>> i lived in cohen's district 10 and use my spare bedroom for home sharing i have no problems with the regulations or proposals except for one 90 days i moved to this country excuse me. thirty years ago to live and work here and indeed to become a provide american citizen i'm not more proud of my american passport i wanted to live here this countries protection of individual freedom and it's encourage time of the entrepreneurs wanting to chief their american dream i've done exactly that and i own my own home i consider what i do in my home is my business and not the government's, of course, there are safety regulations and neighbors that are effected by

my action like regulations with the car i drive i do consider limiting the no. of days when i have guests in my house coming close to limiting the number of days i use my car is unreasonable i consider this proposal is a government intrusion on my personal liberate i would have 45 my two daughters living there it was empty when i started home sharing and will be if i'm presented i ask supervisor cohen in the name of that freedom and that spirit of xrichl that attracted me i urge you not to limit the number of days. >> before we get to mr. ritter i called (calling names) they appear not to be here great

mr. ritter. >> thank you, supervisor i'm roger ritter of the twin peaks coincidentally council we represent 20 homeowner successors is in western san francisco we opposed others legislation as drafted and suggest two amendments that frail prohibit short-term rentals in rh1 and rh1 d single-family home residential neighborhoods people wanted to live in single-family homes in my neighborhood of balboa terrace approximately 10 percent of the houses have changed licenses i've spoken to many neighbors they live there to raise their family in a single-family home neighborhood at least prior get written

consent of the homeowners organization in the f t r is actually going to be allowed in a particular neighborhood if the activity is to abstain if the airbnb is so good there shouldn't hi my problems with asking our neighbors i've heard about vigilantes the people in the western neighborhoods are single-family home owners they want to live in peace and security with their family and lastly supervisors that is a citywide rezoning allowing a commercial activity renting rooms in residential neighborhood realize the implications and do it as a rezoning. >> thank you very much i'm going to call the next batch of

cards (calling names) michael patterson you've testified already (calling names). >> hi thanks for having us i'm bret i'm in supervisor wiener's district i've lived in san francisco for 15 years 13 in the mission the vast majority as a renter i'm now a homeowner and have a home sharing that gives me the flexibility to have any older parents live here and not

stay in a hotel they find scary i couldn't without home sharing i couldn't do that with any home it takes away that option and they'll visit a lot less optimistic if i come to have a family i want them to have them help me with childcare that is extremely valuable to me the 90 day limit is a big concern and the public registry a optionable it's fine to have the registry but having people look at our address and see photos of the inside of our home and see the schedule of when our home and away this is an invitation if i live in the building and have an

in-law unit you should be able to home sharing thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi you i'm jim h in district 3 and home sharing i excess my support san francisco is a city that really seems to support local businesses overlarge chains it seems like when it comes to home sharing there or people that support local businesses but are protecting the big chains that sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, event money out to foreign tax shelters we keep others money in ore neighborhoods for local businesses home sharing has helped me with my family my momma's alzheimer's and i've been helping her, she lives in arizona the 25 percent time rule is not going to help

me i hope you'll reconsider the 25 percent legislation and protect the privacy of people that are doing home sharing in san francisco i have petition from people in district 3 for supervisor chiu's 3 thousand procreations 4 hundred plus from my neighborhood this is for district 4 supervisor farrell's and 3 hundred and 7 petitions about 4 thousand total thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi there i'm alexander i live in the mission district i'm speaking from a different prospective from other folks i own a small business that is

impacted positively by home sharing it is called urban sf it does tours of the hiking trails i fined in this building i want to share i get 20 percent of my booksing from home sharing the type of traveler that does home sharing books my tours and wants to see the different neighborhoods of san francisco i love to show off parts the city like in the castro actually, my tourist i send hikers to small businesses i send my castro hikers to small businesses like issuing, star bat out of hell i didn't are dinosaur for swashes home sharing goes beyond those renting their homes that effects small businesses i hope you'll

allow for us to continue home sharing for our small business community thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi, i'm for home sharing against the 90 day cap and the registry i'm a local i grew up in berkley born in nicaragua if it wasn't for my aunt to give us a home i wouldn't be here today in the spirit of sharing and opening your door to other people i love airbnb the extra cash is great but really it is the fact i get to meet will have people and learn about the cultures in the world if this goes away i'll have to limit it down and probably not been able to stay in san francisco and it's going to make me more if any neighbors look down upon

me you know keep it quiet i agree my house is more clean and definitely made me is better person volunteering at a shelter please don't make this go away i feel if airbnb is limited i'm going to turn into one of those people that what can past the homeless man and not time to learn about the cultures i'm in a rent control apartment i managing imagine i'm not my landlords farther he self-respond to the mold on the walls again, it broadened my horizons to please eliminate the cap and the registry thank you.

>> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello, i'm ashley i'm against the cap and against my he private information on the registry for everyone to see i have been a host for airbnb this past year and a half e and a half an enjoy experience i live in district 11 and host one private bedroom and this past year has been an enjoyable experience and posting on airbnb has lifted me up financially and criteria wise and education wise i've be it further resolved become involved in the community like everyone and i learn something new everyday and become activity in this issue as far as safety i've lived in my hosted residence and work

hard everyday to live in san francisco i would never invite anyone into my home to threaten it i've not felt the safety or the roommates safety or the neighborhood safety was in question the 90 day cap will destroy me my private room is inquired about every single day of the year the days it's not because i booked them off for any family it keeps the roof over my head and keeping my afloat and here as a host i can register but to put my private information where my business and home that makes me feel unsafe the 90 day cap that will destroy this business

and limit not even you can't push this forward and put that on and in closing - thank you but supervisor cohen has a question. >> you're not interested in putting our information on the registry what are you comfortable with. >> i'd say about myself my profile to the guests but for the city has everyone seen this information everyone. >> well, i supported 80 if someone were trying to do a search our telephone number. >> i'm not xhofblt with any address. >> let the planning department. >> emily roger. >> i'm emily not roger.

>> long day. >> the address would be listed on there it's a property information database so what sort land use are entitled there so the restaurant would say what kind of restaurant under the proposed ordinance the only information it this he'd has been authorized to to the the shrldz their vacation day none of that information is posted. >> okay. good that's helpful. >> i want to clarify we've seen the 90 days when i say don't about the 90 days are you referring to the 90 days for so-called hosted you're there and have someone else in the spare bedroom; is that right.

>> yes. every day. >> your typically there when they're there. >> yep. >> there are a current legislation proposes that you can do up to 90 days when our gone i know that supervisor kim applied the possibility of expanding that to the 90 day period so when people are referring to the 90 days specify. >> the one that effects me i'd be interested in. >> in closing, i have a petition for my district can i hand those off to you. >> yeah. if you want to leave those up there we'll get them. >> okay. >> next speaker. >> and good afternoon. >> i'm eric we own a single-family home in district 7 mercenary manner my partner and

i shattered our residence to stay in our home ♪ economy being semi retired we have a small income and in san francisco it's difficult for us to stay with the extra new mexico income we get is the only way to cover our mortgage and our tax of our home after all, our guests are from around the world we have only twenty-four hours before a guest arrives but creating a registry it's an invasion of our privacy and two everyone will be able to know where our retains is and cross-references with the fact

we work with and look at the photos that are published on those sites everything we do to keep our housed secure will vanish talk about the free advertising to the wrong people we introduce our guests to the local restaurants and love to see san francisco so charming and beautiful i'm asking the board of supervisors to pass fair and sensible legislation for home sharing in san francisco i thank you very much >> next speaker >> hi, i'm in district 9 and when i first heard about airbnb i immediately utilized the services when i was traveling i loved staying in a home with a kitchen and i love exploring different nablgdz traveling is

not just about investing special i know sites like the eiffel tougher but coming to san francisco i like in the same way i think airbnb provides a service in the hospitality industry where people can stay near their friends and family that lives in san francisco and explores the neighborhoods where hotels are not servicing that neighborhood i also as a host i feel very comforted by the fact that airbnb offers or takes out a million dollars insurance policy on every rental and collect a deposit up to one thousand dollars for deposit and airbnb

takes care of that and puts a hold on their card and returns it if i don't mention anything after they stay i'm a host and the 90 day limit should be looked at devil between host and no host it's unfair to make a one-size-fits-all considering all the arrangements and allowing different legislation for each and have the great opportunity we had a guest at home when we had a pipe burst and at the turned the water off it saved our home and the downstairs neighbor - >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi supervisors and thank you planning department i appreciate the opportunity i'm michael a resident of the mission district i honing own my

