there, and has been ever single year. >> chairman nolan: thank you. >> wilson habib. he's the last person who has turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i know that whatever i say, it is not going to change your mi mind. but i've been serving san francisco for the last more than 10 years. i've been taking people to hospitals, i've been taking people to, you know, your family, your family members, to whatever they want to go. proudly serving the san francisco for more than 10 years. but in return, what i've been

waiting -- the waiting list more than eight years. in return what i got is nothing. we offer mta more than the company -- what the company offered. i don't know why -- why mta doesn't want to take the offer. i mean why is mta really against cab drivers who is always serving every day the san franciscans. i mean the voters have to finally decide this. >> chairman nolan: thank you. >> david pilpel. >> david pilpel. regarding the 37 line, there is a complicated history on that. i would encourage you to ask the director ris kin to put that in a memo to the board explaining what's happened and what is proposed to change there. i've commented before on the new transit shelters.

and i've asked to no success but will try again for the status of the transition from the old shelters to the new shelters and in particular why there's no muni -- no next muni sign at third and market, balboa park station and 19th and hallway. id point out on the bart plus agreement i don't believe you've gotten a memo on this yet. there is some proposal at staff level to discontinue that instrument. i believe that's a decision of this board to make. and that there's been a hearing on that, and you should get a more full report and we should discuss that at the next meeting. i'd also ask you to consider and the public to consider the level of rhetoric on -- issues like taxis. it's a very complicated policy matter but we should not try to make it as personal as much as possible. >> chairman nolan: that will conclude the public comment period. >> it does appear that somebody

else -- >> chairman nolan: come ahead please. >> my name is paul fernández. i've been a cab driver for 28 years. i'm number 505 on the medallion list. apparently i'm going to get screwed out of that medallion. i was also on the s medallion list. i was no. 50 on the list. 50 were given out. and i got screwed out of that medallion too. i don't know how. you know, i've been working a long time, driving a cab. i can't do anything else at this point. you know, i'm 64 years old. not much i can change in my life now. you know, so giving the medallions to the corporations is bull.

thanks. >> chairman nolan: thank you. that will conclude the public comment. i'd like to add a couple of points. we thought originally this was going to be a date for taxi items but they were not ready to go and that was noticed properly as of last thursday or friday when the agenda came out. secondly, the stuff about the cabs, the unlicensed cabs, i noticed with great interest that the california puc is issued cease and desist orders for all three companies. we're supportive of that effort. i don't know why, with the cease and desist order appears like almost nothing has happened. we will át back with the taxi issues on november -- what is it? november 20. the issues with the list and those kind of things will be there at that point. so, okay. thank you members of the board. we're not allowed to take action on this at this point but we have a closed session coming up. is there a motion to do that?

>> directors at this point it's appropriate for a motion to conduct a closed session. >> second. >> all in favor say aye. >> ayes. >> (the mta is in >> there was no discussion of anticipated litigation, directors. it will be appropriate for a motion to disclose or not disclose. >> motion not to disclose is. >> i'll second. >> all in favor say aye. >> ayes. >> we are adjourned in memory of reggie mcray. thank you.

[ [ gavel ] >> good afternoon everyone. it's a beautiful monday afternoon. today is monday, october 1st, 2012. this is the land use and economic development committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. my name is eric mar, i'm the cheraw and to my right is supervisor cohen and to my left is supervisor wiener and miss mil could you please i have us our announcements. >> please make sure is to silence cell phone and electronic devices.

documents should be submitted to the clerk? >> i wanted to thank jennifer and greg from sfgov for televising us today. we have four items on our agenda. miss miller could you please call item no. 1. >> item no. 1 is an ordinance amending the planning code permitting five' ground floor height increases for active ground floor uses in the costa street. >> mr. wiener. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this legislation amends the castro neighborhood commercial district and 24th street noe valley ncd. the provisions of the planning code to allow for a 5' height bonus for active ground floor ground uses. we have seen similar legislation recently before this committee, most recently as part of supervisor chu's legislation creating neighborhood commercial district to parts of the sunset. supervisor mar also recently

introduced similar legislationion for geary boulevard. the five' currently applies to many of our commercial corridors. this legislation advances good urban design principles promoting tall area ground floor and will help further activate these two ncds with good ground floor uses. the legislation will not allow for an extra story of development. we met with a number of the neighborhood organizations in the noe valley and castro and there is a wide support for this legislation. thank you colleagues. >> thank you. and do we have a presentation from planning? supervisor? so we have kimia from the planning department. >> good afternoon, chair mar

