit
of
development
project
that
we
live
by
Skinner
picot
development.
You
have
no
apparent
experience
in
this
neighborhood.
There
is
the
no
community
involvement
of
signing
process
and
introducing
new
zoning
variance
without
a
minimum.
Giving
neighbors
an
opportunity
to
respond
to
a
specific
plan
is
totally
unacceptable
pandemic
or
not,
if
indeed,
there
will
be
an
affordable
housing
component
is
program.
The
neighbors
would
like
to
have
input
on
how
that
will
be
defined,
who
will
benefit
and
how
about
commitment
be
guaranteed
by
the
stakeholders.
H
In
addition,
the
introduction
of
a
200-foot
structure
in
this
neighborhood
is
a
radical
change
and
should
include
proactive
community
discussions,
skin
and
people
a
p.m.
and
the
council
person
Sanchez's
office
proposed
that
issue.
This
property
be
given
away
earlier
this
year.
We're
opposed
it
and
the
land
bank
agreed
to
delay
the
Planning
Commission
heard
later
on
this
vote.
It's
delay
and
the
rules
can
be
overruled
them.
The
conversation
has
frozen
on
top
of
the
community
and
seeing
is
learning
to
come
forward
without
any
notices.
H
A
chance
to
killing
them
enables
these
projects
will
have
to
weather
everyone
in
the
neighborhood
wants
them
to
happen
or
not.
Council
should
not
allow
it.
I
have
lived
it
in
time
and
I
have
a
lot
more
to
say
and
I'll
leave
you
with
this.
Stop
treating
us
like
we're
stupid.
Everyone
understands
when
we
were
being
liberated.
Showdown
veteran
grace
statue
abolish
the
tax
abatement
defund
the
PPD
and
save
our
neighborhoods.
C
H
I'll,
be
speaking
on
behalf
of
a
few
of
the
housing,
those
studying
with
202
95.
This
is
the
eviction
moratorium.
Extension
I
asked
that
City
Council
clarify
when
action
is
in
regard
to
this
bill.
It's
currently
unclear
what
constitutes
an
action
as
fair
as
it
should
be
a
matter
for
them
to
take
any
steps
in
furtherance
so
that
those
steps
may
be
number
two.
H
H
There's
no
ex
post
facto
wall
nor
any
law
impairing
the
obligation
of
contracts
for
making
irrevocable
and
grant
or
special
privileges
shall
be
passed.
This
was
unconstitutional.
Will
you
challenge
that
urge
City
Council
not
to
try
to
ex
post
facto
effect
private
contracts?
This
is
the
one
that
admits
for
a
year
loan
repayment
plan.
H
This
is
essentially
the
same
as
requiring
grocery
stores
to
give
out
coats
of
groceries
in
exchange
for
IO
use
or
telling
credit
card
companies
that
they
must
waive
payments,
and
this
for
the
year
they're,
putting
all
the
costs
on
the
property
owners
and
I
urge
City
Council
to
fund
at
these
programs
and
pay
the
owners
rep
their
rightful
due
if
it's
so
important
for
them
to
out
contingent.
Those
are
my
comments.
Thank
you.
C
H
I'm,
an
attorney
at
the
services
and
here
speaking
in
support
of
the
bills
in
the
emergency
house
protections
back
first
thing,
I'd
like
to
express
gratitude
to
all
the
council
members
who
have
supported
these
bills
and
to
the
sponsors,
especially
council,
member,
in
Brook
da
ba
every
day.
Although
that
work
is
part
of
the
Philadelphia
addiction
prevention
project
received
numerous
calls
from
renters
who
are
struggling
right
now
because
of
the
pandemic.
H
Doesn't
even
know
start
taking
applications
until
next
month
and
won't
even
start
paying
out
until
later
after
that,
right
now,
the
money
to
provide
landlords
with
back
rent
and
renters
with
stable
housing?
Isn't
there?
Yet?
Please
don't
forgive
ventures
and
landlords,
the
time
necessary
to
access
that
fifty
million
dollars
that
the
state
of
acts
allocated
for
rental
assistance,
Mentalist
and
landlords
structure
through
the
diversion
program
to
resolve
this
few.
A
negotiated
agreements
they're
also
preventing
inventors
from
drowning
and
mounting
late
fees
and
detectives
are
able
to
walk
out
summers
pending
later
additions.
H
It's
not
I
had
also
been
deeply
because
of
systemic
racial
and
equality
forever.
Your
Flash
movie
has
been
affected
most
by
housing
instability
before
the
pandemic.
During
the
pandemic,
he
was
once
again
hit
the
hardest,
and,
if
he's
built
on
past,
it's
going
to
be
hit
once
again
because
of
our
inaction.
I
urge
you,
please
ask
you
stills,
for
the
sake
of
the
city
and
everyone.
A
H
Station
in
warning,
council
members-
my
name
is
my
name.
My
name
is
William
Dublin
I
am
a
Philadelphia
native,
a
real
estate
professional
for
almost
50
years.
A
property
management,
professional
and
the
owner
of
numerous
properties
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
I
would
speak
against
the
Dozen
one
together
as
the
EH
PA
of
those
two
nine
four,
nine
five
3:01
3:02,
two,
two
four
and
three
or
five
well
I
believe
they
are
tenshun.
H
They
can
be
devastating
to
the
owners
and
operators
of
rental
properties
and
penalize
those
individuals
and
businesses,
disproportionately,
many
of
whom
are
small
investors
with
only
one
or
two
properties
or
elderly
retirees,
relying
on
rental
income
to
support
their
families
or
provide
their
retirement
income.
Rational
property
owners
don't
want
to
evict
anyone.
The
time
and
costs
are
too
late.
They
always
result
in
a
business
loss
for
the
property
owner
and
almost
any
property
owner
I
have
ever
met
in
50
years.
H
We'd
rather
have
a
tenant,
making
some
sort
of
periodic
payment
plan
than
have
to
spend
money
to
evict
them
absorb
the
loss
rent.
