and tenant protections are a big one. with all due respect, i don't think it should be one position. my expectation is that every single planner will be trained on the rent board ordinance and will look out for those things. and i think it's related to what we're talking about in terms of, you know, our desire that planners are invested in, that there's capacity-building. that there is professional development. we have a healthy line item for that in the budget. and we need to use it. and so i think it's important for planners to understand the dynamics of the -- social dynamics of the city, that they read the paper, that they read the blogs, that they look at emission, local, and understand the nuances of the political and the physical in building our city. whenever we've run into issues in using the work of planners to make our decisions, what i can remember in the year and three months i've been here is when nuances have been missed or pieces of information don't get to, you know, the planning memo that us here living

the tenant moved in and we are dealing with both a legal issue, landlord/tenant issue and we are asking for the city's cooperation and understanding and giving us some more time to resolve at least the component that's at issue in this appeal, which is the order of abatement. so, i understand that we can follow the conditional use authorization process. but we would like to just have some more time to come back here and ask this board to uphold the appeal and withdraw the order of abatement and penalties. >> commissioner warshell. >> commissioner warshell: i understand you're trying to do the process to do the corrections and, you know, clearly life safety issues are one of our biggest concerns in this case. but as i recall the discussion last time, the tenant has strong interests in staying and is the ultimate goal here for you to work with the tenant to get all the things resolved so that they can remain in this -- we also have had a major discussion that we're conflicted because we aggressively would like to see organizations maintained in the city. so, we were sympathetic in that se

for all the tenants at 200 van ness. land use attorney, our attorney on the tenant relocation plan. and we're pleased to be here in front of you today and can answer any questions you may have. a little bit of history. in 2014, the conservatory acquired the buildings at 200 and 214 van ness. what we show in the presentation is the new building. with the intent to provide student housing and community resources within three blocks of the current campus at 50 oak street. since then, the college has been a good steward in maintaining the existing rental housing on site and developing plans for safe, modern housing. it ensures replacement of all 27 existing units, fulfilling the desperate need for student housing in the city. we've worked with oewd on the development agreement, including replacement housing. we've worked with the existing tenants for the last three years to get to know who is in the building and what their needs are as far as relocation. we've designed a comprehensive plan during the two-year construction pe

or tenants. i'm hoping the director will act swiftly to honour this request and keep us all informed of the progress that is made. 10 to 12 building applications for a.d.u.s are received each week by the department or about 500 a year. however, there is really no guarantee that 98% of those a.d.u. permits are problem-free. since 98% of all a.d.u. permits don't require a 311 notification, nobody knows about those units -- those permits until after they're issued and we need someone at the planning to ask the question. could any of the proposed a.d.u.s negatively affect existing tenants? nobody's asking that question. and nobody knows where the a.d.u.s are even being applied for because 98% don't need a preapp or 311. only in rare cases require a 311 when the a.d.u.s are combined with expansion and those a.d.u.s projects will only come before this commission if and when a d.r. is filed. for example, the a.d.u.s at 505 grandview. there are unscrupulous building owners also who will tell tenants they

i have been in communication with a number of tenants, rent-controlled tenants, who have been at 200 van ness. and my understanding is that they are going to be relocated temporarily for approximately two years. i just want to make sure that there is transparency in terms of -- if something comes up, if they have to wait longer than two years, making sure it's communicated to them. my understanding is that i want to make sure that everyone is accounted for. everyone that moves out can move back in. it's really, really important. they are under rent control, so making sure that's sustained throughout the process, and as they return. also, my understanding is that there's not going to be any terms changed in their lease. that's really important, because under the rent ordinance, 12.20, the terms have to be approved by the tenant in writing, so that's really, really important, so for any new things that come up. i also want to make sure that there's communication, a dialogue that continues, between the tenants, rent-controlled tenants, and also the conservatory. i appreciate all the wor