home there i've been fortunate i have a multiple bedroom home and didn't intend to when i bought the home participate in even the home sharing concept or renting my home but over the last 4 years i've done hosted family members one particular family members at ucsf medical school and hosted friends through divorces and most recently 0 people that were in transition that were friends of friends needed to find accommodatess in san francisco and a multiple month process they wouldn't have been able to stay in hotels lastly airbnb is a more recent thing it's great i appreciate the efforts of supervisor chiu in putting this legislation forward the safety issues and

insurance issues and so on and so forth those are great things many of us homeowners want to do this aboveboard and not in secret so i'd like to make the one point that we should distinguish between hosted and unhosted i've never hosted a guest when i was not home i've also been present i'd like to continue that i appreciate we're looking at that distinction as you've just mentioned i think those are the things i'd like to say i want to encourage us to find the right balance supervisor kim appreciate the effort you're making to try to alleviated the housing crisis. >> thank you very much before i get to the next batch recalling

(calling names) are they here okay in that case a i'll go to the final batch i say that and more people come but here we go (calling names) you can come on up. >> thank you i'm phil i live in the west portal's area and present those petitions from any neighbors in district 7 so i'm speaking in support of

home sharing you've heard a lot of housing is the definitely done good things and allowed me to afford san francisco and make lifetime friends as my guests relocate to san francisco and i didn't realize how much it makes me feel connected to this community until i was invited to a birthday party of one of my guests that you turned 80 an saturday i'm expired to see little board working on those initiatives for the community gently it is a balancing act and there's a lot of cards at play the only thing i can't accept is the registration on line we put

pictures of home interiors even my face is tasered and we do that because that's how the guests feel safe living with us it's too easy for a burglar to come in and see what stuff we h have once the address company comes online it's easy to look at the planning site and know exactly when people are not home and get their stuff in closing. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> my wife and i are retired

and have one samuel bedroom unit we agree that home sharing needs to be supporting the insurance carried by hosts and renters not charging no more than p than rent and hosts not being able to home sharing if there are safety and building code violations is where he 3 kinds of insurance homeowners and umbrella and business we have a fire extinguisher when the rental is hosted we don't think that hosted rentals should be limited to 90 days we're also present when we have guests it's impossible to monitor hosted and non-hosted rentals we don't agree it's not

impossible to differentiate we propose number one 0 hosts will only rent when their home will be required to sign an affidavit to that effect and two a large fin imposed after an individual violation and number 3 that airbnb and other performance include a no invitation when a affidavit has been signed as a resident i signed the fair to share petition with over 6 hundred and 50 of my neighbors and want to make sure that supervisor breed getting those petitions we've had nothing but positive things. >> the speakers may leave their petitions on the left. >> yeah. the clerk will retrieve that - thank you.

yeah, thank you. next speaker. >> i'm tom, i live in district 6 and i'm a huge fan of home sharing i want to tell you a quick story i moved in san francisco to work with a tech company in the city and did very well and able to leave that company to start my own i have here not san francisco so home sharing has allowed me to continue and keep my business in the city i have to tell you if that were not for the offsetting the costs in this city i'd have to leave that's a concern for me and on that share my same story i want to say historically speaking registries are a bad thing

i c i can tell you with the ability to seek public information i can tell you when a person is not home and their home is most vulnerable i'm sure there are more details but that's inviting my take. >> i'm sorry what's our name. >> tom. >> next speaker >> my name is geena cuing i totally supporting home sharing i live in berno heights in two condos i dough u bought 23 and a half years ago before i i represent because of the cost of living in san francisco is so high i have to depend on on home sharing to make up for the cost of

increasing property taxes condo dues and repairs, etc. etc. i do not i'm also hosted a i hosted a home sharing even when i go open vacation i'll invite a friend to stay at my place to take care of my guests i don't think there should be a limit on hosted home sharing and i'm totally opposed to my information including my address appearing on any registry i don't want someone appearing in my door why their wives kicked them out and need a place to stay i want to know who i'm renting to in advance i need to make sure you know that their,

of course, for reasons other than needing a place to stay that i'm not interested in helping them but in the years here's 4 thousand signatures and i hope the supervisors supporting this legislation >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm katherine i live on katrero hill in supervisor cohen's district and thank you for being here i prominently rent a guest home, however, with alleging elderly parents out of state things are happening in f that regard occasionally who knows how much time i'll need to be out of state and in that timeframe i want to keep money