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the tenant has cooperated, opened the door. what the landlord llc is hoping for is a vacating of the premises. that is much different than gaining access to the unit. my compliments for recasting some of that language, but buti felt it was important to make that distinction. also, we received a surprising offer from the landlord llc to buy a unit, give it to the tent, making the owner the owner of a new condo. that seems a little out of proportion. i have never really seen that before. that is a lot of expensive to abate an nov with repairs other contractors are able to do with the tenant living in the unit. we see that every day here in the city. i will keep it brief. we saw a lot of the stuff last time. photos and everything, and i will let the appellant have his say. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning. ryan patterson for the appellant property owner. thank you for your time today. we were last before you on october 16th. as a quick recap of where we are and how we got here, my client, the property owner, recently purch
the tenant has cooperated, opened the door. what the landlord llc is hoping for is a vacating of the premises. that is much different than gaining access to the unit. my compliments for recasting some of that language, but buti felt it was important to make that distinction. also, we received a surprising offer from the landlord llc to buy a unit, give it to the tent, making the owner the owner of a new condo. that seems a little out of proportion. i have never really seen that before. that is...
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whether they're our delays, providing the tenant space or the tenant's delays in finishing things they need to do. what's the relationship between start of collecting rent and the delays that people are seeing? >> so the way the lease is structured, there are triggers, but if the trigger is because we're taking longer at something, then, of course, that impacts when the tenant can start their work. but once we do our part, then the normal time frames apply, so they would be -- they would are to start rent per those triggers in the lease. >> and do we have a good balance and handle on the things we have to do and sort of the risk sharing between us and tenants and when that starts up? >> after we're done with landlord's work, they have 120 days to open for revenue. we're trying to do here is expedite the process. i don't think any of them will be within the 1 120 days. in this fiscal year's budget, we made assumptions they would open because -- assumptions we made we would be doing landlord's work along with improvement work, working parallel with on-site dental and that's why they're a
whether they're our delays, providing the tenant space or the tenant's delays in finishing things they need to do. what's the relationship between start of collecting rent and the delays that people are seeing? >> so the way the lease is structured, there are triggers, but if the trigger is because we're taking longer at something, then, of course, that impacts when the tenant can start their work. but once we do our part, then the normal time frames apply, so they would be -- they would...
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tenants are also experiencing sticker shock.his is also a factor in that even with competitive bids, costs are high and as noted in recent chronicle in october and this means the tenant will have to rethink what was originally envisioned in the space. lastly, many of the tenants have expressed needing to open at the same time as neighbors because of synergy needed for foot traffic generation. this is also a schedule impact in working with them to support them in their success. so taking the previous factors into consideration, this slide is what the start of revenue may look like with the solid bar depicting the fiscal year '19-'20 and the cross-hatch indicating a projected start. even so, keep in mind revenue will be generated on 45% of the leasable space by the end of january. on-site dental, fitness sf and fills and the rest will follow in clusters. also, not every ground-floortinnant may befloore impacted. seven are leased by tenants that are type one and type one is smoke and grease and of the seven, four are currently impa
tenants are also experiencing sticker shock.his is also a factor in that even with competitive bids, costs are high and as noted in recent chronicle in october and this means the tenant will have to rethink what was originally envisioned in the space. lastly, many of the tenants have expressed needing to open at the same time as neighbors because of synergy needed for foot traffic generation. this is also a schedule impact in working with them to support them in their success. so taking the...
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as a disclosure, how many were protected class tenants out of the tenant list? >> when you say protected class, what do you mean? >> protected class >> just in a general? all of them. either to disability age. >> have protected on their he estoppals. life tenancy. did they claim they were a protected class tenant? >> they all claimed additional time and money for the ellis. they claimed protection on that basis due to disability senior status or both. >> thank you. we will now hear from the permit holder mr. phillips. >> i would be happy to provide our property management's contact information to the tenants and to their representative. i don't really have another -- anything else to rebut. >> so were you aware of the permits for the soft story retrofit when you purchased the property? >> yes >> why didn't you act on them at that time? >> i guess because we were just in the middle of the ellis and, yeah, i don't know. not sure. >> how many projects do you have going on in the city right now currently? >> two >> okay. thank you. >> i'm sorry. another llc has one.
as a disclosure, how many were protected class tenants out of the tenant list? >> when you say protected class, what do you mean? >> protected class >> just in a general? all of them. either to disability age. >> have protected on their he estoppals. life tenancy. did they claim they were a protected class tenant? >> they all claimed additional time and money for the ellis. they claimed protection on that basis due to disability senior status or both. >>...
