amazon and nordstrom that makes recruiting employees easy the access is everything i think i would struggle to make my business works it is as far to the lafayette so mill valley and everywhere in between we're a 4 day workweek so in addition to offering a shorter workweek sewe ask the employees to pop down to get a hair cut or a dentist appointment or an after workout ever coffee or a smooth i didn't on the plant on stein when is my perfect it makes business errands great whether getting toilet paper or getting

shipments or calling the plumbers on union if there's a issue. we think of ourselves as a san francisco business i want to keep my business on union and in this flat for so long as i can i applied for a temporary extension it's the best location for me my employees and the community. i fear that moving and i have look at into that will be far more costing not to mention the cost of moving he invested one hundred hundreds thousand dollars i realize this was any choosing choice under a conditional use permit i looked at the rentals in the area there was nothing comparable i predicament i will have to move to los angeles because it the a

lot of small business apparel company lives i have my production team in los angeles the use of a 2 hundred thousand square feet warehouse i couldn't afford here and talent for those types of tasks in the area but i want to maintain the heart of my business in san francisco and keep my kids at those schools and keep the live style choirs i see office space there's the for rent and it is expensive. my being my own landlord allowed me to be on union and allows me to recruit amazing staff i couldn't operate without them this flat would rent for over 7

thousand a month i charge my company 45 hundred a month to live up to my promise to my employees and frankly to myself. on a personal note i've substantially invested in this neighborhood we've remodeled property >> ma'am, i'm sorry your time is up. >> thank you. the commission may ask you questions. >> okay. >> your time is up thank you. 80 is that the presentation. any public comment on that item? okay. please approach the

podium. >> hi commissioners i'm andrea a san francisco resident and an employee with them about a year and a half now i want to the commission to let them remain in business on union. i just wanted to reiterate the fact we support the community by using a lot of local moms for our priority at the time and being in that area the local moms feel safe and comfortable after debiting birth we do a lot of sport for the prenatal homeless and they come to our location to pick up donations for the companies and they pull up and louse allow us to bring donations down to them i can use public transportation and having

to move locations will effect my life balance which ingrid and isabella work hard for you i hope you allow us to remain there >> for the people that are entering the room i'm assuming you're here for the 3 o'clock calendar arrest for our benefit there's an overflow room on the first floor in the south light court you've be able to review the commission and it we'll take a short recess before the calendar against you can't stand in the chambers if you can't find a seat go to the overflow room on the first floor i'll reiterate if you can't find a seat we'll be taking a short recess after this item as

concluded. >> okay. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm christie shaw i'm the marketing director at isabel i've been with the cop company for four years when i first took the job i was moving from new york city i was a young mother and this opportunity came forward and it was an amazing opportunity one of the reasons, you know, one of the great luxuries at working at the company i can have my children in preschool literally 4 minutes away and work and live and have this existence where if so comfortable and almost like a home and something i think we all the young mothers that are working for ingrid and isabella appreciate. that's you know the main point i

want to make and reiterate something that andrea spoke about the fact we are seeing other young mothers and other pregnant mother every week especially from the marketing departments prospective. getting those are women into our offices is would be a challenge if we were smoefrlg but you can imagine the man or woman and sacramento street pope women can come to our office tell us their feedback and where to test products they've been integral in creating the lines and products we've developed on the last four years it's an invaluable experience we're able to benefit from so with that, i support the project

>> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm lynn also a san francisco resident i came to ingrid and isabella in 2006. and in all that time actually i've never seen ingrids commitment to work in the company what an incredible ask that to be part of you was in her house that's where we started and for me one of the important things about your with that, is that i can take public transit easily as one line from there, i, meet friends for dinner and drinks and go out for a run it lo would be different for me peppering i'm in support of this project >> thank you. is there any additional public comment okay seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini >> question for the lady

please. i'm reading two different things on the first page it is to have the conditional use authorization and the next is the professional services which is before us is it the permanent change or is temporary uses. the department staff we've consultant with the zoning administrator open this issue we see this as a permanent conversion. the asking request is the original request from the sponsor to extend the 3 year period for another 3 year period but our interpretation of that is basically a permanent use conversion. >> well, that go seems kind of inconsistent they're not taking out the kitchen or changing the facility their using that for

