of the room sharing service air b & b. every air b & b i stayed in had air.me brian chesky! (cheers and applause) hey, brian! what's going on? >> thank you. >> stephen: you're the co-founder and c.e.o. of air b & b, a $10 billion hospitality exchange company. what is the difference between air b & b and just home prostitution? because some of these houses are literally on street corners. >> the whole idea is we have this idea, what if you could have your home anywhere in the world. we wanted to take the strangeness out of it. >> i can go homes all over the world, already. >> you get to meet them before and with the click of a button you can have a castle in ireland, a boat on cape town or a home in paris. >> how do i know the person won't kill me and wear my skin? (laughter) >> the whole idea is there are no strangers here. you get to meet people, see their profile and it works off trust. you get to read the reviews of people who stayed before with people in this house. you can read and message them when you're comfortable. >> stephen: what inspired this? >>

i'm very concerned about sro hotels in converting those into air b and b there was an article in the are recent copy of the camera people don't have options outside of the b and b hotels that provides the bulk of the housing stock for many elderly living in san francisco there are zoning considerations that still need to be vest out i think there are a lot of things that having been done this needs to be reworked. this narrative about you know the benefit haven't property owner this narrative of sharing it is absolutely ridiculous. we're seeing and absolute ridiculous amateur of evictions over the last 3 years i'm not seeing the working class communities and this narrative about air b and b b and b stands for benefit eventual and benefit eventual i'm not seeking a benefit convenience the board president of the hotel we stand for low income housing and dignity formal seniors the fact those folks have gotten away with not paying their taxes share that share the 50 million you've been beating the city out of share that. thank you (clapping.) high ami i've been a resident of san francisc

so when i heard about air b and b to offset my rents for the highest costs for my business but you really am happy about the service and it enables me to do a start up in the city and an b and b i found the mart is a great example of how people in the city come to the city to endure that makes the city great >> george good evening. i'm a tenant in the hate ashbury neighborhood i recently became a single mother and it helped to keep us in our rent control the city that i moved from in 2345067 the city and only apartment he's leader to walk and talk it's starting preschool walking distance if our home and my job from the states judicial council getting accepted into that and off the record a good preschool is only rivaled by getting into and affording a home in san francisco. without the extra home i'll be enforced to live in a studio apartment and sharing an apartment in the destakeholder part of the city and find a new home and surface quality time for a much longer ride to work. awhile home sharing might not be an affordable thing it's a short-term god sent why i wanted to live in this c

air b and b is a social platform that allows transparencycy to things like feedback puts the reviews that makes it even more safe so if you get rid of b and b the technology the process we know will prevail our technology world will allow either greg's us list or whatever to appropriately prevail it will still happen. thanks a butfwufrn >> come on up i'll call a few more names. (calling names) like a song. >> commissioners, thank you for taking time i'm phil a homeowner in the sunset area. i support this legislation to allow hosts to rent out their primary homes especially, when they're there. home sharing has allowed me to take a risk and start a small business in san francisco and hire people in san francisco and host guests from other cities and parts of the world to start business here and create jobs and allowed them a way to basically coma with our housing shortage otherwise they wouldn't find housing and a lot of them cannot afford hotels it allows me to send customers to struggling businesses in my area including a brazilian restaurant that has allowed a grandmother from broo

so actively i believe those hosts air b and b could solve this problem by writing a master insurance policy and adding either the landlord or homeowner to the insurance policy that will solve the insurance issue rossi wanted to add that you next speaker i'll call a few names (calling names) >> good evening i live here. i love san francisco. and i want to stay here as long as i live because this is my city. i will do anything for my city which i love short term rental to push me out of san francisco raising the cost of living. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, sir. >> hello, i'm george a hotel worker in san francisco for over 18 years i take pride in our industry and city short term rentals are attacking us you number one taking our jobs away and two by are virtual of those short term rentals driving up the rentals our workers cannot i live here for 0 hotel workers this perpetrates a job and housing crisis as hotel workers what are we supposed to do when in our industry when occupancy is down we don't work in addition to the loss of income we also don't qualify for our

