been at the table talk and willing to share adhere points of view as i've been talking to a number of short-term rentals companies and this engagement is key bottom line from my prospective we created a framework our home sharers is a part of san francisco we have car sharing and parking lot sharing and sharing as an economy as residents in n this country it's a very, very young industry and we've entertained at the board of supervisors inside of city hall we'll have to be open to reinviting them angle a more frequent based on areas of the law i have no qualms with doing it here i want to thank the planning department and

identifying i'd like to see this law enforceable and protect our affordable housing in san francisco and makes sure it styles to encourage those who use their short-term rentals to scomplie with the law in the city of san francisco. >> thank you very much okay. okay members of the public remember you have two minutes please line up on this side of the chamber i'm going to call names and when you hear your name, please get in line for your cue (calling names) let's go people get in line one person is not here okay scott i know you're here gone

okay. (calling names) robert please jim lazarus karen i can bring rudolph inform with you and nancy >> thank you members i appreciate the opportunity to be here robert with the intersect association again excuse me. we appreciate the complexity of that issue but we do have some comments we want to make above the internet committee generally our association that made up of the country largest internet he companies he and with the legislation you're now considering with supervisor campos proposed legislation and the two pieces we're concerned

about neuron on the data sharing abundantly mandate that is an issue of privacy it is an issue that has effects and frankly an inappropriate and enin tool to enforce the agency requiring the internet companies to turn over data for enforcement just because it will easy the pathway to enforcement agencies doesn't mean it's correct and decades the jurisprudence of counseling this conclusion there's needs to be for a specific reason and needs to be a way to protect the privacy of citizens it didn't meet that standard and the second piece is turning scombekts companies of arms of government to have a listing open a website therefore if

they're not up to code we'll be held kci terminal advisory commission and civilly liable this is an issue when it comes to the entire for locals to enforce there are other ways to force i'll urge you to remove some the problematic elements from the bills specifically on privacy thank you thank you for your time. >> supervisors jim lazarus chamber of commerce representing 15 hundred local businesses celebrating small business week home sharers is part of our small business community and supporting all small businesses in the city last year the airbnb contributed 57 or $469,000 to the economy supporting small businesses and employment several the airbnb properties

are outside of the traditional hotel and investor areas providing restaurants and merchant the opportunity to share in the strong adversity economy hosts help the economy and airbnb guests may $12 million in taxes in 2015 capping rental nights at 60 days costs $5 million in city in 2015 revenue money that will otherwise go to fulfill funding violate public services and funding homeless programs that the mayor announced last week and other general fund needs san francisco and other communities across the country s are working to develop the right regulations for the sharing

committee here in small business week let's own the board of supervisors cho's choose smart regulation not strict regulation the chamber asked you to support the legislation by supervisor farrell thank you very much. >> karen oh, okay. go ahead. >> rufus representing the region 2 hundred and 75 of the largest employers thanks we've fostered an investment cross the wide range the disciplines and industries the acceptance of new technologies is a major driver of the san francisco in the region we're experiencing and why we enjoy the lowest employment this short-term

rental industries is one of the meeting industry and is about transbay joint powers authority to that success the short-term rental industry helps folks to augment their income and afford the high rentals we heard it trnts to the spurt of businesses that support the community they support our hospitality tars this industry that is one the san francisco top employment industries and employees temples of thousands across a wide range of income and the current affordability crisis have a long complex industry as you can see the new legislation on the fledging short-term rental industry it nurses you to take a light

approach it doesn't clip the wings of the >> thanks. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> next speaker >> i'm karen host our committees more logical recommendations is that the board prove a moratorium on changes until a study to identify the s t rs in the how's shortage certainly can't be considered scientific enough to warrant changes no legislation in fact, in november of rifle the increase in evictions wore the purpose of selling was evaluated to the rising home prices better to be safe than sorrys were the expectation i asking question hundred and 25 plus removed because baigs of

airbnb lou gehrig's disease shouldn't that i think definite number be suspect i challenge for definitely proof that the eviction unit is now how it can be identified as also identify s t r in transparency is a goal in government there is no choices for this committee if the board decided to start why not start with the units all vacated by the ellis act violations not be allowed and be heavy funded after ref notification i would add conviction that take place from this day forward give the planning department or whoever is identified a chance to solve the current glitches they can track evictions with the money collected from the