business purpose but remaining a how's units in my mind if we approve that at least in that format there's a good chance in 3 years the business may grow they need a bigger space. >> sure that's the same argument before the commission in 2009 the project sponsor at the time did also i guess have the stunt to move out of the space after a 3 year periods that's part of the consideration when the 2009 conversion was before you and why the conditions from 2009 clearly stipulates that the authorized period should be only 3 years. >> so if our discussion has to be for a conversion to business professional if they decided to convert back to housing that would be allowed in the future

or need a different cu to convert back. >> it will not require another cu, however, a building permit will be allowed. >> i'm going to speak against staff recommends for the reasons stated. this is a locally owned women owned business that has huge support and 18 letters of support in the neighborhood and we can hear all the good things it's doing and not really drurpg the housing unit even as we convert it the issuance of permit it could go back both a how's issue in the future even if we didn't grant the use requested there's no reason the project sponsor doesn't necessarily is not forced to

rent this and being an owner of a business and an owner of a building myself i understand the economic pressures that exist on a small business to try to use what you owned for your business instead of having to go out and rent additional space and all ends up happening your services or products it has added for costs you should be able to use it in a matter that suits your needs it would be rented at a high amounting amount we try to support businesses and this is an example of a business we want to keep here. the temporary loss of one unit

of housing in a very expensive street i think it is a small price to keep it here and functioning >> commissioner moore. i have to take a different view it is pretty much following why we have zoning we are zoning for commercial and specific floors which are appropriate for specific used and not taking take into account those. i was here in 2009 when the plant was here it was a compelling story the size of the beginning of the becoming of an enterprise was to compelling we used really more emotional criteria to support this enterprise with a very clear promise to this commission a clear and explicit promise to

move out after 34 years and growth at that time was strongly anticipated successful enough to move it into the proper zoning district and the proper district where crime is i look at this in the same light we look at mergers and findings one emotional hook by which we support a unit merger i don't have in my tolerance to go explicitly up against the mayors requirement to stay away from those positions we're here to support housing not to reduce the number of housing units and by supporting the continuous of a use that is clearly a residential zoned area i can't support that that has nothing to do i think you should continue to help each other with the

quality of life and whatever issues but as far as i'm concerned i can't support that that >> commissioner hillis. a question for staff i share some of commissioner moore's concerns but one clarification this is in the ungz e union square i mean, the union street commercial district correct >> correct. >> so it's allowed for the cu. >> well, this particular proposed use is a professional service that category can be approved. >> there are some on the second floors i don't have a number i would say that's definitely not in the majority there are several throughout the corridor.

>> i mean, that's what meanings makes it different not in rh1 or rh2 or third but on the upper floor. >> commissioner antonini. >> yeah. i remember we've approved. >> if i have those fredricks haired ware they needed to use the upstairs to accommodate their paint next to the existing one and a dentist office on broadway restrict we allowed them to use the upper floors and there are quite a few of the i will not say a majority but quite a few of the second and third floor use as long as third street. i can't tell the exact percentage >> commissioner sugaya. >> as a followup to commissioner antonini's question about permanency versus

temporary. the original approval was. a 3 year period was a rear use i can't exactly know remember it by i voted on it since it was 2009. we have another request because the 3 years are up. and so basically that original conditional use is no longer in effect; is that right >> correct that's spider. >> in 2013. >> whatever. and so this new conditional use request has been strerptd for a permanent situation so but can the commission condition it again? to make it a temporary use? >> yeah. >> i guess what i'm struggling with the original argument was that the owners anticipated they

would grow and exceed the space requirement. however, the owner then in testimony said that her business had been growing by leaps and bounds whatever the usage they used which indicates they've been growing so why isn't it the case their though the big enough to move out of the that is a by now the lawyer made the same argument that was made in 2009 by saying again that the business was growing and expected to leave this space so something didn't match up here. for me. not asking you sorry (laughter) maybe the owner can fill me in >> thank you when we moved into

the union street flat we are went peel 6 people in leaps and bounds when we started the business in 2003, of course, whole thing i first got off the space we were 3 and we became 6 and now 9 employees originally we asked for an extension i anticipate we'll anti grow the space we're not under yet but it's around the corner. >> thank you. commissioner johnson >> i guess the only way i asking schizophrenia support that on a condition again like a two or three year period. >> commissioner johnson and i have a quick condition this is a rent controlled apartment the lawyer said the owner can rent it out for 7 thousand a month and currently it's 45 hundred 0

so if we were to support this conditional use authorization to make this a professional space if it were converted back to the residential use would rent control continue to apply. >> yes. but increase no vacancy control and it has to be when the building was built but rent control can be whatever the market bears at this time but how much it can occur. >> the rent is at market can only be increased by the rent board. >> right. >> so i'm sorry so she charges $4,500 a month for tenants. >> not incremental or commercial tenant and not a residential tenant.