They
renovate
the
house
to
clean
out
the
items
that
are
left
behind
us
too
heavy
for
the
tenants
to
carry
and
then
be
forced
to
take
30
to
60
to
90
days
to
reread
the
unit.
Obviously,
there
are
more
tenants
and
landlords
in
our
society
that
long
vilified,
the
landlord
and
previous
tenants
a
testimony
before
council
painted
pictures
of
rapacious
landlords
and
victimized
tenants.
H
Not
every
landlord
is
vicious
and
every
tenant
is
not
a
victim.
Property
owners
are
important
to
the
city.
In
February
of
this
year,
I
sent
checks
for
almost
$400,000
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
for
20
ton
of
real
estate.
Taxes
and
I
am
certainly
not
alone.
Property
owners
generate
billions
of
dollars
in
revenue
for
the
city.
Lucy
also
looks
to
language
to
pay
whether
insurance,
even
when
there
are
the
responsibility
of
the
tenants
and
their
rent,
is
being
received.
H
These
ordinances
place
the
burden
of
housing,
the
tenants
on
the
back
of
the
property
owners
without
providing
them
any
source
of
relief
or
recovery,
an
additional
fees
charged
by
the
city
during
these
periods
of
non-payment-
and
this
is
still
liable
for
mortgage
payments
and
late
fees-
they
may
face
foreclosure
and
the
individual
properties,
their
foreclosure
on
their
primary
residences.
Tenants
that
are
not
paying
right,
typically
are
not
maintaining
the
property
and
not
maintaining
the
property.
Sir,
the
landlord's
rapido.
H
Okay,
all
I'm
asking
is
that
the
considerations
of
the
organ
seized
would
be
more
practical
if
there
was
a
balanced
approach
and
some
input
from
trade
associations,
landlord
organizations
as
well
to
perhaps
help
the
city
provide
some
relief
to
these
property
owners
while
protecting
the
tenants
that
are
also
victims
of
the
pandemic.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
for
the
good
work
that
you
guys
are
trying
to
do.
However,
you
test
these.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr.
Gerard
school
I'm
trying
to
testify.
Okay.
A
H
Morning,
my
name
is
George
Gould
and
I.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
I
will
speak
about
the
five
emergency
housing
protection
bills
or
for
final
passage,
I'm
missing
their
attorney.
Our
community's
legal
services
and
I've
worked
with
many
of
you
on
many
important
housing
legislation
over
many
years.
These
bills
certainly
fit
that
category
I'd
like
to
thank
council
persons,
Gauthier
Brooks
and
Jen,
and
their
staff
and
other
council
persons
and
their
staff
for
all
their
hard
work
on
these
tremendously
important
bills.
H
The
eviction
moratorium
bill
will
extend
the
moratorium
when
the
bill
is
passed
up
until
August
31st
unless
the
tenant
is
causing
imminent
threat
or
harm.
The
eviction
diversion
bill
will
create
a
division,
diversion
program
requiring
a
conciliation
conference
between
the
where
more
than
ten
days
prior
to
filing
the
eviction
action
I
have
been
very
involved.
I
was
very
involved
in
the
creation
of
the
mortgage
foreclosure
diversion
argument
as
ERISA,
and
this
program
will
save
many
homes.
H
Hopefully,
this
will
be
part
of
the
eviction
diversion
and
what
will
happen
is
landlords
will
get
the
money
that
they
are
always
the
wiggle
rocket
bill
would
amend
the
car
law
on
allowed
tenants
to
bring
civil
action
very
liberal
archives
and
be
able
to
restore
possession
damages
and
attorneys
fees
and
cost
payment
bill
would
require
landlords
to
agree
to
enter
into
repayment
agreements
which
could
have
the
tenant
been
paying
the
full
amount
due
after
August,
31st
and
Katie
urges
over
a
nine-month
period.
I
believe,
despite
the
previous
testimony,
that
this
is
very
reasonable.
H
Finally,
the
way
hoped
that
the
waves
are
late
fees,
a
landlord
and
will
not
be
able
to
charge
late
fees
and
interest
on
background
during
the
kovat
emergency
period
again
I.
Thank
you
for
working
on
these
important
bills.
They
are
needed
very,
very
much
because
what
will
happen
if
nothing
is
passed,
there's
going
to
be
an
amazing
amount
of
chaos
in
the
city,
with
tenants
being
evicted
without
being
able
to
pay
and
landlords
getting
their
bills.
Thank
you.
H
Good
morning
my
name
is
Jacob
Speidel
I'm,
the
director
of
tenant
rights
at
senior
law,
Center
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
the
five
emergency
housing
bills.
It's
Senior,
Law
Center.
We
provide
free
legal
assistance
to
thousands
of
seniors
each
year,
including
the
victims
of
elder
abuse
and
financial
exploitation,
elders
facing
housing
crises
and
homelessness
and
grandparents
raising
grandchildren.
We
support
these
five
bills
as
a
small
step,
part
of
a
balanced
approach
to
respond
to
this
unprecedented
crisis
and
address
a
coming
avalanche
of
evictions.
Koban
19
has
not
gone
away.
H
With
this
package
of
bills,
tenants
will
still
owe
rent
landlords
will
still
be
entitled
to
rent
what
these
bills
do.
Is
they
create
an
orderly
process
and
time
for
tenants
to
get
back
to
work,
for
tenants
to
receive
back
unemployment,
benefits
and
government
assistance
and
to
use
this
money
to
pay
their
landlords?
The
rent
that
is
owed
money
is
coming.
H
There
are,
as
you've
already
heard,
one
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars
that
have
been
allocated
by
the
state
and
we
certainly
hope
to
see
other
assistance
potentially
from
the
city
and
its
who
are
looking
to
move
nice
time
for
the
rental
market
open
up
again
and
allow
people
in
people
can't
move
because
nobody
is
moving.
Please
pass
this
package
of
five
bills.