and without air b and b i wouldn't be able to stay in my home i'm sure you're aware of property taxed is high in san francisco i'm paying $9,000 a year i'm able to meet great people from all around the world i've hosted people coming over from san francisco after they've found a job and needed a place to traerl stay while blackwell for a permanent home fittings that's not for people traveling but people who are looking for a place to live so i really implower to please, please let us continue to do what we're doing. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners my name is jannen new representing the san francisco apartment association that repeals providers here in san francisco. i too like many of you live here and i've also been sitting here listening to the testimony about a quarter to 3 today, the only thing i've heard that anybody agreed on was single-family dwellings that want to rent out a room for center income should be allowed to do that this is the only thing that people agree with everything else is up in the air. i just want to alert you to one thing there's a thirty day rule

air b and b, amazon.ion, saying that washington and state capitals and government should get out of the way of innovation and job creation and let the market decide what goes on. as you were hearing from the taxicab commissioner from your interview a month ago, it's all about for them getting in the middle. nothing good comes of politicians getting in the middle of the free enterprise system. >> sean, a lot of issues. you mentioned air b & b, all of these start-ups attacking the way things have traditionally been done, but there are safety issue ises, insurance issues, are you saying you're in favor or laying out a frame twoshg get innovation and also consumer protection? >> i think clearly we're not overlooking consumer protection. that's important. we all recognize that roather itroather -- whether it's insurance, other safety measures to ensure consumers aren't harmed in the public. >> what are you saying? >> but you're not -- that's not what's happening. what you saw whether in virginia or here in ill

air b and b supporters say renting rooms changed their lives but they're uneasy about the level of regulationd. many are benefitting from renting their car to $50 a night. >> home sharing enabled us to remain in the city we love. >> opponents say the new policy will turn neighborhoods into commercial districts. >> police in antioch and pittsburgh have rounded up 11 people in an operation and high-crime areas of the cities. most arrest for drug and weapons charges one suspect is this man, a 21-year-old emmitt tippy wanted on outstanding warrants. tippy had a loaded firearm in his position last night on assault with a deadly weapon. >> state fish and game commission decided not to issue an emergency declaration for a ird it's called tri-colored black bird a study found it's population dropped by half in three years. it used to be one of the most-common birds but now there are just 145,000 of them left and colleges say this is accelerati accelerating. drought has dried up much of its habitat. >> it's a site making tourists happy at san francisco pier 39. sea lions returned today more than a mont

the move is in response is to to sites like air b and b which helpst people rent roops and houses for as little as one day. it would put into place procedures for those short term rentals. opponents of air b and b rentals say the landlords evict long term residents to make more money on long-term rentals. >>> check in with rob who's in for mike filling in looking at morning commute for us. >> we just got this in, southbound 88059 a street as we're watching this morning's commute. not much impact right now. tractor-trailer, its right rear tire on fire. that could cause delays for folks watching this action. this is southbound 880 at a street this morning. also over to the side 238 moving past hayward, slowing there. bottlenecking early for you this morning. view 101 and san jose. traffic moving fairly well in both directions. also 80 at powell, traffic there, volume building, but overall, still right on time and across the golden gate bridge. little bit of fog, but traffic there looking good. some mist and low clouds could cause issues around the midspan of the bay bridge this morning.

air b and b supporters say renting rooms changed their lives but they're uneasy about the level of regulation proposed. many are benefitting from renting their car to $50 a night. >> home sharing enabled us to remain in the city we love. >> opponents say the new policy will turn neighborhoods into commercial districts. >> police in antioch and pittsburgh have rounded up 11 people in an operation and high-crime areas of the cities. most arrest for drug and weapons charges one suspect is this man, a 21-year-old emmitt tippy wanted on outstanding warrants. tippy had a loaded firearm in his position last night on assault with a deadly weapon. >> state fish and game commission decided not to issue an emergency declaration for a rapidly-disappeared bird it's called tri-colored black bird a study found it's population dropped by half in three years. it used to be one of the most-common birds but now there are just 145,000 of them left and colleges say this is ak accelerati accelerating. drought has dried up much of its habitat. >> it's a site making tourists happy at san francisco pier 39. sea lions

the potential one of the requirements for individuals that want to make theirs place available on air b and b and utilizes their home or apartment to, however, the recollections go one of the potential requirements they'll be required to register as a business that means the entities are a small business so one of the recent kfgsdz with supervisor chiu's office if they become a registered business that falls within the - those places could fall under title iii of the federal ada and what are the businesses responsibility if their truly a public accomodation entity. and so supervisor chiu's office is going to look at this we're in the messy mid of having those exciting dynamic businesses being created on and on online and those opportunities for growth and development but then we have those regulations that are very much, you know, intended for physical brick and mortar kind of businesses. and so this cross section i think is something for us as a commission to review those things and i would be to review them and take a look at it and think about you know the requirements for a traditio