and supervisors. yes, so the planning commission heard this item september 27 emand approved it. it's a 5' height for active and activity uses on the ground floor, provided can only be applied to the ground floor. and also, it's not sufficient to floor. as the supervisor mention there had is a good design policy and there have been several press departments. thank you. >> thank you. and thank you supervisor wiener for introducing this. i know along clement street and geary it's helping property owners think about how to make our storefronts and merchant areas more attractive and active as well. and i know that kind of whether it's glenn park to the richmond district, it's something that is really wise planning and i thank the planning department for their advice as well. let's open this up for public

comment. is there anyone from the public who would like to speak? three minutes maximum. seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor? >> mr. chairman i would move to forward this item to the board with a positive recommendation. >> can we do this without objection, colleagues? thank you. [ gavel ] . yes? supervisor cohen is asking, so generally it's three minutes per person is the comment period. is that right, miss miller? >> yes and flair from 1-3 minutes. thank you. >> thank you. >> so let's go to item no. 2, miss miller. >> item no. 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code extending restrictions of apartment converse to business sponsored short-term occupancies. >> thank you, i know we're expecting president chiu to be presenting on this item. so from his office is also amy .

chen. maybe we could -- -- since we do have ann marie rogers here for item no. 4, why don't we go to item no. 4? >> item no. 4 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the right to revitalize housing ordinance. >> and this is an item that is sponsored by supervisor christina olague, who is also not here right now. so i'm wondering if we could just kind of hold off until president chiu is arriving. so our clerk is now getting in touch with president chiu's office. i don't think it's fair to

supervisor olague to call her item when she is not here as well. let me just continue. so he is on his way. okay. for i. no. 2, as resources we have here chris hall from the planning department and also representatives of the department of building inspections as well.

mr. chair would you like me to recall no. 2. >> yes, please miss miller. i. no. 2 is an ordinance madaming the administrative cold extending restrictions of

apartment conversion ordinances to business-[spo-eurpbs/]ed short-term occupancies allowing civil actions by certain non-profit entities. >> supervisor chiu. >> this is substitute legislation that i submitted last week that includes amends that our city attorney noted does not need to be adopted through separate legislation. the impetus of this came from a number of initial complaints that my office received over a year-ago. involving suggestions that there were corporations that were illegal leasing out spaces for the short-term use by individual as kin to the use of hotels by tourists. legislation that we have before us strengthens an existing law, to restrict this practice known as hotel evasion. in 1981 the passage of the apartment conversion ordinance, which is second, 41-a of the administrative code made it

illegal for residential propertis with four or more units to be occupied pore for less than 30 days. unfortunate le what we have found in recent years there has been a problem that has persisted due to enforcement challenges and a loophole in the law. in recent years we have seen many corporations sidestep this law by signing long-term loiss with property owner ises that their non-san franciscan employees can use the apartment as short-term corporate housing or tourism residential housing. so for example, as an example, in my district, the tenants at the large golden gateway [kph-efpl/] have experienced corporate employees and guests that come in and out of their buildings just like a hotel. based on rent board record there's are an estimate of dozens of these units that are leased by corporate entities. this not only creates quality of life issues for neighbors, but takes a much-needed limited housing supply away from our city's residents. the legislate we have in front of us clarifies that corporate

entitis can not skirt our laws, but signing long-term leases for planned occupancies of less than 30 days. that also strengthens the enforcement process by creating an administrative review hearing for the department of building inspection to reevaluate complaints and giving residents the ability to seek legal recourse through the assistance of non-profit organizations. i want to thank all of the stakeholders that my office has been working with starting with advocates for the tenants community, the san francisco tenants union, as well as representatives of tenants in the golden gateway, as well as in other neighborhoods. i know also there have been neighborhood associations that have v addressed my office and reached out to me. i want to thank the affordable housing alliance in addition, to the san francisco tenants union for their support. i should also mention that i have been convening a grouch stakeholders to address a separate set of challenges, associated with residents renting out their apartments while they are on vacation or on business.