>> who is the tenant? >> bcga management, llc. >> management company, thank you. >> i think there is a building manager inside the building, but they are not in the building. >> i understand. >> the marquee on the back side, they would like to improve that and as landlord, we are in agreement with that. they have to go through the different reviews and regulatory approvals, and if they do install one, the city will get 50% of that income. and finally, the lease amendments updates the lease to include all the newer and mandatory items that must be in the real property agreements, including prevailing wages, local hiring, wages and working conditions in workers and so on. if you have any questions, here to answer them. >> supervisor yee has questions. and we have a b.l.a. report to hear as well. >> just for clarification, the rent, base rent of 300,000 is annual and that is for the whole building? >> correct. >> ok. and of, during the year then, what's available to the city is 25 days. >> correct. >> and is

also, i know there was a tenant. you could see there was a tenant there. i have all these director reports from back in 2015 or so. i'm not a numbers person, but i looked at them. it seemed to me that the numbers seem fairly consistent within the certain range for better or worse, but the modern income did seem to be the lowest throughout. i think this is housing, as i've said for a while now, that must be preserved. it can't be vulnerable to speculative development. somehow, i think those numbers in there show that's happening there. to me, at least, they resonate with that. it's certainly happened in the valley and mission and scattered around the city in the last several years. to me, the micro becomes the macro. i was in the sunset golden heights area. can i have the overhead, please. this is a house that was there. typical san francisco -- it was a dulger. i didn't see this. i got this from there google. it was an alteration, supposedly. this is as it is now. still a single family home. sold for 1.2, i think. yeah, 1.25 in 2015. no dr. these are all b

they insist their want all of their tenants to remain as long as they want no matter what they pay. i'll be watching. >>> transitioning to our weather now, all eyes on the weekend. >> it's a shame it's not any warmer. >> it's a little too warm. let me show you live doppler 7 right now. it certainly doesn't feel like winter. let me show you how it is right now. it is 61 degrees in san francisco. but i want you to check out those temperatures in clover dale and clear lake. mid to upper 60s as we're seeing a north/northeasterly wind that is holding those temperatures up. so it is definitely warm across parts of the bay area. warm enough this weekend and monday that you might want to head to the beach. saturday is beach weather in santa cruz, 78. sunday still warm but not as warm. a live look right now from our abc 7 news explore torrium camera. we don't have any fog in sight and that's why you can see for miles. look at the forecast. warm sunny pattern through next week and there are no storms on the horizon for it next two weeks. when you get going tomorrow morning, it's going to star

we're proposing for two tenant parking. we're allowed to have two units and we're building two units, two tenant parking. so parking wise, we meet the basics of one parking spot per unit. thank you. >> thank you. you have a 2-minute rebuttal? >> public comment. >> sorry. public comment in favor of the project sponsor, please. there doesn't seem to be any. so now you have a rebuttal. project sponsor? i mean, d.r. requestor? sorry. sir, if you would like to rebut any points that the project sponsor has made, now is your time to come up and do so. okay. commissioner moore? >> and sponsor gets 2 minutes. >> sorry. this is my first time doing this. project sponsor, you can do rebuttal but there was no rebuttal. would you like to they any more time? no. okay. now, commissioner moore? >> commissioner moore: mr. lindsay, notification, do we have a problem with the building not having the proper sign on the outside? >> well, that's the first i had heard about a d.r. hearing sign not being posted. if that is, in fact, true, that is a

they insist their want all of their tenants to remain as long as they want no matter what they pay. be watching. >>> transitioning to our weather now, all eyes on the weekend. >> it's a shame it's not any warmer. >> it's a little too warm. let me show you live doppler 7 right now. it certainly doesn't feel like winter. let me show you how it is right now. it is 61 degrees in san francisco. but i want you to check out those temperatures in clover dale and clear lake. mid to upper 60s as we're seeing a north/northeasterly wind that is holding those temperatures up. so it is definitely warm across parts of the bay area. warm enough this weekend and monday that you might want to head to the beach. saturday is beach weather in santa cruz, 78. sunday still warm but not as warm. a live look right now from our abc 7 news explore torrium camera. we don't have any fog in sight and that's why you can see for miles. look at the forecast. warm sunny pattern through next week and there are no storms on the horizon for it next two weeks. when you get going tomorrow morning, it's going to start out

