up. >> let me call a few more names (calling names). >> okay good afternoon, commissioners my name is kevin i've lived in the sundown district for 26 years have a couple of the ones and we have an in-law unit studio we the in-laws say in the rest of the year it is entry we signed up to get legalized we did last week we got our number 207 thank you we're now legal and glad to be legal and appreciate the legislation in place we

think that needs more time as i was diagnosed with parkinson's disease we are paying our taxes we get our 1099 property tax and our t ot and local sales tax for locally as well, of course, i think the amendments will our studio will be empty please extend the days and i think there is a lot of good apples lying us we like to think about the good apples i understand you have a challenge with the budget we are revising the taxes and hope you can use those taxes and like to share our homes and i

can do our job as enforcement thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm a former teacher doing substitute teaching i'm 77-year-old i say that because of the gray hair ought to be noticed we live on a fixed income my wife is a social worker i'm police the mayor ed lee supervisor farrell amendment i will probably suggest it not be capped at one hundred 80 days but one hundred owe 20 to follow the bad apples and let the rest of the people do well as far as supervisor kim's amendment i much prefer that

over the expedited right for supervisor campos suggestions the one he suggests excuse me. the expedite is really a neighbor against neighbor sort of thing it will not cost the neighbors they could subpoena records and pay no court costs so an extremely frivolous thing expedited anyway, we are renting a small unoccupied room and should be allowed to decide how many days to rent the small rooms in my opinion i'm reiterating when the san francisco chronicle they have to stay flexible that won't happen

in legislationers lock this into stone rental companies will give the address and they've allow the neighbors to sue over expedited. >> sir, i'm sorry your time is up. >> my name is jutting davis i have lived in san francisco since 1968 i have registered with the city you are have a room in my house i share with family and roommate for 35 years after having proubl trouble with roommate i hosted with anchoring i'm a long term homeowner of 45 years and i'm retired after working thirty

years with the grocery on fulsome street i receive 960 a month i have no other source of income started using airbnb after my children and grandchildren moved out they airbnb gives me the option of renting my guests are wonderful people and love being able to stay in a neighborhood rather than a hotel downtown i provide them with a book of noah valley maps and other materials i am able to maintain and put money into my one hundred and thirty-year-old victorian throughout history retired folks rent out rooms boarding houses my grasps did it please could a

not add in law another disadvantage to us folks to- if the one hundred and 20 days i'll loss half any income thank you for your time and consideration and do the right thing and let me host airbnb guests let's give this law a chance it does need help thank you arrest. >> i'm a co-founder we host a few hundreds hosts we're about creating fair housing policies for all home sharing allows our members to have a current space

it is expensive for renter or owners to live in the city renter need to save for the future awhile homeowner have to pay property tax our property tax is tens of thousands of dollars home sharing hepatitis chinese and others being permitted out thought isof the city i want to talk about the private right of action pitting neighbors against neighbors much like the expansion of the housing the city needs to reprioritize this and not use home sharing as a scapegoat thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners john with san francisco travel and we see our role in the department of public

policy as representing the voice of the visitor we know there is a sector of the visiting public that prefers this option and pacific heights the city experiences a large demand when this is impossible to find housing we resist any effort to prohibit or curtail the variability of short-term rental and instead we advocate for the responsible and enforceable path that protects our visitors and partners and protects our community original legislation approved by the board of supervisors was an excellent first step towards establishing that pathway to legalization we believe the new language by mayor ed lee and supervisor farrell takes the

necessary towards the protection of our visitors and partners and other folks thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners peter cowen we are a coalition of 23 affordable housing organizations community-based in san francisco this is a serious issue you've heard about the impacts of short-term rental i want to point out the number of days the financial as using those for rental market are we in the vacation or register at 60 days recidivism 6 hydrohundred dollars and do you believe that 2 thousand conflict of interests a month this question is about whether or not this is taken off as restrooms and seasonal borders this is a

huge population students and artists coming to town on commission we have a lot of folks that don't think roommate situations or part of the situation that are being priced out of the market and interesting data about the increased number of vacation homes we have in 2012 according to the census we don't know whether this is an indicator of short-term rental but financial incentives to keeping unit off the market and targeted neighborhoods at least 50 percent of around and short-term rental in the midst and the hated and the castro and south of market western edition there is a high concentration in those neighborhoods their experiencing the greatest gent indication financial enforcement