>> was there a tenant before. >> there was prior to the current ownership but vacant at the time of purchase by ingrid. >> okay. okay. i think i understand interest thank you. >> commissioner antonini i would like to make a motion to allow a continued temporary use for a period of 3 years for the business in place but not change the zoning just allow them to continue for another 3 years from now i guess august of 2017. >> commissioner antonini if you could make that motion in intents. >> intent i guess it's a new motion we can't do that an intent to allow and calendar that in a couple of weeks to

take that up if the motion were to pass. >> second. >> supervisors flshg there's a motion and second to approve a motion of intent to allow a temporary continuation. >> sxhvrn pr commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. no. commissioner moore. no. commissioner sugaya. i'll vote i but i if we can have in the reader for the future commission the intent was to limit to the 3 year period and no more extensions >> that's fine arrest commissioner fong and commissioner president wu. no oar that motion passes 34 to 3 with commissioner johnson, commissioner moore and commissioner sugaya voting against >> so the commission will take a break. >> we should make a motion to continue a date specific so we

can avoid motion problems given the calendar commissioners you're very busy. so september 4th and september 11th are closed, however, theoretically you've heard the matter it could be calendar quickly on september 4th >> commissioners one point of clarification the extension period is a complete 3 year extension until august of 2017? >> my may i request a motion to continue the matter? >> move to continue the matter before final action september 4th.

>> their only taken a motion of intent we have to continue the matter to date specific. >> on that motion to continue to september 4th. >> i need a second. >> we've received one. commissioner antonini. commissioner hillis. commissioner johnson. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fong. commissioner president wu. so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously and shall be continued until september 4th. so i believe the commissioners will be taking a short recess at this point for the benefit of the public there is on overflow room established in the south light court if you do not have a seat you'll need to be outside the chambers so south light court on the first floor and are

there's an over it flow room if your name is called we'll provide time for you to come up. >> advise the members of the public he may not see the commissioners seated there's in a champ a monitor and also for the pedicab of the public and forcing for those are who are viewing this in human resources facility facility at the first court when your name is called

come upstairs there are plenty of time giving you an opportunity to speak all right. i guess with the exception of media on this side of the are room i can't stand in front of the assessable bottom so, please make the changes and move and find a seat or go downstairs to the first light court that is plenty of time. conversions we've left off in our regular calendar for case 2014 administrative and amendment of short time rentals and establishing the fees for the administration code >> good afternoon, commissioners this will amend the planning code to legalize

the short term units and president chiu president chiu is here and after his remarks i'll continue with my presentation i have a copy of the one that is signed we have a signature and you need those so we'll pass those out to you. thank you >> good afternoon. commissioners let me first start off for you our hard work and patience and scheme endurance. >> thank you to the members of the public who have been involved b with the legislation proposed particularly with the planning staff who has done density work and the tenant community the san francisco tenants union for their early support when we introduced into

the record that and the landlord community and tourism industry for their feedback and, of course, the many neighborhood activists we've heard on this issue the home community my colleague and the city attorney's office. let me start first with the observations this topic of home sharing. shareable housing has been important for our city we can agree that has been a difficult and challenging topic i want to thank the police station and the board of supervisors to resolve what had been years of debate around sequa reform and in-laws and i

want to start with the premise i think we can all agree the status quo is not working that we need a new regulatory frame. by way of background we've seen an explosion in the number of short time rentals by a variety of hosting platforms as a planning report indicate we know there are 5 thousandizing at any one time in san francisco its been estimated this past year over one hundred thousand incidents and while current law didn't permit this activity there's confusion about the law and enforcement has been extremely difficult i was told by the department of building inspector optional saw 21 complaints i think everyone involved knows we need a better approach so today i'd like to

have a discussion bans most of feedback from the community. a clear distinction within unacceptable activity and acceptable activity, and, secondly, the direct regulation of online hosting platforms and third real and strengthened enforcement and then fourth the collection of all taxes relevant to this activity that is a source of new revenue for the city as well as enforcement itself. now our proposal the genesis of the legislation the underlying value of the legislation to address the city's affordability crisis how can we live in our city of 7 by 7 miles it