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we have an agreement with our tenant. we are going to fulfill whatever agreement we did with the tenant. we are not thinking of doing any unlawful things. i don't think there is a landlord-tenant situation. this is a situation where we want to work with the city to be granted permits to enhance the property. we have been following all the guidelines and all the rules and regulations. we know that we can have an access into the property. because all the homes in this district are available to add one extra dwelling to the property per ordinance 1917 and this puts san francisco in compliance with california's state law. so we made some changes on the plan. they addressed that we were missing something on the lower level. we corrected that. we think that we are in compliance with all the rules and regulations to expand the property and make a good property. we even -- when we paint the property, we tried to match to the opera house that is like two blocks away. you have pictures. i think the property looks beautiful now comp
we have an agreement with our tenant. we are going to fulfill whatever agreement we did with the tenant. we are not thinking of doing any unlawful things. i don't think there is a landlord-tenant situation. this is a situation where we want to work with the city to be granted permits to enhance the property. we have been following all the guidelines and all the rules and regulations. we know that we can have an access into the property. because all the homes in this district are available to...
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tenant see. on that motion... [roll call] so moved. that motion passes unanimously 6 -0. placing us on item 243501 geary boulevard. conditional use authorization. >> good evening. >> one moment. i believe commissioner johnson needs to request a recusal. >> i am requesting to be recused because i live within 500 feet of the subject property. >> i will acknowledge that request and motion to recuse commissioner johnson. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to recuse commissioner johnson... [roll call] so moved. that motion passes unanimously 6 -0. >> good evening, members of the planning commission. i am with planning department staff. the agent before you is a request for conditional use authorization to convert a vacant ground for commercial space with approximately 1,866 square feet of floor area to a formal retail use doing businesses t-mobile, a wireless communications store. the proposal will involve interior tenant permits to the ground floor space. they would be no expansion to the existi
tenant see. on that motion... [roll call] so moved. that motion passes unanimously 6 -0. placing us on item 243501 geary boulevard. conditional use authorization. >> good evening. >> one moment. i believe commissioner johnson needs to request a recusal. >> i am requesting to be recused because i live within 500 feet of the subject property. >> i will acknowledge that request and motion to recuse commissioner johnson. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to...
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>> we have three tenants long-term lease. >> you have three different tenants upstairs? >> yes. >> and you rent it out to three bedrooms? >> yes. >> separately. >> separate. >> as long as there's not more than five, it's not illegal. yeah. >> we've been trying to rent it to a family. but this san francisco, really anyone can afford it so that's the reason we rent it long-term lease. >> what's the total rent you're collecting for upstairs? >> i would say $4,000. >> $1,300 per room. >> i saw $1,500 in the exhibit. >> oh did you? okay. why does the excavation page include the addition? >> that i don't know. the reason i say i don't know is we are following the code required by planning. if they come back to say we need to have that without it, they won't give us a permit or approval then we'll go hire an engineer to do that. the engineer will generate documents and will submit to the department. >> this is a site permit. when the site when after you get the site permit the next one comes with all the detail. >> all right. so we are following the procedure. >> thank you. >>
>> we have three tenants long-term lease. >> you have three different tenants upstairs? >> yes. >> and you rent it out to three bedrooms? >> yes. >> separately. >> separate. >> as long as there's not more than five, it's not illegal. yeah. >> we've been trying to rent it to a family. but this san francisco, really anyone can afford it so that's the reason we rent it long-term lease. >> what's the total rent you're collecting for...