in the area that is known as sharable housing better business bureau i want to mention that that is separate from the legislation that we have today. my overall goal is that with that other piece of legislation is that we will have hopefully a more comprehensive system to allow primary residents the flexibility to share space. but from my perspective, i think it's very -- it's very important that we first take the step to ensure that our residential housing is protected and that there is proper enforcement against illegal short-term rentals and that is why we have this legislation in front of us. so with that, i first would like to recognize rosemary bosk and bill strong from the department of building inspection who have worked with our office and supported this legislation. and i believe i do see ann marie rogers and christine howell from the planning department. first i want to turn it over to mr. boss to make opening [kpho-ept/]s. >> thank you, supervisor chiu and members of committee. good afternoon.

chief housing inspector. in addition, to the background that supervisor chiu just gave you, i want to add a few more item your conviction. board of supervisors of 15 years ago had an extensive hearing on the corporate rental situation and at that time chapter 41a as you currently see it before the inside of supervisor chiu's office left us with legislation that was underutilized and gave us no real tools to get to the issue of short-term and corporate rentals. and so i want to commend his office, amy chen, and also kate from the city attorney's office in coming up with legislation that actually would provide the department of building inspection with a stronger and more robust hearing procedures. it also requires anybody that is doing any of this type of rental to kept a appropriate records and also, allows for a civil action if somebody does

not comply with this ordinance. i cannot think in the last 20s of any other time that this ordinance is greatly needed with the foreclosures and with individuals that have been in the round housing now having to utilize the rental market, which is further exasperated the staff we have for functional and sanitary housing. so with that we look forward to working with the supervisor's office further in implementing this legislation thank you. >> thank you. i also want to take a moment to recognize the planning department to see if there are any opening ghents you would like to make and i would like to thank for the work you do with my office on this as well. >> chairman, supervisors, chris hall, code enforcement manager for the planning department. i'm here to answer any questions that you might have about the proliferation of the short-term rentals at this time. >> thank you very much. i know there are individuals

here for public comment. at the moment i have two speaker cards, but if folks could line up after these two individuals. [ reading speakers' names ] and then if other individuals would like to line up behind them, if you could line up on the right-hand side of the chamber, that would help everyone to be able to see the speakers at the mic. >> good afternoon, my name isern yeastine waters weis and i have been a reporter of the golden gate center for 25 years and i have noticed a lost change since the original owners were there. this landlord is notorious corrupt, called a slum lord at the golden gateway center, the second largest rent -controlled neighborhood in the city. the marriott consists of the overflow at the apartments. people coming in and out. we have been plagued with

transients, prostitution, bedbugs, roaches. i had to vacate my apartment for a week due to bedbugs. it was horrible. i have suffered stolen items and this street the boeing, not the outside people. it takes away apartments for renters, diminishing the amount of supply in the city. which drives the rentals up. this is simple. it drives it skyhigh, so that the middle-class can no longer afford to live here. it gets worse. no security. the doorman doesn't know people coming in or out, as he used to know people who lived there long-term. the quality of life has been diminished terribly. i can't say enough. i have had so much trouble with this landlord. rose marie knows how many times i called her office to correct

items that were horrible. so i urge you to pass this legislation unanimously when it comes to the board, because it's so important this. has been going on for years. i had mentioned it year before supervisor chiu came in and i'm glad it's finally being adjudicated thank you. >> thank you. let me call up mary long, lana and bill hanon as well. >> good afternoon, my name is spike con and i'm a landlord here and i own 12 units in the city. and i am absolutely in support of this ordinance. it is crazy. the last time i had an opening was a one-bedroom no, laundry, no parking, no backyard and there were nine people within 20 minutes writing me $4500

deposit checks and they all had higher credit card scores that i did. it's just crazy out there and the reason i believe is because of both air b emb taking the housing stock and after that, the academy of art and now i understand corporations also taking long-term housing stock and turning it into short-term. this city has been only for the wealthy and those who can cram themselves into the tenderloin, 4-5 people in a room. why is a non-profit going to enforce it? there y isn't there fines and fees that would support it, that the building department can go after these crooks who are avoiding the hotel tax and avoiding all of the planning laws and this ordinance? so i would urge that even be stronger and that there be enough fines and fees that you can have inspectors

and enforcement that would have a lot of teeth in it. currently i don't see that in this ordinance strong enough. so i am again a landlord and i completely support this. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors, terry frye. i sent this to you. i emailed this to you this morning, but i would like to read it outloud here and i forget to send it to you supervisor chiu, but i will when i get home. dear supervisors converting rentals into short-term rentals is unconscionable. i see no permits for the work in my piggly-wiggly. how can they completely remodel an apartment, including replacing kitchen and bathroom fixtures without