E
To
0:05
these
bills
are
paired
and
will
have
a
devastating
effect
on
real
property
owners
with
February
that
predate
city
Kovach
19
emergency
period.
I
was
able
to
get
a
court
date
scheduled
for
July
40.
Does
that
doubt
very
seriously
that
that
will
actually
happen
if
these
bills
are
passed
by
cases?
You
continue
if
the
alleged
Kovach
19
hardship,
which
they
surely
will
do
I,
will
have
no
allegation.
E
E
F
Good
morning,
my
name
is
sherry,
Thomas
and
I'm,
the
director
of
housing
at
the
legal
clinic
for
the
disabled,
I'm
here
to
support
the
bills
and
the
emergency
housing
Protection
Act,
the
legal
clinic
for
the
disabled.
We
represent
people
with
injuries
or
illnesses
like
stroke,
brain
injury,
diabetes,
respiratory
illness
and
mental
health
diagnosis.
These
folks
are
already
at
high
risk
of
contracting
Kovan
and
now
are
worrying
about
being
evicted
during
the
pandemic.
The
risk
to
them
of
fatally
contracting
the
disease
is
ever-present
and
housing
is
a
human
right
that
can
literally
save
lives.
F
If
you
don't
pass
these
bills,
we're
going
to
see
large
numbers
of
people
evicted
within
a
short
period
of
time,
people
will
have
to
quickly
find
housing
in
a
market
that
just
recently
reopened.
This
is
really
difficult
for
people
with
mobility
issues,
special
needs
or
limitations,
and
many
will
be
forced
to
move
in
with
family
or
friends,
resulting
in
crowding
conditions
or
entering
an
already
burdened
shelter
system.
When
we
think
about,
we
have
to
think
of
the
high
risk
of
transmission
when
people
are
shuffled
around
in
this
way.
F
Rental
assistance,
as
we've
heard,
is
crucial
piece
of
recovery,
but
it
is
only
one
piece:
I've
represented
stroke,
survivors
people
with
brain
injuries
and
others
with
impairments,
and
these
clients
often
have
difficulty
gathering
documentation,
communicating
and
processing
information.
The
rental
assistance
is
really
a
little
youth
if
people
lack
the
time
and
the
ability
to
get
to
it
before
an
addiction
takes
place.
This
legislation
is
a
major
step
in
assuring
the
time
to
access
this
policy
if
you'll
set
in
place
today,
will
impact
these
families
for
years
to
come.
F
The
trauma
of
an
eviction
is
laughing
data
shows
that
is
black
and
brown
communities
that
they're
the
brunt
of
the
trauma.
You
know,
policies
matters,
they
impact
generations
of
people
and
being
almost
complete
the
course
of
someone's
life
and
their
children
five.
Today,
you
have
obviously
to
do
that
and
you
must
take
it.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
D
D
D
F
My
name
is
Leia
yarn
and
thank
you
for
hearing
me
and
thank
you
to
the
person
who
went
so
for
me,
whose
testimony
I
wholeheartedly
agree
with.
Are
you
ready
for
me
to
go?
Yes,
please?
Okay,
good
morning,
all
my
name
is
Leia
Armas
I
am
a
social
worker
serving
people
who
experience
housing
and
security
in
this
city,
as
I
didn't
hear
enough
on
this
call.
F
When
you
look
at
the
statistics
of
who
it
is,
the
experiences
of
poverty
and
lack
of
housing,
security
in
Philadelphia
I
speak
today
about
the
emergency
housing
Protection
Act,
the
collection
of
those
should
be
passed
and
I
want
it
to
be
on
record
that
I
do
not
believe
it
is
enough.
The
bill
asks
for
an
extension
of
the
moratorium
on
eviction
or
mediations
prior
to
evictions.
Rent
repayment
plans
and
the
waiver
of
rent
late
fee
I
believe
that
this
bill
can
be
a
foundation
upon
which
further
necessary
protections
can
be
built.
I
would
like
it.
F
C
D
H
H
H
Massive
fiction
best-best
take
place
will
actually
happen.
Is
a
lot
of
people
will
be
first
into
homelessness
and
there's
never
a
good
time
to
be
homeless
that
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
it
is
especially
cruel
to
put
capital
over
a
community
right
now.
I
believe
that
is
with
a
lot
of
these.
So-Called
good
landlords
are
doing.
H
What
happens
if
you
were
to
stay
landed
some
money?
So
that's
what
a
lot
of
your
tenants
have
been
really
out
on
money
for
the
past
few
months,
they've
been
scratching
and
surviving
trying
to
a
twenty
dollar
stimulus
check
stretch
throughout
these
past
few
months.
So
never
like
a
lot
of
people.
Don't
have
don't
have
money
for
rent
right
now.
H
That
I
would
just
like
to
ask
these
active
members
who
are
against
this
bill
to
really
ask
themselves.
What
do
they
think
will
really
happen
to
their
tenants
if
they,
if
they
do
a
victim
right
now,
do
they
really
think
that
their
tenants
will
be
safe,
given
the
code
in
19
minutes,
and
they
think
that
their
tenants
will
be
able
to
find
housing
in
this
current
market?
Do
they
actually
realize
that
they
are
condemning
the
tenants
to
homelessness
and
to
health
and.
D
H
D
H
My
name
is
Kay
Araki
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
American
sea,
housing
Protection
Act,
all
the
bills
included
I,
find
it
really
ironic
how
all
of
these
rental
associations,
like
CRA
and
Jaco,
are
asking
for
or
asking
for
empathy
from
City
Council
when
that's
literally
the
one
trait
that
they
lacked
profits
over
human
lives.
I
mean
the
lack
of
social
empathy
and
solidarity.
To
get
people
through
a
pandemic
is
disgusting,
but
the
question
in
regard
to
housing
right
now
is
who
does
the
financial
responsibility
of
pandemic
response
fall
onto?