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>> reporter: a lot of tenants don't like this about what they want to see that change. it's hard for them to come in, get four months for a meeting, and they are wondering they should pay during all that time. it's very stressful. once i get the meeting, they up to disclose all their finances, and they don't love doing that either. >> that is tough. susie, thank you. >> keep sending us your stories, ideas to "project home" on kpix.com. you can check out the reporting for this online and also on kpix.com. >>> now, president a candidate kamala harris wants to keep kids in school until 6:00 pm. she introduced the book of the family-friendly schools act. the goal is to keep kids and cool until their parents are done with work. that bill includes five your grandson for about $5 million to pay for the extra teacher hours. >>> the man at the center of a heart stopping close call at the coliseum b.a.r.t. station is speaking a. >> he fell inches on oncoming b.a.r.t. train, only to be saved in the nick of time. tonight, reporter shirin rajaee asked him about his brush with death.
>> reporter: a lot of tenants don't like this about what they want to see that change. it's hard for them to come in, get four months for a meeting, and they are wondering they should pay during all that time. it's very stressful. once i get the meeting, they up to disclose all their finances, and they don't love doing that either. >> that is tough. susie, thank you. >> keep sending us your stories, ideas to "project home" on kpix.com. you can check out the reporting...
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think any tenant will sign that lease?no, this will stay vacant and they will pay another $25,000 the next year. so what this tax does, which is completely avoidable, that we do not want to collect, is give small business lessees leverage in lease negotiations, and that is the fundamental underpinning. i am more than happy to work with you, supervisors, to explore the issues that you are talking about, whether it requires trailing legislation or special meeting of the board. [please stand by] and ground lease for 1064 mission lb in an amount not to exceed $74.4 million for a long term of 57 years to finance construction of 256 unit multifamily housing development for a lease term of 75 years and annual rent of $1. item number 14. not to exceed $87 million. >> thank you. i believe we have ocd here to kickoff the presentation and department of public health and office of public finance. >> good afternoon, committee members. i have copies of the presentation for the clerk. >> good afternoon. i am a senior project manager at t
think any tenant will sign that lease?no, this will stay vacant and they will pay another $25,000 the next year. so what this tax does, which is completely avoidable, that we do not want to collect, is give small business lessees leverage in lease negotiations, and that is the fundamental underpinning. i am more than happy to work with you, supervisors, to explore the issues that you are talking about, whether it requires trailing legislation or special meeting of the board. [please stand by]...
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i've been a tenant at 108 albion for over ten years. and this appears to me as the last-ditch effort to get us out. and i appeal to you for -- thanks. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, my name is jennifer plummer and this is my boyfriend danny cabrera. so i've lived in 115 albion street for about 25 years. i've had the privilege to make it my home. i've had the privilege to be part of the community living and working in the community and caring about the community. this has been stressful and deceitful on the part of the landlord. i would just like to say lastly that about a month ago there was a man outside and he told us he was actually doing a survey of the building and wanted -- that the owners wanted to make apartments out of each of the garages not just seismic retrofit and they wanted to remodel the empty apartment to knock down the wall between the kitchen and living room. it's clear to me their intentions are not good ones. >> thank you. >> as my partner said, my name is dan and i wanted to share that i've been working the bet
i've been a tenant at 108 albion for over ten years. and this appears to me as the last-ditch effort to get us out. and i appeal to you for -- thanks. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, my name is jennifer plummer and this is my boyfriend danny cabrera. so i've lived in 115 albion street for about 25 years. i've had the privilege to make it my home. i've had the privilege to be part of the community living and working in the community and caring about the community. this has...
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you are unsecured tenants, you knew you were unsecured tenants only with them... that was always going to be short—term. let me get a word in, does that mean they do not count, ? no, of course it does not. so, why are you making that point? because the council owes them nothing at all. when you moved in... not even basic, hygienic, safe living conditions? you moved in for a year, two years, you have now been there for five years. some tenants have been there for ten or 16 years. you know, you have lived there for a long time. but you are an unsecured tenant and you do not, unfortunately, all the existing tenants have been re—housed, but the unsecured tenants have got to make their own arrangements. but yes, the drug dealing should be dealt with, of course it should. and the cockroaches and the pest control, all that should be dealt with. and a competent landlord to do that. what do you say to brian coleman? i do not know what to say. we should not have to live like that. why should we have to live like that with our children? why can't barnet lock the doors? the
you are unsecured tenants, you knew you were unsecured tenants only with them... that was always going to be short—term. let me get a word in, does that mean they do not count, ? no, of course it does not. so, why are you making that point? because the council owes them nothing at all. when you moved in... not even basic, hygienic, safe living conditions? you moved in for a year, two years, you have now been there for five years. some tenants have been there for ten or 16 years. you know, you...