cap the number of days as 60 days this is supervisor campos we can support that and bookings you can track those things and lastly a private right of action for civil perpetrates this may be decided by the voter we hope you enact that legislation. >> good news the giant swept the dodgers you should be happen i live in the house my wife grew up ♪ the castro we know to take care of our elderly parents after their passing we become home sharers we enjoy hosting it helps us 75 stay in san francisco by sharing our hope e home it makes it more favorable for visitors my wife would

recycle to be here it helps us maintain a victorian home we urge you to keep the law as see or is this legislation should be able to work and taxes are paid bye for the registration awhile difficult to naekt that weeds out the bad acres this will add to the - the opposition to the home sharing will not solve the short-term rental it is take into account this as a scapegoat and this problem has been piece together tedious regulations making san francisco nor expensive i ask the legislation work as it was passed last october and those that don't

meet the regulations should be dealt with thank you >> good morning, everyone. commissioners i'm roger president of the west of twin peaks council that represents 20 homeowners and associations in western san francisco the council supports legislation that is fair to homeowners that want to make extra money and neighbors that rely on the city to make it choice we'll support a conditional use permit not violating cc&rs if you live in a hoa you should abide by them as a matter of the contract the staff report recognizes that some homeowners are actually turning an occasion use into a

full-time business the council doesn't want to stop mom and pop if renting out a room and window these but we when rent out a room 365 or one hundred and 20 days a mayor ed lee and supervisor farrell allow you should at least be required to give our neighbors an advanced notice as to what is going on if you don't do this the city will allow unlicensed to bed-and-breakfast to exist in neighborhoods right now there is a provision to require a permit for bed-and-breakfast in a neighborhood this is not a provision for airbnb arrest short-term rental - thank you

very much. >> hi, i'm amy the founder and partner i've been saying yes to my barbed since 2011 and i went to the board of supervisors i think the land use commission committee with scott sanchez said nothing compels for airbnb except american people how is it to enforce this recollection and two things i put in survey and by the way 96 people took it opening half from the list half of the people were actually users airbnb or planned

to register i was interested in the feedback to figure out how to move forward and 55 people or 53 people said they strongly agree that airbnb and other platforms should require proof of registration and thirty percent said they should share adequate data this end up looking like supervisor campos said set a date by which platforms have registered hosts and after that date put a fine of 5 hundred supervisor campos said a thousand for non-registered hosted this is incentives for the platforms to work with the style system and putting all that money into supporting that and all

short-term rentals platforms should share their address and data and computer programs to figure out how to figure out how many people have. >> ma'am your time is up. >> and richard had a question and it is really up thank you. >> truly up. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm with the hate ashbury council airbnb a big corporation billion dollars in capitalization right in value it is hiding behind those mom and pop's where are they their sending in small people for reasons to have more money acting like they're not a big corporation it is trying to influence san francisco against it's best interests short-term rentals are a business and

having a 60 day limit is feasible people who want to rent out their home are apartment or a room or bed it is a business because they're getting money for a service and if they want to do more than 60 days get a airbnb obedience or license it is feasible growth is the key of any legislation a registration naub number needs to be required for all mrofrmdz all platforms needs to provide data to san francisco on a timely basis like quarterly a number of nights rates charged if they don't collect the money provide the names especially, if they don't say a rental number so the city can check a cut off if a party had their unit rented already 90

days and penalty for the platforms hey, let's get real what does a small business getting get how about the big corporations let's not let them off the hook thank you. >> thank you. >> hi good afternoon commissioner good afternoon community i want to tell you about ellis act there was over 3 thousand close to 4 thousand people are in to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars i'm one of them that lost my home after thirty years i live on the street for awhile my health, i got sick i had to hire a lawyer to get home and place i

got an apartment but the apartment i only pay $800 a month now you have people here in ellis act that san francisco long-term residents they're our neighbors they're our activists lost their home what are you going to do about it i didn't have a chance to get short-term rental they charged me $800 a week this is more than i can for the record i get turned away from the shelters i've been here for almost 40 years and i worked in a homeless shelter so let's resolve this, please make the recommendation we are your voter are the people that

