also feel that i don't want my details out in public to be gotten through the online portals and airbnb helps with the security and i've had extraordinarily experiences they use businesses in the neighborhood it's been nothing but a positive experience for the 4 some odd years and tomorrow will be the 35 years living in san francisco and 18 years on katrero hill thank you find a acceptable not too intrusive way to get this legislation passed thank you. >> thank you very much you can leave that with the others. >> next speaker. >> hi, everybody i'm nelson i was born and raised in city of san francisco and my family has rented an apartment in chinatown my family runs a restaurant in the excelsior it is a kramentd small chinese fast food place my mom and dad speak limited ernie help them and they have a pretty stream of customers i'm sure yore aware of the industry a excessive o explosively - i believe my mom and dad sees the traffic and it's not about my parent livelihood there's a flower shop in a filino place and other local businesses that deserve the business the excelsior deserves a

insurance policy on every rental and collect a deposit up to one thousand dollars for deposit and airbnbakes care of that and puts a hold on their card and returns it if i don't mention anything after they stay i'm a host and the 90 day limit should be looked at devil between host and no host it's unfair to make a one-size-fits-all considering all the arrangements and allowing different legislation for each and have the great opportunity we had a guest at home when we had a pipe burst and at the turned the water off it saved our home and the downstairs neighbor - >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi supervisors and thank you planning department i appreciate the opportunity i'm michael a resident of the mission district i honing own my home there i've been fortunate i have a multiple bedroom home and didn't intend to when i bought the home participate in even the home sharing concept or renting my home but over the last 4 years i've done hosted family members one particular family members at ucsf medical school and hosted friends through divorces and most recently 0 people that were in trans

10 thousand rooms that could become bedrooms in san francisco you have someone allowed to do the airbnb thing now all of a sudden that person can make $3,000 a month rather than $3,000 at this point it becomes let's say 7 thousand rooms 10 thousand rooms fighting not 10 thousand but 7 thousand it's basic economics prices are going to increase in the meantime, people come up and give their story i'm sympathetic i'm in the exact same boat but while you help those folks that have a place to make that infrastructure little money while the prices increase the person that doesn't have a place are going to be the ones hurt the second point importing ability if you live in a place and you move out your lease ends clear law right now landlords and owners cannot enforcing enforce that i love minimizing and i love getting rid of - >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi, i'm sherry iron i'd like to give you a little bit of a different take i'm a small business owner we are locked in north beach our business my business is a community and a education center for enough parents we provide prenata

it took the police officer ever to come navigate they nerve came at all secondly, when we joined airbnb there was a picture of a house that was distinguishable from another home people knocked on my door and in terms of enforcement again it's not gee anything i'm very concerned wlaefrp our property is registered we under our name you can find a property so i suggest that we i'm all for registration but keep the records private thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello and good afternoon an opportunity to comment i'm holly a single-family home and home sharing in the district hoouns are committed a raising a naming family in san francisco we home shared to bridge the cost of living gap and pay our property tax and also allows us a little bit breathing room for those unexpected expenses like trimming the trees out in front of our hois house there's two provisions i'd like to see amended i'm sure you've heard this but i'd like to go on the record as well in terms of i'll note no cap on the number of days i share my home we only rent during the summer and holidays

we're accountable to our neighborhood for it is best to be accountable so we trust the platforms for airbnb a resolving those issues i remind people fade of strarpgz but even my wife was a stranger please allow us to have home sharing for the global community to velocity our wonderful city and share some of the guests wealth with us thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello, i he was called earlier but i stepped outs before that. >> what's our name. >> ray. >> go ahead. >> i first represented in san francisco 27 years ago 8 years ago i purchased any first condo in san francisco and now a proud taxpayer and voting member have been district 22 1/2 coagulating ago the hoisted i was fooling economic difficulties helpings helped cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. me through the time i rented out one room on a hosted basis and recently i'm experiencing with renting out even though desires place on an unhosted basis i've now decided to listed any property for a long term rental but the process of renting my place out long term i never came to it conclusion ha

or not airbnb i kind of look at this through an economic lens we're saying people that can afford to own property in san francisco yes that's okay for you to b and b airbnb a new phrase by the way, okay for you to do it but if you're a renter in a legalized in-law unit it's not okay for them? i don't know if you're a property owner you have no more flexibility those are the 3 points i'm comfortable with not being behogan if the host is on site then they should have no more flexibility and not a 90 day cap and when it comes to the point of insurance company i'm not clear in 5 how does is the minimum or maximum we're not requesting them to stay in san francisco that are going through the motions just to be able to live here those are my comments thank you very much and supervisor chiu for bringing this wonderful legislation and dedicated people that have stayed here all day. >> supervisor kim and i want to respond yes, i'm offering t suggestion your different if you're a homeowner so if you're a condo owner you would get a number of nights hosted and not hosted but if you're a renter t