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it shows they are trying to find a tenant and are on the ball. whether or not the city wanted to grant a variance as needed is an entirely separate issue. to conclude the main part of the report is the problem ofvay can't store -- vacant storefronts is not divorced from the general issue of declining retail trade in san francisco during a period of very strong economic growth in the city. it is possible to design this tax in a way that is positive and possible to design a tax in a way to create risk factors for property owners trying to do the right thing. that is behind the spirit of our recommendations. i am happy to take questions. >> any questions or comments from colleagues? >> i am happy to make a comment. i want to thank mr. eagan for the report. the comment is as to additional tailoring and exceptions we have that ability so far as with prop e and other things before the voters there is the ability of the board of supervisors by two-thirds vote to continue to refine and tailor it. i want to point that out. i would submit that additional f
it shows they are trying to find a tenant and are on the ball. whether or not the city wanted to grant a variance as needed is an entirely separate issue. to conclude the main part of the report is the problem ofvay can't store -- vacant storefronts is not divorced from the general issue of declining retail trade in san francisco during a period of very strong economic growth in the city. it is possible to design this tax in a way that is positive and possible to design a tax in a way to create...
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my request at this point is to the tenant let's find a resolution. to the commission, to the board, an order of abatement should not stand where the owner does not have the ability to solve these problems while the tenant is still in possession. we ask it be returned to staff. i offer to return to mediation at next available date with andrew wesley if the tenant's attorney will accept that. thank you. >> commissioners. >> commissioner walker. >> i know it is simple in one way but difficult in another when these cases come to us. what we do change is the dynamic of it. my fear is no matter what we do that the tenant is not going to be served, and after we do our hearing whatever else happens is sort of we lose the ability to do this. i want to thank the staff at housing for bringing this forward. these are important issues, and i think that it has been really helpful to illuminate what is going on. i mean we deal with this a lot in many of the cases we see where there is unintended consequences to fix the -- cure the notices of violation/other issues
my request at this point is to the tenant let's find a resolution. to the commission, to the board, an order of abatement should not stand where the owner does not have the ability to solve these problems while the tenant is still in possession. we ask it be returned to staff. i offer to return to mediation at next available date with andrew wesley if the tenant's attorney will accept that. thank you. >> commissioners. >> commissioner walker. >> i know it is simple in one way...
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. >> and this is truly tenants being in the streets.king to the media including channel 5. >> and who would steal a one ton boulder and then put it back? the mystery in the arizona desert tonight. >>> welcome back. a victory for hundreds of san francisco tenants, following the year long kpix 5 investigation into the billing practices of san francisco's biggest landlord. >> and our susie steimle has details on this project home report. >> reporter: a fight between rent controlled tenants. and san francisco's largest landlord. has reached a truce. >> it's not just a few buildings, but it's neighborhoods. >> all year we have been telling you how tenants on fixed incomes have been paying off their landlord's mortgage after substantial pressure, they agreed to stop this practice. a story we have been reporting on. introducing you to tenants like rosie garcia. >> if the rent keeps going up enough, what am i going to do? >> they are pushing it, costing us so much money. >> long-time residents were facing rent increases, fearful of losing their
. >> and this is truly tenants being in the streets.king to the media including channel 5. >> and who would steal a one ton boulder and then put it back? the mystery in the arizona desert tonight. >>> welcome back. a victory for hundreds of san francisco tenants, following the year long kpix 5 investigation into the billing practices of san francisco's biggest landlord. >> and our susie steimle has details on this project home report. >> reporter: a fight...