job what about suicide doenitz suicide donuts but in this case in the end the idea of being like air b.n. b. your hotel your for the night here taxi driver for the day and you could also provide you could be a prison warden that's a good job that you know you could possibly do that so the prison warden for a day so it's a social networking enabled peta disruptor of the prison business where anyone can be a euthanasia clinic in prison by the day and they can feed them the suicide on it so it's important as you mention and begin to say have a talk with liquid apparently that does the deed why not just fill donuts with that chocolate liquid and have suicide donuts you can serve your home and do like a goober modeler air b.n. b. model for the unsurprisingly home suicide clinic slash prison operator and disrupt the prison and suicide clinic business so put both corrections core of america and dignity out of business with this new business model and in fact i'll tie them all together in another remarkable story we've learned since being here is that we noticed in our hotel room a life alert a big

now we have two point three million americans in prison and this could could be combined with the air b. and b. this is another way to possibly make money is the rent out one a room in your house to be a prison you could be a warden basically that's your sort of job what about suicide donuts suicide donuts but in this case in the end the idea of being like air b.n. b. your hotel your for the night here your taxi driver for the day and you can also provide you could be a prison warden that's a good job that you know you could possibly do that so the prison warden for a day so it's a social networking and they hold p.d.p. disruptor of the prison business where anyone can be a euthanasia clinic in prison by the day and they can feed them the suicide done it so it's important as you mention and dignity save a talk with liquid apparently that does the deed well why not just fill donuts with that chocolate liquid and suicide donuts you can serve your home and do like a goober modeler air b.n. b. model for the unsurprisingly home suicide clinic slash prison operator and disrupt the prison and

job what about suicide donuts suicide donuts but in this case in the end the idea of being like air b.n. b. your hotel your for the night here you're a taxi driver for the day and you can also provide you could be a prison warden that's a good job that's you know you could possibly do that so the prison warden for a day at a social networking and a bold p.d.p. disruptor of the prison business or anyone can be a euthanasia clinic in prison by the day and they can feed them the suicide on it so it's important as you mention and begin to save a chocolate liquid apparently that does the deed why not just fill donuts with that chocolate liquid and suicide donuts you can serve your home and do like a goober modeler air b.n. b. model for the unsurprisingly home suicide clinic slash prison operator and disrupt the prison and suicide clinic business so put both corrections core of america and dignity out of business with this new business model and in fact i'll tie them all together in another remarkable story we've learned since being here is that we noticed in our hotel room a life alert a big gi

prison now we have two point three million americans in prison and this could be combined with an air b. and b. this is another way to possibly make money is the rent out one a room in your house to be a prison you could you could be a warden basically that's your sort of job what about suicide doenitz suicide donuts but in this case in the end the idea of being like air b.n. b. your hotel your for the night here your taxi driver for the day and you can also provide you could be a prison warden that's a good job that's you know you could possibly do that so the prison warden for a day so it's a social networking and they both p.d.p. disruptor and the prison business where anyone can be a euthanasia clinic in prison by the day and they can feed them the suicide on it so it's important as you mention and begin to say have a talk with liquid apparently that does the deed well why not just fill doenitz with that chocolate liquid and suicide donuts you can serve your home and do like a goober modeler air b.n. b. model for the unsurprising home suicide clinic slash prison operator and disrupt

the potential one of the requirements for individuals that want to make theirs place available on air b and b and utilizes their home or apartment to, however, the recollections go one of the potential requirements they'll be required to register as a business that means the entities are a small business so one of the recent kfgsdz with supervisor chiu's office if they become a registered business that falls within the - those places could fall under title iii of the federal ada and what are the businesses responsibility if their truly a public accomodation entity. and so supervisor chiu's office is going to look at this we're in the messy mid of having those exciting dynamic businesses