cares about san francisco make san francisco great again. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners jim chamber of commerce with hotel occupancy near record levels the sharing economy has allowed the city to accommodate additional visitor and for income those adversities support the tourist businesses as well as small businesses and 1r50ir7b8 in every neighborhood businesses liquor those make the city strong and delivery thanks to airbnb and other website in ernest expected websites many are off the beaten path so visitors are likely to visit a restaurant or shop in the mission or go to the beach this

means communities left out of the tourism model are reaping the rewards they they get a broader experience the visitor the adversities are also more likely to stay longer than and spend more bringing huge economic benefits a recent study showed airbnb and websites transcribed more than $469 million to our local community last year the poll realized showed 70 percent of san franciscans sport this and technology most of faster than government the city must see a balance between needed land use and fair regulations on homeowner and tenants that rely on income from short-term rentals effort to over regulate the economy jeopardizes a benefits

the city it reap from those programs thank you very much. >> as the next speaker comes up i'll call more names (calling names). >> thank you city council members of the commission i'm richmond i'm with the internet association we're a nonprofit organization representing the interests of the national companies there are a myriad of issues relating to short-term rentals i want to pull back the discussion to focus on the border issues as it relates to the eco system we respectfully oppose supervisor campos we believe it jeopardizes the internet users with the california to the creation of

numerous civil liability for hosts and concerning the pleasant for online platforms that will have a negative implementation we support smart regulations as he relate to the initiative space but shifting the platforms is not okay for the zone and planning laws this is a strong one because an approach is the eels easy approach didn't mean it's the right way to do it just because an internet approach is a rich source of data didn't mean the government has a lateral right to it and c on page 12 makes it illegal for platforms to list any unit not in compliance with

the short-term rental ordinance this puts them and holds them civilly liable home sharing like airbnb have hosted lots of housing that - it would be impossible requirement for them to insure full compliance in every jurisdiction around the world so. >> thank you. sir, your time is up. >> thank you. >> good afternoon commissioner my name is eric i'm from the neighborhood district 7 my partnering and i have in our house a real estate has declined sharing is the only way to stay in our home ♪ economy being semi retired we live in a small income and the cost of san

francisco is difficult for us to meet our obligation by putting a coop you're putting 0 restraint on us to stay in the city we love we are located on the one side of the city with so few people come this way our guests are from around the world or the entertainment and the business world where we've met with many of them and we help them shop and go to places in our neighborhood home sharing as an economic impact my heart is in san francisco we must have fair rules and laws for everyone i'm registered and i have a permit

and go by the rules thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker. and good afternoon, commissioners my name is a.d. resign i'm representing a regional economic and business association not here to speak in favor or opposition to any ordinance but to offer a couple confirmation you observations tourism is significantly the largest industry in san francisco and two san francisco's hotel occupancy rate is effectively at capacity most of the year this hurts san francisco's ability to attracted san francisco dollars for major events that are planned every year like dream force but like the super bowl so neighborhoods

that don't see those dollars we appreciate your consideration. >> hi i'm sorry tony a registered airbnb host i'll be brief i have two children one 22 and one 28 the 28-year-old lives with us he can't afford to live in san francisco i wonder when any daughter graduates from college next month shields talking about living elsewhere and i wonder in we'll move to where your kids are we want to be near family i'm an airbnb host i appreciate both sides of this situation i want to say i think there are

many people in the position i'm in we rent out a room that wouldn't be otherwise rented out when people talk about issues around occupancy it seems like there is an assumption for every one of the airbnb rooms or apartment that is rented out that that place would be used on a full-time basis if airbnb was not there i don't think this is the case with many of the people i hope you'll take into consideration and i understand this is a hard mandate but maybe a way to distinguish between people that live ♪ community who don't want to rent their roams out full-time but do want the income and the wonderful experience of being an airbnb host thank you thank you >> next speaker >> thank you good evening. i'm walker a property owner in costly and an airbnb host but as

ass as an owner i'm feral of the property owner laws i have if you protects if i get a long term renter i'm enjoying the around but as a property owner i don't know how it's a massive conversion 4 hundred and 45 unit in san francisco the city of san francisco so we're talking about less than one percent of the housing stock i don't see a mass conversion that is a fear but if you want to talk about the housing situation there are 3 thousand new unit going up in potrero hill alone so there are many units going up in nay my neighborhood the final