H
It
should
not
fall
onto
renters,
as
these
Psychopaths
would
be
due
to
Glee's.
It
should
not
even
necessarily
fall
on
through
these
Psychopaths
either.
It
should
fall
entirely
on
the
government's
duty
to
wholly
neutralize
the
effects
of
this
pandemic,
but
bipartisan
leadership
on
the
federal
level
has
given
80%
of
benefits
from
tax
changes
in
the
stimulus
bill
to
millionaires,
Nancy
Pelosi
is
already
driving
through
more
corporate
endeth
handouts
in
the
heroes
Act.
There
is
a
cultural
and
structural
lack
of
social
empathy
and
solidarity
to
get
people
through
a
pandemic
of
disproportion.
H
Those
will
provide
significant
protection
against
inevitable
reactions
that
will
be
taken
by
financially
hit
rental
owners,
who
will
blame
and
punish
their
helpless
tenants
for
their
monetary
losses,
punishable
by
homelessness
and,
consequently
punishable
by
death.
We're
in
a
global
endemic,
not
passing
these
bills
will
hold
you
accountable
to
death.
It
is
incumbent
upon
City
Council
to
pass
this
package
of
bills,
all
of
them
which,
unfortunately,
wouldn't
even
need
a
degree.
D
D
F
Right,
thank
you.
Isis,
Norris
or
so
I
will
give
some
facts
about
the
current
crises
and
how
it
will
affect
the
most
vulnerable.
The
corona
virus
shows
no
signs
of
slowing
Florida
had
2600
new
cases
yesterday,
since
they
reopened
black
people
are
dying
from
curve
and
credit
iris.
At
three
times
the
rate
of
white
people,
two
million
total
cases
in
the
u.s.
27
thousand
nine
hundred.
Seventy
five
new
cases
since
yesterday
in
the
u.s.
20
million
people
in
the
US
are
currently
unemployed.
F
One
in
six
black
workers
are
unemployed,
black
Latino
people
back
and
Latino
people
are
two
times
more
likely
to
rent
their
homes.
The
federal
cares
act
is
set
to
end
July
31st.
What
will
happen
when
all
these
people
lose
money
from
the
cares?
Act
are
unemployed
and
are
allowed
to
be
evicted.
Housing
is
a
human
right,
and
the
most
efficient
way
to
keep
people
healthy
during
the
global
pandemic
is
to
keep
them
in
their
houses.
If
the
canoe
York
has
been
the
first
city
in
the
u.s.
F
to
an
actor
rent
freeze
for
the
duration
of
the
pandemic
and
I
suggest,
Philadelphia
set
an
example
and
do
the
same
time
when
our
black
community
members
need
support
the
most
ending
eviction.
Moratoriums
will
worsen
coronavirus
and
hard-core
ventures
in
the
city,
who
are
disproportionately
black
I
appreciate
the
tenants,
Union
Philadelphia
for
informing
me
about
this
meeting
community
legal
services.
F
D
D
F
My
name
is
Shalini
Williams
I'm
speaking
in
favor
of
the
five
bills
of
the
emergency
housing
Protection
Act
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
the
chance
to
speak
today
and
the
people
that
have
spoken
in
favor
of
this
act
before
me,
with
the
amount
of
people
that
are
unemployed
as
a
result
of
koban
19.
A
lot
of
people
are
struggling
to
have
money
to
feed
themselves
and
their
families
and
evicting
them
from
the
house
is
actually
the
worst
thing
you
can
do
in
this
situation.
F
We
need
to
figure
out
as
a
community
how
we
can
protect
everyone
in
this
crisis
and
not
kick
people
out
on
the
streets.
On
a
personal
note,
my
landlord
has
been
telling
us
to
move
out
in
July
and
it's
terrifying
to
think
of
the
possibility
of
having
to
look
for
housings
in
this
time.
But
thank
you
for
the
time
to
speak
and
that's
all
I
have
thank.
F
D
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Natalie
Frank
and
I
am
a
renter
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
as
well
as
the
sexual
health.
Educator
and
I
want
to
speak.
I
want
to
speak
to
supporting
the
five
emergency
housing
bills,
I
specifically
work
within
the
LGBT
community
and
I'm.
Aware
of
the
immense
amount
of
people
are
experiencing
at
this
point,
especially
the
black
LGBT
community,
when
we
are
not
getting
housing
at
a
point
or
black
people
experiencing
two
pandemics
at
once
or
being
murdered
by
the
police
as
they
walk
outside
or
sleep
in
their
home
is
unacceptable.
F
Not
only
will
having
housing
protect
that
protect
individuals
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
from
experience
from
being
able
to
protect
themselves
physically
from
what
has
been
informed
and
paid
for
by
the
state
if
I
staying
at
home
is
the
safest
way
that
we
can
do
this
other
than
letting
the
kovat
19
process.
Any
jobs
that
are
available
now
for
people
are
only
jobs
that
are
used
for
essential
workers
or
where
corporations
are
not
providing
accurate
or
appropriate
protection
to
their
workers,
and
this
is
unacceptable.
F
There
is
no
way
that
landlords
are
going
to
sit
here
and
say
that
that
renters
are
the
ones
who
owe
them
money
when
they
are
obviously
financially
privileged
to
be
able
to
own
multiple
properties.
Renters
as
a
whole
are
people
who
have
marginalized
identities
and
do
not
have
access
to
owned
land
within
this
area.
This
is
unfair
and
right
and
wrong,
and
we
need
to
sort
the
five
emergency
housing
those
borders
to
protect
the
community
and
hope
that
people
experience
less
trauma
than
what
they
are
ready
to
you
from
just
walking
in
the
street.
Okay.
C
H
West
good
morning,
City
Council.
This
is
Larry
Fulton
for
the
record,
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
the
housing
protection,
the
emergency
housing
Protection
Act
I
am
a
singer,
and
voice
actor
and
I
have
been
proudly
living
in
Philadelphia.