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he had rented the palm springs condo for a month through air b&b, but when the deal was done, he apparently did not want to expire his visit. the owner, who was a bay area vision therapist, says she is going to take about a month to think about it before deciding whether or not to rent out that condo again. >>> if you are planning to hit the road this labor day weekend, we're look in advance here, chances are your neighbor is too. aaa is predicting more people will travel away from home this labor day weekend than anytime in the past six years. it expects 34.7 million americans to take to the sky or roads. >>> tonight, county officials will spray for mosquitos after a pool of the bugs and a dead bird were found infected with west nile virus. the mosquitos and bird were found in san francisco park on tuesday. crews will spray areas including that park, including coal mine daly city. spraying will happen tonight between 9:00 and tomorrow morning at 5:00. >>> just in time for the very first day of school, cal has launched an emergency app for students. the app called cal emergency preparedness

we have to define an approach we're checking that will help with enforcement people talk about the air b and b being the life-threatening rod but the commissioner talked about an approach facebook could be an approach or a twitter account we need to find ways to define what the university is and putting into the state of mind having to give up information and i completely agree with commissioner hillis the approach we have to have the list as part of the metabolism and that can change over time. the platforms are create the holocaust platforms the holocaust requirement in the groups permit in the current legislation that says points of platforms should be require to tell the hosts certain things and one thing if you're a host the hosting approach socy if someone stays in our place for thirty days or more they have tenant rights i don't get even though sense there's a shift from short term rentals 2 or 3 days or two or three weeks to someone being in our place and their effectively our roommate and the hosts need to be notified of that. i also think that in terms of insurance the ordinanc

bucks renting out their places. >> but a woman in california is back at her condo after air b and b renters would not leave. cory rented her place out for more than 30 days. finding a loophole in california law the guys legally stayed claiming squatters rights but after the story went viral. camera crews showed up. the brothers not wanting that attention took off. >> i don't know if people could understand it but i feel like there's a feeling of violation. being violated. i don't want to have anything to do with the way this place is now. i'll change everything out if i'm going to keep it and continue renting it. >> luckily the squatters did not steal anything. and they left the place in pretty good shape. which she's very fortunate about that. a lot of times they do not. >> who does that? >> california has a bunch of different laws. >> who does that. who moves into somebody's place and says i'm not going. >> i know somebody this happened to in california. and they could not get them out. it took three months to get them out. it happens. >> they needed some back up apparently. >> who better

opponents of the air b and b rental idea say some landlords are evicting long-term residents to make more none on short term rentals. >>> now to a follow up. looking live at at&t park this morning, you can see the stage still coming down after the jay-z, beyonce concert. last night, not as loud ooze the couple's -- as the couple's first show on tuesday night where the couple could be heard from miles away. >> you can't of got a show without the ticket. complaints came in from across the city. ball park rep apologized after tuesday's show to people living nearby. nbc bay area meteorologist jeff says the sound waves from the singers 40,000 fans may have carried upward and bounced back down off a layer of clouds. rob told us too. >> there was a point where i'm thinking i don't know how loud you turn this tv up just to drown out the concert. the walls were vibrating, it was unbelievably loud. >> the layer of clouds much thicker tuesday night than last night and could account for the extra volume. >> it's nice to hear jeff backing up rob on that, rob was talking about this morning, just y

accused of squating several years ago, maxim and dennis are living in a palm springs condo listed on air b and b. they refused to move out and threatened to sue the owner. they lived in the apartment in the tenderloin from 2008 to 2009. they stopped paying rent for more than three months and they werey vehicle --y -- they were evicted. >>> a 33-year-old money got fat shaped while sun bathing on a canadian beach in a bikini and now her response has gone viral. it shows the belly stretchmarks and all. a few people were laughing and pointing and pretending to kick. she explained why her stomach is no longer tight and flat. my body has housed, grown, protected and nourished five hell he, intelligent and wonderful human beings. what great things has your body done? they plan to host bikini baby-sit ins. >>> there was a brief worldwide outage. the menlo park company says they don't know why people had trouble ago setting the site, but it created problems for law enforcement. several people called into the care riff's department -- sheriff's department with this tweet. it is not a law enforcement

help us think that throw in a manner that doesn't have detrimental consequences just in response to air b and bs. >> commissioner hillis. i just want to paut put a motion on the table so get agreements on some points the recommendation for approval with modifications which b will include all the modifications suggested by the department with the exception of the hosted the limit on hosted rentals we'll encourage the board to have a limit open hosted rentals limited by days or rooms or both that we would require that we would encourage the property owner consent or notifications that sro's are not covered by this and that we will encourage the board not as part of this board but the delivery to provide additional resources and budget and staffing for the department to take on the enforcement >> i have a question before he second this thing. you said property owner consent or informed it has to be one or the others because the property owner could say i don't want you to sub let that >> i agree with supervisor chiu i would say the notifications has to come from the city if someone goes down