platforms thank you. >> thank you ridiculously the first one the units lost to housing the term commercial unit that can be rented 4 quick examples our home 2 bedrooms valuable we rent one without a kitchen and would not rent it to anybody number 2 a friend's home two extra bedrooms she represented out one and the an never renter rents for $50 and number 4 a neighbor that has an in-law unit apartment with a 3 bedrooms none have been rented for a year

and a half so i'd like to say to the term commercial lacks something. quite a bit second issue living in the western edition we rent a small bedroom without a kitchen i want to address the private right of action for the tool of litigation against ones neighbors not two snitch on the neighbor ballot issue that the bill nor was threatening to put out litigation to get civil penalties is what the neighbors the litigation not costing them a single cent according to reports airbnb has renot limited to more $26 million to the city that has accepted those million dollars by airbnb has it's host why difficult treasurers office continue to has those of us who

registered and intimate those how are not registered because we pass on the information through letters threatening huge fines if we don't proud finest records thank you. next speaker. >> hello. >> just a minute i want to call the next 10 (calling names) joe who? okay. (calling names) mr. ross always thank you for

waiting hello, i'm sharing my home in hunters point it is did worse part of san francisco it >> i know go ahead. >> to be the rest of inform but in a beautiful area to me in the world i'm here to support casual hosting not under the same rules as hosting because as a single latino i only with airbnb now i can i have time it allows me to give back with this opportunity i've focused on the external vegetation and give the attention they deserve i go out and share my high school regarding kids with using this

learners multiple because of income i truly believe all of us to share our guests sorry i believe that louis 0 us to share a guest room helps us to give back especially small businesses around the neighborhood i noticed that people that visit san francisco need us to afford san francisco they also want the same thing a deeper connection to see the beauty of san francisco at the end of the day with so much things the one thing the sharing and becoming a family we all share and want you'll be helping to motivate and exterior other exteriors around the bay. >> 82. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm andrea a san francisco

homeownership 27 year-old amusing found our home in the rfp sadly our wonderful neighborhood was sold to a rufrn national with no attention of living in the adhere or the united states packing psa no attention the homeowners began illegal listing the properties including airbnb and the ends stream of people showed up we live next door to a hotel not a home awhile asked when the absence at the homeowner didn't offer it from 10 to 13 told us a month he will make more money are we talking about out rhd

homeowners care far in their home you can see the airbnb it is the one with the weeds when did this eye become commercial no one is talking about the ill conceived part of law there are people abusing the system and no recourse for the neighborhoods the so-called home sharers are thank you for the opportunity this into a full-time business airbnb is wealthy and intimately the neighborhood as well as the elected officials they're well finances to overthrow the zoning laws and they this is not a sharing economy but a rent economy where everything is for

sale. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon doug nielsen homeownership in district 8 you moved to san francisco 40 years ago and started a career in the hotel business and then went to work for the visitors bureau i'm new retired my wife will retire next year we own our home and also have a mortgage it is our desire to live in this home for the remainder of our lives, however, this may very well not be possible if i can't max miss my opportunity with the short-term rentals give me we have a one bedroom cottage bathroom no kitchen it will go unused without the short-term rental and if we don't get this rent we'll be forced to move if i- if he went with the 60 day

limit rental it will cut the earnings i will make 25 percent of what i'm making now if it was hundred and 20 percent i'll make 50 percent that money i make goes to cover part of the mortgage not all of the mortgage so if we can't get this rental sooner than later we'll have to move and when we move we'll not be able to live in san francisco when we sell the house who is going to go sold to what a lot more money than mayor edwin lee me who's interested in low income housing there it goes business a registered i have a business license and liability insurance i've done everything this is asked of me and please,

please don't limit the number of nights i can live in if not for the truth of the matter asserted we need this income to be able to live in the city. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> hello, i'm in district one i want to make sure (laughter) okay. i'm one the people you're trying to protect my husband and i are on fixed income and seniors and live in a house where we have one bedroom we use as a den but we can't make the expenses we to rent it the guests share the shower we have only one and a half bathrooms they want to come to see how we

live in san francisco my husband as yes, ma'am deceptively and he is 5 hundred most of medication the shared room helps us to pay for the medication and the property and for the mortgage basically to have a life i want to make sure that again, when you make the decisions and particularly to hear we're part of the commercial rent is amount we're coming to that i would ask again as a share on or about to please put a moratorium on changes until you have a chance to measure the law that only made hundred days for one thing we were monk did first to register it took us over 10 days to do so we couldn't get anyone on the phone we walked