so depending on the space, the tenant physical requirements for that space and type of tenant it is, we stay within our budget for landlord's work, which is what mark was saying and then if it's for a restaurant, a certain ti above the landlord's work, if it's not a restaurant, we don't give them the restaurant ti, we give them less. >> i see. director nuru, each has different needs and we're going to capture the total costs through the rent or -- >> chair nuru: i understand that. but we're putting up a lot of money and trying to make money. i don't want to give away everything. >> no, no, we're not -- no. >> it's not given as incentive. it's by need. >> if we had it our way, we'd have them pay all the improvements, but that's not practical. and we are sorting applications from bay residents who want to sit on the committee. application deadlines are february 20th and applications are on our web site. that concludes my report. >> chair nuru: questions from the board? next item. >> item six, citizen advisory update. we have bruce with us. >> good morning chair nuru, directors, i'm the

mac the san francisco tenants union believes many landlords use omi to get rid of tenants paying below-market rent. >> it's a way that the tenant could be evicted when they've done nothing wrong. >> reporter: a group that represents landlords says they should have rights in their own building. >> our believe owners should be able to move into the home they own. it appears to be an increase. >> reporter: according to the san francisco rent board there was an uptick in notices at the end of the year. just before a new protection for tenants went into effect. >> there was a bit of a spike. >> reporter: the new protections are intended to keep landlords honest. >> so that people will think twice if their motive is to just displace a tenant without moving in. >> reporter: as of january 1, landlords are required to declare under penalty of perjury they intend to live in the unit for three years and file a statement of occupancy every 90 days, that's important because of the landlord moves out, they are required to charge any new tenant the evicted tenants old rent for five years. >> the information

the city claims tenants were crammed into illegal and unsafe housing units in the bayview.but kpix 5's andrea nakano spoke to a couple of tenants who said they just felt lucky to have a place to call home. sot of voice only . >>> the landlords accused of illegally chopping up 12 buildings into 49 smaller makeshift houses. gas and water lines jerry rigged at some properties creating dangerous conditions for the tenants and surrounding neighbors. now, as part of a $2 million settlement between the city and landlords, all the units will have to be brought up to code. that will require reconfiguring the units and the number of units will be reduced from 49- 37. part of the $2 million-dollars will be used to 2350eu7bd alternate hiationing for -- find alternate housing for ten households and they claim the landlords can no longer drag their feet on making much needed changes but the tenants didn't think any changes needed to be made. >> my apartment is secluded and i have my own entrance and all that but i'm happy . >> he's been living in his home for two and a half years and his

often to bring in new tenants willing to pay more in rent. >> the loophole was huge and left open. >> we have a tenant's right attorney who believes the same loophole is used here. >> it's very under funded as a program. so nobody has any legal. >> she's a managing attorney for a tenant's right group providing legal services. >> landlords know they can get away with it. there's no way the city was going to enforce it. >> they know we're working with the city attorney's office. >> reporter: michelle bird is in charge of that. >> has anyone checked if the owner or relatives moved into the home? >> we have not had the ability to go out and verify that and enforce it. >> reporter: in fact, she acknowledged her department's own recordkeeping made it nearly impossible to determine the number of owner move in evictions, legitimate or fraudulent. >> why can't the city say how many of these have been happening? >> we haven't been categorizing them. >> reporter: she said it will change in the coming months as they take on a reform effort thanks to our reporting across the bay. >> we were concer

and that leaves some long-time tenants worried about their future.er dan noyes sat down with the company's vice president to get some answers. >> reporter: 49-year-old yat-pang au founded veritas investments in 2007. you see signs for the rent sf now all over san francisco. he explained in a pension association profile that millennials are his target demographic. >> about 70% to 80% of them are those young techies, and more often than not they're not from the san francisco bay area and they're moving into san francisco. >> reporter: veritas now owns about 240 buildings across san francisco, more than 5,000 apartments, and just bought its first building in oakland. >> a lot of the stories are really heart-wrenching stories. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor aaron peskin tells me he's been hearing complaints about the company. >> they're buying these buildings at extremely high prices and under san francisco rent control law are passing on the debt on those buildings to their tenants. >> with rent control landlords are allowed annual increases tied