Since
1981
I
implore,
you
to
listen,
elaborate
aureum
on
evictions
is
lifted.
What
were
thousands
of
Philadelphians
do
forbid?
Nineteen
is
hospitalized
and
killed
thousands
of
Pennsylvanians,
although
Pennsylvania
numbers
are
lower
every
day.
More
are
still
more
Pennsylvanians
are
still
dying:
the
coronavirus
deadly
impact
and
close
performance,
spaces
theaters
and
restaurants,
where
I
work.
H
All
of
my
work
of
an
edition
has
been
cancelled
or
postponed
until
2021.
What
will
happen
for
me
in
thousands
of
Philadelphians
who
are
out
of
work
to
know
that
of
their
own,
with
a
moratorium
on
editions
is
nothing.
How
long
will
the
pandemic
unemployment
assistance
feel
good?
Will
there
be
another
stimulus
bill
to
help
Philadelphia
residents
make
ends
meet
I
just
received
my
attorney
my
1200
hours
a
week
ago,
city
council
members,
please
listen
to
the
voices
of
the
rebellions
were
the
lifeblood
of
Philadelphia's
economy
and
culture.
H
A
F
F
And
I'm
speaking
in
favor
today,
housing
protections
Act
but
I
really
want
to
narrow
in
toward
bill
200
three
or
four.
This
is
a
bill
that
asks
the
relief
and
recovery
of
losses
when
an
illegal
or
forced
eviction
happens,
and
just
to
make
very
clear.
This
is
already
happening
during
covered,
and
this
is
also
something
it's
not
new.
You
know,
after
covered,
it's
something
that
has
happened
before
covered
as
well:
small,
medium
and
large.
F
Just
shutting
off
utilities
going
up
at
the
property
sending
building
managers
are
sending
intimidating
family
members,
forcing
entry
of
the
property
to
forcefully
evict
their
tenants
and
a
lot
of
times.
It's
an
illegal
eviction.
The
court
hasn't
fully
processed,
they
don't
have
an
active
rental
license,
even
sometimes
it's
a
massive
diction
we've
seen
that
already
in
our
city
and
like
if
a
bill
can't,
even
if
this
bill
is
only
asking
for
a
minimum
of
two
thousand
dollars
toward
recovery
of
losses
for
the
tenants.
F
When
something
like
this
happens
that
can't
pass
like
to
recover
people
I
mean
I,
don't
think
$2,000
can
recover
anyone
and
is
really
from
eviction
an
illegal
eviction
that
can't
pass.
Then
I
just
urge
us
to
think
like
what
are
we
protecting?
What
list
are
we
protecting
about
how
this
city
and
housing
properties
work?
It's
just
as
bad
as
people
protecting
the
Columbus.
F
Name
is
Ayesha
Fausto
and
I'm,
a
former
leader
with
one
PA,
a
former
teacher
and
grocery
store
worker.
Thank
you
for
providing
me
this
opportunity
to
testify
on
the
ways
in
which
Philadelphia
City
Council
can
help
ensure
that
vulnerable
renters
are
protected.
During
this
economic
and
health
crisis.
My
housemate
used
to
work
at
a
restaurant.
Well,
I
worked
as
an
independent
educator
and
a
part
time
at
Mom's
organic
market.
F
When
restaurants
and
schools
closed
both
of
us
lost
hopper
in
we
reached
out
to
homeowners
our
landlord
and
informed
him
of
this,
they
responded
and
said
they
would
reduce
our
rent
to
$1,200.
We
try
to
negotiate
for
larger
relief,
but
they
would
have
moved
the
price
down.
We
so
cannot
afford
this,
but
we
had
a
choice
to
the
$1,200
a
month
or
be
homeless.
It
was
made
very
clear
that
the
priority
had
and
would
be,
that
the
rent
is
paid
and
not
at
the
health
and
well-being
of
us,
as
individuals
is
important.
F
The
email
went
on
with
them
sharing
information
about
how
we
could
pay
based
on
unemployment
checks.
They
also
suggested
jobs
that
we
know
are
highly
at
risk
and
for
what
they
got
in
the
business
of
providing
housing,
a
human
right
or
right
that
shouldn't
be
negotiated,
especially
during
a
global
pandemic,
a
business
that
has
a
history
of
shedding
black
and
brown
people
out
of
the
wealth
game.
This
can
very
well
lead
to
many
of
us
being
formally
or
informally
evicted
next
month.
This
is
my
story.
F
They
had
the
nerve
to
tell
us
they
were
nervous
to
rent
to
us
in
the
first
place
because
of
our
job,
and
they
told
it
to
considered
not
renewing
our
lease
because
we
couldn't
afford
it
and
what,
if
we
wanted
to
renew
and
stay
in
our
home
could
have
found
some
excuse
to
raise
the
rent
and
many
black
and
brown
folks
can't
afford
the
current
rent
price.
Anyway.
There
was
a
housing
crisis
before
this
moment,
and
the
global
pandemic
was
not
something
we
created.
F
The
wealth
gap
is
not
something
we
created
either,
it's
something
the
government
created
and
it's
something
the
government
has
a
choice
to
fix.
At
this
moment,
racism
and
classism
in
the
polls,
big
city
of
the
United
States,
still
runs
a
housing
game
and
the
underlying
prejudices
and
assumptions
about
who
we
were
or
what
we
could
afford
showed
up
in
our
negotiation
process.
A
F
My
name
is
Kyla
Van
Buren
throughout
this
crisis,
after
losing
my
job
I
volunteered
multiple
days
every
week
to
try
and
support
other
tenants
as
fired
neighborhoods
answered,
endless
housing
questions
read
through
visas
and
help
people
try
to
communicate
with
landlords
and
throughout
all
of
this.
The
only
thing
that's
clear
to
me
is
the
severity
of
this
housing
crisis
and
how
few
people,
how
few
options
people
in
the
city
have.
We
need
more
rental
assistance.