into the planning department had he nobody who was i say it was absolutely a deal so put a moratorium until we get clarified to really tell what the impacts and who is registering thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i'm a registered host i'm divorced i live alone and i do that because think a lost job i know that the data is harder to get you're looking at wrong information i for example have a one bedroom on two floors he rent other u out one of the interiors you'll counted me as four in adhere apartments buy is the floors have different access

they don't share a bathroom i think this is misleading and a lot of people do exactly what i do all of a sudden i look like someone that is taking four units off the market i will there all the time so if you don't screen escaping you'll getting the wrong picture that's the problem when your bagging things on the screen escapes that's not going to work i've registered and i have krnd considered having two types of registration for those who are doing it more than 90 daisy airbnb didn't provide the data i'll be happy to show the reports i get from around i'm going to demonstrate half the mind it is blocked there's cafeteria ways to get the do not i think this is enforceable easy to enforce how the bad actors because we're registered and in

the city of tahoe they have their city officials pose as bad actors i too having will so have to sell my house to a high technician rich person po to make the gave me wealthy to poor in san francisco. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> i've been living in san francisco 90 for 20 years a be hayes valley so my mom comes over here 6 months out of year and lived in hayes valley and retired and has health issues couldn't rent her highway outs more than thirty or 50 days like in two weeks notice they'll not been able to represent that out i think this is important one

should be able to a homeowner not have all the regulations and airbnb will have to go out the information to the city of san francisco port commission the privacy so i vote for less regulations in the city we have enough of those thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> hi, i'm jamie grateful to be here in support of home sharers if you cap the number of days i'll most likely louis losses my home wouldn't be affordable after years of apartment living i bought a place for my husband and 7-year-old daughter it was purchased with my funds i carefully savings over several years my husband couldn't help but assist in paying with the mortgage i had to rebuild my

savings i've watched the real estate market for 15 years to know that can't out save the market fairly shortly i was faced with the terrifying prevent of carrying the house on my home i was heart broken and utterly and completely panicked by hosting guests i could remain in my home he literally felt i've been pulled from the fire i tenants the board of supervisors when you voted there would be no cap on hosted rentals and elated i could take my pursuit and get a shot at ownership a home no sooner was my recap on my home it came up again, the system was two hard to enforced if we had a

country that didn't have problems ownership a home would not be the american dream. >> hello, i'm samuel i'm representing the chambers of san francisco even though the housing issues have dominated that i - please take into consideration that airbnb generated $470 million in economic activities between 2014 and 2015 in all of san francisco this includes excuse me. this figure includes money earned by residents from hosting on airbnb this helped the supplemental income this supplemental income

helps the residents stay in the mission those reasons this is the champ of san francisco believe the airbnb hosts have benefited and not only the elementary residence but the hispanic business owners of the thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> hello, i'm steve the executive director of urban solutions we support small businesses and help them grow and tliefl in changing neighborhood i respect the concerns of housing unit i don't think there is a good enough concern about the impact on small businesses but the fact is hosting services bring tourist and their money into neighborhoods they otherwise wouldn't go and therefore they're bringing in delores to small businesses that benefit

from those services and we're working with some small businesses to help them take advantage of the approach to advertise their services their restaurants, their dry cleaning what have you to the tourist as you're considering this legislation please consider the central nervous system they do best. >> thank you i'm going to call the next 10 folks please line up (calling names). >> good afternoon, supervisors

katherine howard a long term residents of inform i'm concerned about the short-term rental ever unoccupied unit in residential neighbors this is a de facto rezoning of our entire city from residential to commercial that is turning every building into a potential hotel this does not build strong neighborhoods it reasons the neighborhood ties there's a lot of lip service given to families in the city how is a family with young children be in a unit is routinely rented out to strangers will they feel comfortable letting their children play in the hallways are out not background would you my own neighborhood has lost folks to evictions and staggering rents and to fear of losing their homes to short-term

rentals i don't want san francisco to become a city that is vacant except during the tourist season i want real neighborhood not just strangers that pass through would with no connection to the city i urge you to make the enforcement as stringent as possible thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i was no sacramento last week testifying about sb 5934 or 3 as a state law supports the regulations on short-term rental platforms and those are businesses and airbnb sells data and airbnb is making up to 18 percent a $20 billion