is actually going to be allowed in a particular neighborhood if the activity is to abstain if the airbnb is so good there shouldn't hi my problems with asking our neighbors i've heard about vigilantes the people in the western neighborhoods are single-family home owners they want to live in peace and security with their family and lastly supervisors that is a citywide rezoning allowing a commercial activity renting rooms in residential neighborhood realize the implications and do it as a rezoning. >> thank you very much i'm going to call the next batch of cards (calling names) michael patterson you've testified already (calling names). >> hi thanks for having us i'm bret i'm in supervisor wiener's district i've lived in san francisco for 15 years 13 in the mission the vast majority as a renter i'm now a homeowner and have a home sharing that gives me the flexibility to have any older parents live here and not stay in a hotel they find scary i couldn't without home sharing i couldn't do that with any home it takes away that option and they'll visit a lot less optimistic if i come to have

february 6th months so far we've had zero complaints from our neighbors they like having us having our airbnb room open so some of the new family members can come and invest and stay with us locally we're in a neighborhood that has no hotels or by the evidenoard of directo one is kate she came from erlgd they stayed with us for a bus that's nearby you'll see the common theme in my presentation jennifer came to stay and her friend was getting married so she stayed with us next one brad he lived on the one side of monterey boulevard and it was close for his family so come and visit i carry an umbrella insurance company through state farm as the second personality talked about i'm not in favor of the cap as well as the home registry one-on-one that pits one neighbor against another neighbor it is not good for the neighbors to know what's going on i should be able to operate a - >> thank you, thank you bruce. >> hi supervisors a president of order i noticed that the transcriptions are inadequate because we rely on actual transcriptions a lot of the phrasing was inaccurate that this is an importan

. >> i was called earlier i'm bryan hill i support home sharing one summer i hosted a bunch of airbnb guests i choose not to do it because it's a coordination hassle i want to address one thing the distinction between the old and new residents the existing laws impact similarities ability to come in where it would this legislation if it were passed would impasse the folks ability to have quasi hotel businesses so the extent that the hotel limits one to a home sharing opportunity did that result in a eviction and it doesn't then you're not talking about displaying residents that's not an issue 0 now what upstairs it's a question of are the perspectives for new tenants limited because they want to do home sharing and not renting the person is is the - the second thing is i'm concerned that if this legislation didn't pass with - if it passes with challenges and hoops the businesses go back underground to craig's list thank you. >> thank you i'm going to reread the names of the people that evaporate testified yet in case you walked into the room (calling names) okay looks like none of the

police officers looked at the charts to see if a criminal was in the area if a hitman decided to use airbnb and which the pink mustache travels around and gets out of town and elizabeth we were through ebola someone can sneak out of liberia and using the same housing transmit the diseases this is a scary situation and the people are using the terms home sharing is a farce thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, i'm loraine a registered voter and i'm opposed to changing the language of the short-term rentals it's clear to me and potential most of us a lot of thought needs to go into this by the way, before we really make enormous changes i've already had - they've had an enormous effect on our housing stocky think the transz convenient hotels should be regulated with close supervision i see from following the media this is is going to take an enormous amount of money to enforce i don't think what i've heard is specific enough even the high figure of $12 million i've heard you can probably do you believe that it wouldn't cover the amount of workload on our city departments another one of any issues i

and they're due from the hosting platforms that collect the taxes on behalf of the hosts that's airbnb, the treasurer, seis next year's past in april of 2012 a requirement to collect hotel taxes from their hosts and renot limited to to the city have not been followed you know how much the city needs the dollars airbnb is a $10 billion corporation can forward $20 billion >> before i go up i have two speakers i have (calling names) so i don't see leahy know here so jeff is the next speaker and i'm going to call 10 more speakers if i didn't call your name i respectfully ask you to sit so the next names (calling names) if jeff b is not here on to chief administrative officer vin welch of the 10 cards i've called already. >> good morning. my name is is doug and my wife and i live in district 8 and owned our home since 1987 it is a one bedroom cottage with a private bathroom and private strangers and no kitchen wantonness the size restrictions so it can't be rent for a long time tenant it will go unused most important if we are liked to a 90 day limit it will be a lost income we paid our pro