F
I
know
people
keep
saying
it's
coming,
but
was
no
clear
promise
and
no
protections
we're
all
left
waiting
in
fear
for
what
our
landlords
will
say
next
and
that
will
happen
when
the
courts
reopen
in
July
recently
I've
been
trying
to
advocate
for
a
tenant
who
has
to
come
disabled
due
to
a
complex
illness
for
two
years,
she's
been
trying
to
secure
a
housing
subsidy
and
during
the
stand,
I'm
actually
lost.
Her
work
so
is
in
even
more
trouble
when
she
tried
applying
for
unemployment
and
other
public
health
benefits.
F
Super
like
this
deserve
to
be
soft,
with
evictions,
late
fees
back
rent
and
harassment
from
landlords,
just
because
governor
wolf
has
declared
business
as
usual,
doesn't
mean
that
it's
safe
for
Philadelphia
renters
to
be
evicted
and
displaced.
Well,
we
are
still
very
much
in
the
middle
of
this
health
crisis.
I.
F
D
C
A
G
C
Ordinance
constituting
the
23rd
supplemental
ordinance,
the
restated
general,
what
an
invoice
for
the
revenue
bond
ordinance
of
1989
is
supplemented,
authorizing
the
bond
community
to
issue
and
sell
one
or
more
series
of
tax
exempt
or
taxable
water
and
wastewater,
whether
refunding
revenue,
bonds
and
revenue
refunding
bonds.
Thank.
C
A
C
Ordinance
authorizing
the
plan
committee
to
sell
bonds,
a
public
park
negotiated
sale
to
provide
Consort
various
capital
municipal
practices
for
writing
for
corporations
to
the
sinking
fund
Commission
for
the
payment
of
such
bonds.
Authorizing
of
them
is
to
provide
credit
or
Femina
liquidity
sources
for
the
bonds
of
connection
provisions
of
the
bonds
and
certain
other
actions.
Thank.
A
D
D
A
A
D
D
A
C
A
D
C
A
G
A
A
C
A
B
I
would
like
to
thank
council
in
this
body
for
its
tremendous
leadership
in
the
area
of
housing.
I
am
glad
to
be
part
of
a
council
that
has
dramatically
committed
its
commitment
to
housing
as
a
human
right
through
a
victim
protection
and
common
sense,
renter
protections
this
bill
that
we
are
about
to
vote
on
and
the
four
following
our
the
next
step
in
our
legacy
as
a
council
body.
B
Thanks
to
my
colleagues,
especially
to
you,
council
president,
and
thank
you
to
the
leadership
of
our
Appropriations
chair,
Maria
Corina
Sanchez
we've
been
able
to
make
and
maintain
historic
investments
in
the
housing
trust
fund
we've
been
able
to
create
a
nationally
renowned,
Philadelphia
eviction
prevention
project
and
passed
right
to
counsel
legislation.
Now
we
are
meeting
this
moment
in
the
midst
of
a
coded
19
pandemic
in
12
days
time.
B
We
know
how
much
this
matters
eleven
million
dollars
in
phl
rent
assist
was
exhausted
in
five
days
with
more
than
three
times
the
number
of
qualifying
people
our
courts
needed
as
they
face
thousands
of
cases
of
addiction,
thousands
of
cases
that
come
before
them,
and
in
this
moment
each
of
us
knows
that
stable
housing
is
as
much
a
means
of
racial
and
economic
justice,
as
it
is
a
means
of
economic
recovery.
We
must
come
together
to
keep
a
roof
over
everyone's
head
and
to
turn
the
corner
on
housing
dignity.
B
When
studies
showed
that
70%
of
eviction
cases
in
Philadelphia
involve
black
women,
it
matters
for
us
to
take
action
when
the
reinvestment
studies
show
that
black
communities
are
targeted
for
eviction,
no
matter
what
the
income
level
is.
It
matters
us
it
matters
to
us
to
take
action.
We
are
committed
to
making
things
work.
The
diversion
meeting
that
we
held
this
week
attracted
more
than
40
members
at
the
highest
levels
of
city,
leadership
of
the
courts
and
of
our
advocates
and
communities.
B
I'm
grateful
to
a
Housing
Committee
that
put
us
through
a
rigorous
review
process
and
made
sure
that
the
amendments
that
are
before
you
reflect
a
careful
consideration
of
all
the
needs,
including
of
our
landlords
and
of
our
renters.
These
bills
are
largely
limited
to
Kovan,
related
financial
hardships,
and
it's
important
for
those
to
know
that
accusations
that
no
evictions
will
happen
for
months
is
simply
not
accurate.
There
will
be
time
and
due
process,
but
we
need
to
find
ourselves
a
time
to
get
the
resources
that
we
need
right
now.
B
Philadelphia
has
a
chance
to
be
a
leader.
We
help
move
more
than
a
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars
for
rental
relief
programs
at
the
state
level.
Hud
has
just
announced
that
its
own
addiction
moratorium
has
been
extended
until
August
31st,
the
exact
date.
That
was
a
step
that
could
be
established
by
our
city,
council
body.
B
This
is
our
time
to
think
big
to
restructure
processes
and
institutions
that
have
long
created
barriers
to
opportunity,
whether
intentional
or
not,
for
black
brown
and
immigrant
communities.
Today
we
have
a
chance
to
become
a
leader
when
our
state
and
federal
governments
lagged
today,
we
have
a
chance
to
show
that
local
government
can
move
nimbly
and
quickly
to
give
assurances
and
hope
in
a
time
of
uncertainty
and
fear.
We
march
in
the
footsteps
of
those
who
fought
for
black
liberation
and
we
honor
it
with
bold
action
and
a
mission
for
the
people
we
serve.
C
A
D
D
C
A
A
C
A
H
H
D
C
A
C
C
D
D
A
A
Thank
you
very
much
completes
our
calendar
for
today
recognizing
species
of
a
new
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat,
feature
available
or
Microsoft
aims
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
Sunshine
Act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
do
use
for
this
particular
feature
with
that
said,
are
they?