tenants though are just glad the legal battle is over. for nilo, it means he still has a place to call home. >> i can get out of the rain and the cold. it is very important. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the property owner says they were the subject of an unfair and protracted lawsuit by the city attorney's office, but they will continue to be dedicated to serving the bayview community. andrea nakano, kpix 5. >>> tonight the senate has voted to start debating immigration and the future of dreamers. >> three senators duly chosen and voting affirmative. the motion is agreed to. >> reporter: with the debate underway, republicans and democrats are expected to introduce their own amends on the issue throughout the week. democrats are demanding provisions for dreamers, people brought here illegally as children. >> democrats are fully committed to protecting dreamers. we have long supported effective border security. now is the time to back up the talk with the hard work of finding a workable solution. >> the clock runs out for dreamers on mar

tenants are all exempt. we estimate that leaves about 71% of all the commercial gross receipts in the city that would be subject to the tax. i apologize for the typo here that we will fix. under this proposal, they will be taxed at a rate of 1.7%. and then this tax is dedicated, as i mentioned, to the acquisition, rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing, single occupancy buildings, rent controlled buildings to make them permanently affordable. rental subsidies to low-income households and $1.5 to $3 million general fund contribution and the first two fiscal years. the proposal by supervisors kim and yee with the co-sponsors has the highest rate of the three, 3.5% rate. it would exclude several uses, including government, arts, industrial and nonformula retail uses. the rate would also impose a rate of 1% on warehouse uses in the city. as you heard earlier, the uses here are for early childhood care in education, increasing the compensation of the tax revenue would be contributed to the general fund. i

currently there is tenants in 216 and there is one tenant in 330 that we're relocating. >> [inaudible]. >> talking action building 29? >> yes. >> that is a project that if you -- we listed that as far as doing our environmental study. but we'll probably bring that forward for next year's budget cycle. the reason why we chose 258 at this point is that we have a tenant that is willing to pay us rent to rent us land underneath the building and it is a sizable amount so we'll be able to recover our expenses for the programme within a few years after leasing the property. >> and may i ask of the trainees, are they all from treasure island? have we opened it up to san francisco and beyond or what are the rules? >> the first round of application, the majority of them came from san francisco, but the people that actually selected, the 15 that got selected of the 15, five of them were treasure island residents. the others were san francisco residents. >> as far as what the actual training cost, our training costs, we calculated and came out to like $5700 per trainee. which is significantly low

active means we have an identified or commercial tenant. inactive is we do not have a tenant. we have historically divided these vacancies into these categories so we can refer businesses to storefronts that are technically available even if not proactively being leased. we report these annually to the controller's office, and for the purposes of the retail setting and as a way to gauge corridor health, we analyze a combined effect of both these active and inactive vacancies. they both have a value to us in terms of what residents are seeing and experience and also how we work in a given space. it's interesting to note when we began tracking in 2013 to 2016, that active vacancy rate, where we see our programs really having -- when packaged and tailored and curated in a way, we can see them having an impact here in terms of the active vacancy rate declining by about 1.7%, whereas citywide, you see those vacancies actually increasing by.9%. when we start looking a little closer at the five highest neighborhood have a cab see rates within our invested neighborhoods portfolio or t

it requires them to inform tenants of their rights in a buyout. it allows tenants to back out of a buyout deal within 45 days.>>> the trump administration took input on its plan to allow oil drilling off the california coast. deborah tells us hundreds of opponents showed up to protest because they say oil drilling poses too much of a risk. >> reporter: opponents of offshore oil drilling raise their voices and what had been a quiet room lined with informational booths and government staff. answering questions about 26 areas targeted for new exploration. off the atlantic gulf of mexico alaska and california.>> this man who came to sacramento from santa cruz expressed their prevailing opinion.>> why pollute our beaches with oil spills? why continue our dependence on fossil fuels?>> elected officials and environmental crews stage a rally at the capitol.>> reporter: remembering santa barbara spill. the oil rig blowout of 1969 and three years ago -- a corroded pipe spewing crude polluting miles of coastline.>> reporter: 1000 strong protesters marched a

also coming up labour‘s pet project to strengthen the rights of tenants to strengthen the rights of tenants to, those still against britain‘s departure from the eu. his message: "brexit cannot be stopped". "i understand your worries, but there is nothing to fear". brexit need not be nationalist, but can be internationalist. it‘s not an economic threat, but a considerable opportunity. not un—british, but a manifestation of this country‘s historic national genius. and i can see obviously that i‘m running the risk in making this case of causing further irritation. but i must run that risk. boris johnson returned to familiar themes of the leave side of the referendum campaign — taking back control of laws and embracing the world beyond europe. brexit is about re—engaging this country with its global identity, and all the energy that can flow from that. and i absolutely refuse to accept the suggestion that is an un—british spasm of bad manners. it‘s not some great v—sign from the cliffs of dover — it is the expression of a legitimate and natural desire for self—government of the people, by the p