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and the other three tenants or own their own buildings and the tenant.is forwarded for approval. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners, there's a motion that has been seconds to adopt recommendations for approval on that motion. commissioner john, commissioner pearlman, and president island and it passes 6-0 and congratulations. we have item 7 and at 2 henry adam street and this is a certificate of appropriateness. >> good afternoon, commissioners, department staff, monica. the application before you is a request for certificate of appropriateness, thank you. for the property at 2 henry adams street, designated as landmark number 283 the building under article 10 of the planning code and located within a p.d.r.1-d zoning district. this property is developed with a five-storey heavy timber flame, brick, american commercial style building, constructed in 1915 by architect leo j. delvin. the building encompasses the entire block. the project includes restoration historic store fronts on all five building facades. a new storefront system will be installed o
and the other three tenants or own their own buildings and the tenant.is forwarded for approval. >> second. >> thank you, commissioners, there's a motion that has been seconds to adopt recommendations for approval on that motion. commissioner john, commissioner pearlman, and president island and it passes 6-0 and congratulations. we have item 7 and at 2 henry adam street and this is a certificate of appropriateness. >> good afternoon, commissioners, department staff, monica....
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one by one tenants are addicted at gun point where. it's become the whole thing. for these americans on the verge of ruin seeking medical treatment can cost a fortune. heart. and take your medicine just because you may not get one of the other. so some people are standing up in solidarity making sure they're taking care of free of charge in field hospitals not unlike those found. in a country of moral and insight into the lives of those who cannot scrape a living in the hearts of destitutes america. san diego in southern california $300.00 days of sunshine a year and beaches as far as the eye can see. this is picture postcard california san diego is also one of the most dynamic cities in the country here unemployment is practically nonexistent this dream lifestyle was once an everyday reality for eric he was a successful computer engineer owning 7000 euros a month today at 53 years old this man lives alone in his car. and in order to eat for free he has made an arrangement with the star for to put syria. hello. how are you today. yes. thank you. if you take you kn
one by one tenants are addicted at gun point where. it's become the whole thing. for these americans on the verge of ruin seeking medical treatment can cost a fortune. heart. and take your medicine just because you may not get one of the other. so some people are standing up in solidarity making sure they're taking care of free of charge in field hospitals not unlike those found. in a country of moral and insight into the lives of those who cannot scrape a living in the hearts of destitutes...
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we are a tenant rights organization that works citywide. i'm here to advocate an urge that we have seen how luxury rate development squeezes the most vulnerable tenants in our communities. based off the housing balance report, district 11 has lost 398 rent units in the past ten years. those are rent-controlled units which are affordable units that usually are in the hands of low income, working-class, low term residents are lost because of speculation pressure. when you build luxury rate development and do not ensure its 100% affordable. you are not just creating a space that is only for the high and come in our communities, but you're also creating pressure that will push out that is something that is important to acknowledge. if you are going to offer this permit, what you're actually doing to this neighborhood. who are you saying is allowed to live there? who will be faced with further harassment? [inaudible] how are people supposed to live in that type of environment? i urge you to deny the permit, support 100% affordability, and recons
we are a tenant rights organization that works citywide. i'm here to advocate an urge that we have seen how luxury rate development squeezes the most vulnerable tenants in our communities. based off the housing balance report, district 11 has lost 398 rent units in the past ten years. those are rent-controlled units which are affordable units that usually are in the hands of low income, working-class, low term residents are lost because of speculation pressure. when you build luxury rate...
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. >> should landlords be required to dis close finances if they want tenant toss pay off their debt?talked to property owner and tenants on opposite sides of issue and a decision could force them to leave san francisco. >> [ no audio. ] >>> he is one of several small property owners pleading to lou limb to pass on some debt to his tenants so he can stay in business. he has even used discretion, an elderly tenant in his building is not being charged. >> you're a nice guy. you do everything the right way. we have a good relationship. >> he is exactly who this phrase reasonable reliance was written for. it is meant to protect small mom and pop landlords who reasonably rely on passing on their debt to their tenants to stay in business but as we have showed you throughout the series it is often large corporate landlords who are passing on their debt to fix income tenants and pushing them out of the city. that is why the board of supervisors wants to change this law. >> i don't nowhere i'm going to go. i spent my whole adult life in san francisco. >> tenants like greg have to apply for wha
. >> should landlords be required to dis close finances if they want tenant toss pay off their debt?talked to property owner and tenants on opposite sides of issue and a decision could force them to leave san francisco. >> [ no audio. ] >>> he is one of several small property owners pleading to lou limb to pass on some debt to his tenants so he can stay in business. he has even used discretion, an elderly tenant in his building is not being charged. >> you're a nice...