These
pieces
are
on
behalf
of
the
minority
and
I
believe
she
recognizes
Councilwoman
Brooks
thank.
D
As
the
Kovach
19
pandemic
and
this
economic
impact
progressed
more
of
our
neighbors
than
ever
have
been
at
risk
of
eviction.
Black
and
brown
communities
hit
the
hardest.
Constituents
cannot
recover
from
the
traumatic
events
of
the
past
few
months
and
the
uncertainty
of
the
months
of
head
without
stable
housing.
Today,
City
Council
stepped
up
to
the
plate
and
pass
bills
that
provided
needed
security
for
our
community
members.
They
have
been
hit
the
hardest
by
these
public
health
crisis.
Bomb
measures
like
waving
late
rental
fees
may
seem
small.
D
They
can
decide
whether
a
family
is
able
to
put
on
the
street
or
not
as
someone
who
would
face
housing,
insecurity,
firsthand
I
know
that
these
protections
will
have
enormous
impact.
Philadelphia
families,
when
families
have
homes
to
stay
in
a
whole
city
can
be
safer
and
healthier.
I'm
gonna
thank
my
colleagues
Kevin
never
again
and
Gotye
for
working
tirelessly
with
me.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
co-sponsors
of
bill.
Three
two:
zero
zero
302
councilmembers
Thomas
Johnson,
Gilmore
Richardson
and
Kiana
stenches.
D
D
Those
inventors
were
considered
cost
burdened,
which
means
they
spend
at
least
a
third
of
their
income
or
rent
each
month.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
Philadelphians
have
filed
for
unemployment
since
mid-march,
and
we
know
that
job
losses
are
concentrated
in
the
low
end
of
wage
distribution
among
workers
who
are
more
likely
to
be
black
and
Latino
and
who
are
more
likely
to
rid
their
homes.
The
city's
emergency
rental
assistance
program
was
oversubscribed
by
400%
in
five
days.
D
We
know
that
help
is
coming
from
the
state,
but
it
hasn't
arrived
yet
in
this
moment,
when
relief
is
uncertain,
people
need
and
deserve
time
to
recover
with
grace
and
compassion.
This
legislation
provides
that
time
and
without
it
we
would
have
no
other
options
in
Philadelphia.
We
know
that
up
to
two
thousand
people
already
are
subject
to.
D
Judgments
are
at
risk
for
eviction
following
the
end
of
the
governor
stay
at
home
order
and
approximately
eighteen
hundred
eviction
cases
are
waiting
to
receive
hearings,
because
we
took
action
today,
we'll
be
able
to
prevent
these
evictions
in
the
midst
of
this
pandemic.
Likewise,
these
bills
ensure
that
our
courts
will
not
be
flooded
with
additional
eviction
cases
once
the
statewide
a
fiction
moratorium
is
lifted.
We've
already
seen
this
happen
around
the
country
like
in
Milwaukee
we're
following
the
ends
of
a
moratorium,
eviction
filing
to
jump
to
42
percent
compared
to
last
year.
D
Colleagues,
thank
you
so
much
for
your
support.
Today
with
the
emergency
housing
Protection
Act,
we
have
an
enormous
opportunity
to
protect
our
city's
renters
and
ensure
they
can
remain
safe
and
healthy
at
home,
and
we
have
the
opportunity
to
lead
the
nation
in
these
efforts.
Much
like
we
did
with
the
mortgage
foreclosure
diversion
program
during
the
Great
Recession
housing
is
a
human
right,
and
today
we
are
taking
bold
action
to
ensure
that
this
right
is
upheld
for
every
Philadelphian.
Thank
you,
so
very
much
Thank.
D
I
Thank
You,
mr.
president
and
colleagues,
congratulations
to
all
of
the
authors
and
co-sponsors
of
the
mills
today.
It
is
a
piece
of
work
that
we
produce
today
and
I.
Guess
in
an
emergency,
you
don't
know
and
don't
recognize
or
take
the
time
to
catch
your
breath
to
look
at
the
contribution:
you're
you're
you're,
making
better.
What
was
done
today
was
seismic
seismic
and
it
created
that
sea
change
in
the
right
direction.
I
It's
a
coalition
of
black
white
Latino
Asian
that
are
out
there
on
the
front
line,
pushing
all
of
us
to
make
more
of
a
commitment
and
contribution
without
abolitionists
would
there
have
been
a
June
team
I
want
to
I've
gotten
calls
from
reporters
about
my
background.
In
my
black
cowboy
statue,
but
I
want
you
to
see
the
rest
of
the
wall,
that's
Harriet
Tubman
next
to
that
is
the
door
of
no
return.
That
is
the
last
door.
I
Their
slaves
were
entering
slave
ships
saw
on
the
way
to
the
institution
of
slavery,
above
that
is
a
picture
that
I
put
up
there,
because
it
talks
about
the
contribution
of
the
church
in
how
the
church
played
a
part
in
our
freedom.
Next
to
it
is
a
small
rendition
of
the
slave
ships.
We
went
over
on,
and
here
we
are
today.
Most
importantly
though,
Harriet
Tubman
said
slaves
I
have
freed
a
thousand
more
happy,
but
known
they
were
slaves.
I
I
am
one
hundred
fifty
five
years
ago,
Juneteenth
is
known
as
the
freedom
day,
and
we
are
now
recognizing
that
and
I
want
to
thank
Jim
Kenney
our
mayor.
For,
for
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
this
city,
we
are
actually
acknowledging
the
effect.
It's
important
that
we
put
in
context
what's
happening
now
and
what
happened
then,
and
the
coalition's
that
were
formed
then,
and
the
coalition's
that
are
formed
now.