is important for tenants to understand they have rights to this program and conversation. want to make sure everyone knows they have support in these conversations. landlords are required to give notice to their tenants by february 10 and anytime they renew the lease or enter into a new lease they are required to give notice of this program. >> hopefully helps a lot of people because we know prices around the area are not going down soon. thank you for joining us. >>> coming up, final security arrangements are set as minneapolis holds the coldest super bar -- super bowl on record. >>> at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security experts. which means... more of the eye balls you want watching the network... & less of the ones you don't... more experts preventing security issues & less security threats impacting our customers. more of a highly secure network with more security products available for further protection & less per month than comcast for business internet. switch to at&t internet for business. more & less - that's the power of &. it is time to ta

. >>> and, doggie dna, how one property management company is using, science to make sure tenants clean up after their pets. we will be right >>> welcome back severe weather caused united flight to make an emergency landing and skid off runway earlier this morning. it was about 160 passenger headed to minneapolis from houston but was diverted into a bad snow storm. during the landing the pilot hit brakes and then skid american 100 feet from the runway. no injuries were reported but passengers did report a lot of turbulence on the flight. >>> well, air b and b is dispatching, inspectors to raise thousands of the properties listed on the home rental service. company is using, this plus program, to win over travelers , who aren't sure that they trust the current rating system drawn from the opinions of past guests. surveys by the company have shown, that travelers are willing to pay more, for inspected properties. >> we want to get to a place where within 10 years we can have a billion travelers every year experiencing our way of traveling with our own community of host but we want to make

.>>> unusual landlord-tenant relationship.ing california and taking his tenants with him.>> >>> a private golf coach in the tri-valley area behind bars on suspicion of sexual assault on a minor. dublin resident -- was arrested after an investigation revealed evidence of sexual abuse involving a teenage girl who he coached. the abuse began with the girl was 12. officials say there could be additional victims. >>> concerns about passenger safety on bart are mounting after attacks in and around stations. the latest one happen at the bay fear station just before 5:30 pm last night. a bart officer happened to be on patrol.>> we had a quick response from our officer that got there in time as the kids were trying to exit the station. they apprehended them.. the person's laptop was returned. two days earlier several teenagers dragged a rider off a train at the powell street station. and stole his iphone 10. last saturday in berkeley bart police arrested several teenagers for hitting a man in the head. a day earlier at the same station

the law requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights in a buyout. it allows attended to back out of a buyout deal. >>> the city of san francisco is suing the state of california over state law that lets drivers drive anywhere in california with a single business license. image drivers from outside of san francisco do not need local business licenses when they are operating. the law prevents san francisco from getting money that they could use for maintenance and traffic costs. the city attorney says that almost every other business that operates in san francisco is required to have a local license. >>> the trumpet ministration has supported oil trinity off of the california coast. >>> you can see that we are off to a decent start on most freeways. it is nice and light on the san mateo bridge. >>> skies are clear. we had another day of record highs yesterday. >>> not only do i give you bruce springsteen, i give you a picture of the bay bridge. a beautiful starter friday morning. it is friday, february 9. i am dave clark. . >> ryan pam cook. let's che

one is a tenant, the other is the owners, questions who do you do with the tenant in the meantime. that said, digging down in order to get the proper clearance for the garage at excessive cost, seems to me i put in question what the real intent is, particularly when the project from my speaker techtive just objectively looking at it -- perspective, just objectively looking at it -- [ inaudible ] -- it's not ada compliant, which is not required, either anything which resembles universal design principles which are applied with a dimensional design adjustment when you speak of navigatablity and ageing. none of is that's here in front of us, but spending that much money and not making any concession to those principles basically raises the question, what is the real purpose here? i'll let that sit in the room, because i think there is a real question of ageing in place without delivering what is truly recognizable of what the unit is designed to accommodate that. the next point is, for example, the tenant who spoke and indeed is ageing in place does not even have access from the lower