I
I
I
want
to
particularly
acknowledge
the
freshman
Brooks
Isaiah,
Cathy
Guardian
and
with
the
mentorship
of
Jim,
but
I
also
want
to
counterbalance
that
with
the
leadership
of
Darrell
Clarke
of
Parker
of
definitely
Sanchez
who
had
to
be
to
go
between,
because
none
of
this
would
have
happened
without
all
of
those
components
playing
together,
because
you
can
be
too
far
right.
You
could
be
too
far
left,
but
in
this
body
you
have
to
work
together
to
get
nine
votes,
and
that
is
not
dictatorial.
I
It
is
compromise
and
give
and
take
and
I'm
proud
of
what
we
did.
Mr.
president,
so
I'm
gonna
give
you
the
title
of
Frederick
Douglass
of
our
Council,
who
about
helped
us
through
all
of
this
to
the
wee
hours
of
the
morning
and
bringing
us
all
back
to
the
table
when
we
all
just
wanted
to
throw
our
hands
up
in
need.
So
thank
you
very
much.
All
of
us
recognized
June
19th
in
and
look
at
it
in
context
of
today.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
G
President
I
want
to
echo
the
words
my
colleague
councilmember
Jones,
and
thank
the
sponsors
of
the
legislation
that
was
passed
today.
I
was
very
important
legislation,
but
a
lot
of
conversations
and
discussions,
regardless
legislation
and
I,
want
to
congratulate
them
on
the
legislation.
Getting
passed.
I'd
also
want
to
echo
the
comments
that
my
colleague
made
reference
to
Juneteenth
and
thank
our
mayor
for
making
tomorrow
see
holiday
and
I
want
to
thank
the
thousands
of
people
that
rally
in
the
same
emails
and
reach
out
to
us
of
social
media.
G
Regarding
on
this
budget,
I
think
today's
first
step
in
getting
the
budget
done
reflects
those
calls
for
change,
but
I
also
want
to
go
back
to
the
question
that
I
asked
a
few
weeks
ago.
Are
you
committed
to
making
lasting
change
by
making
an
investment
in
the
african-american
community
and
when
council
member
Jones
talked
about
Juneteenth,
it
really
had
me
to
reflect
on
some
things.
I
didn't
think
I
was
going
to
share,
but
no
Juneteenth,
and
he
gave
a
little
background.
G
We
all
know
that
it
was
the
reason
why
he
was
so
important
because,
30
months
later,
heir
to
the
emancipation,
proclamation
became
law,
slaves
and
gals
and
Texans
Texas
were
still
enslaved.
30
months
later
after
the
Emancipation
Proclamation
and
when
I
think
about
Juneteenth,
which
is
gonna,
be
celebrated
tomorrow,
I
have
to
think
of
my
great-great
grandfather,
Amos
Greene
and
the
only
record
and
information
I
have
of
my
great
grand
grandfather
is
this
document
that
I
have
right
here?
This
is
a
will
that
was
signed
in
1843
from
Richard
Reynolds
to
Richard
Greene.
G
So
when
I
think
about
my
last
name,
my
last
name
come
from
someone
that
owned
my
great-great-grandfather,
and
so
that
was
in
1843.
So
when
I
think
about
Juneteenth
I
have
to
think
about
the
legacy
of
my
family
and
my
great-great-grandfather,
and
also
tomorrow,
was
going
to
be
the
original
date
of
a
so
called
make
America
great
rally
in
Tulsa
Oklahoma,
and
so
the
fact
that
tomorrow,
which
is
Juneteenth
and
also
you're
gonna,
have
this
rally
in
Tulsa
I.
Along
with
so
many
people
around
this
country
were
outraged.
G
Could
I
have
to
think
about
my
great-great
grandfather?
The
only
record
I
have
with
him
is
a
a
will
showing
him
as
a
slave
and
in
fact
it
occurred
in
Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
and
so
many
people
now
are
familiar
with
the
Tulsa
massacre
and
outraged
at
this
rally,
alleged
make
America
great
rally
was
going
to
be
held
in
Tulsa,
but
Tulsa
was
not
an
isolated
incident
just
like
Eric,
garner
George,
Floyd,
Brianna,
Taylor,
almond,
Arbor,
amadou
diallo
and
so
many
others
were
not
isolated.
Incidents.
G
Colfax
Louisiana,
1873,
similar
Massacre
to
Tulsa,
Oklahoma
62
to
153
after
Americans,
were
killed
and
massacred
Elaine
Arkansas
1919,
a
hundred
to
two
hundred
thirty-seven
African
Americans
Massacre
Rosewood
Florida,
and
some
of
us
may
have
seen
the
movie
rosewood
27
to
150
african-americans.
Also
massacred
and
killed.
Wilmington
North
Carolina
60
to
300
African
Americans
were
killed.
A
massacre
in
1898
Wilmington
North
Carolina
is
also
the
only
coup
d'etat
that
has
occurred
on
US
soil.
G
We
had
act,
American
political
leaders
and
white
leaders
who
had
duly
elected
were
violently
removed
from
office
and
massacred
and
others
were
told
to
leave
that
land.
The
only
time
in
the
history
of
this
nation,
and
so
for
me,
North
Carolina,
is
very
important.
Many
of
you
have
heard
the
story
about
my
grandfather
and
how
you
know
he
was
able
to
purchase
land
in
North
Carolina
for
many
us
that
live
in
Philadelphia.
We
have
North
Carolina
roots,
and
you
know
my
grandfather
was
able
to
part
our
family
farm
in
1943.
G
So
I
showed
you
the
will,
which
showed
my
lineage,
but
also
this
is
the
deed
that
my
grandfather
was
able
to
purchase
in
1943
from
white
allies
across
how
they
1:18,
and
so
when
I've
not
talked
about
I
talked
about
how
he
was
able
to
bring
other
African
American
farmers
together
and
be
able
to
help
provide
transportation
and
education
for
African
Americans
in
aid
in
North
Carolina.
Also,
every
purchase
death
or
a
group
of
white
men
came
to
my
grandfather's
house
with
guns
and
said:
listen
we're
going
to
remove
you
from
this
land.