the ideas of requiring a proportion of the conditional use to go through the process to become a airbnb whatever the person's view it's impornt to understand the reality it means a probability lengthy conditional use process and means a significant number of cruz added to the planning department's workload so i want to stress that realty i don't know that a cu is a simple permit to get a cumbersome process. >> okay supervisor chiu. >> thank you. i want to comment on some of the comments that colleagues have made you first of all, thank the members of the committee for wrestling with the policy i know there is not an easy issue to table i want to appreciate all the comments and at the outset the contemplates by supervisor wiener and supervisor cohen i'm happy to support and supervisor kim mentioned addressing the safety concerns of the potential emergencies and supervisor cohen mentioned that that what supervisor cohen mentioned a host to post an evasion notice specific to that unit it's appropriate and every unit has a different set of situations for the fire extinguisher and the electr

finally prioritizing the taxes thank you airbnb for e-mail me and let me know that a taxably system is going to be place villaraigosa soon there's a prejudice against bayview i felt it every passengers when i talk about bayview oh, wasn't that a dangerous neighborhood it's not i like to share that first hand with people and finally, i offer to the supervisors a ceremonial key to my house i'll mail that to you (laughter). >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> okay. we'll go to the next batch (calling names) you can come on up i'm david thomas first a comment about insurance you can obtain insurance on a home or a 4 unit building quite easily not to restrict short-term rentals to those who have large units 5 unit or more that remains a building second a comment on enforcement rewarding the 2 hundred and 75 requirement for living in the unit and the days that you are being rented out it's easy to go on airbnb for example, and check that out there's probably no need to send people out to look at parents at 6:00 a.m. in the morning or whatever critics say you can tell from the reviews

of congestion associated that that type of neighborhood i think what is the difference between an airbnb and an airbnb bed-and-breakfast a normal bed-and-breakfast why can't the same laws that are on the books the rules and regulations that apply to the anymore traditional bed-and-breakfast be included the airbnb unit why do we need legislation i guess that's more of a question than a statement i'd like that question addressed anyone want to address that? >> it's public comment so if you have comments please. that's all thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> hi my name is patricia i'm here supporting the home sharing i have here we collected 4 thousand signatures in the city of san francisco i live in outside of richmond district one 2 hundred and 64 signatures i'm to give to supervisor mar. >> you can leave it right there. >> i've been housed in san francisco and opposed to limiting home sharing to 90 days the city needs to know how many days i'm to host wn i'm in town, however, i don't agree with supervisor chiu's amendment to 0 list the days i, host i know once a year rep

and b rb o i've met resident that have been ellis acted because they want to do do airbnb that's the type of behavior we want to encourage you can make more money through airbnb rather than the renting that's the type of behavior we don't want to encourage we want to make sure that the legislation is campfiresable how do we create legislation that we can enforce you know, we have a number of different areas of our code that's difficult to enforce but this problem is a big issue it's hard to understand the numbers of unit that have been permanently taken off the market for long-term and have short term vacation rentals this is the exact thing i'm hoping we'll address through the package of the legislation most of my questions are along that line we've mad moves moving in the right direction i want to continue along that and the number of questions from the planning and building inspection thank you for being here i forward to hearing from the community members again on this issue thank you. >> thank you, supervisor kim supervisor cohen. >> great. thank you very much i have a handful o

. >> do we have a sense of the number of hosts in portland that utilize sites like airbnb. >> no, i don't know how many are listed. >> 12 seems really low even though it's been only a month and a half having an understanding of why registering registration is. >> i be in the past three weeks we're not at the end of september it limits the number of the size of the unit and one and 2 unit buildings so this makes is limit the pool in portland we have one and two buildings that comply i don't know in emily rogers times to step in but i don't know the process of allowing this the fee is the operate process but someone xhertd from a residential unit to a hotel their subject to section 316 it's a change of use from the residential to the hotel they'll have to meet that section code for the loss of the dwelling to be clear i wanted to mention that in the process that's required for allowing the bed-and-breakfast bus under the current code it's seen as taking it out of the residential use category. >> i have e even if there's a family living in the how is it seems like less of a dwelling. >> we h

apartment owners you've received the stack of national press that the insurance issue relative to the airbnb that has gaernd there's no insurance if you're a rental property ownership we want to make sure you have enough insurance one million we have to h have that by law to indemnify everyone else in the building thank you thank you, mr. turner. >> supervisors i'm dennis last week he sent each you, you each of the board of supervisors a copy of our letter 5 backseats points i want to open the legislation as it stands stop the ellis act for the purpose of short-term rentals or an owner renting out vacant unit for s drs the reading and mooibd of the legislation it actually doesn't do that now i want to talk about a couple of points raised toy today with the regards of reggie understand as i read it only requires registration after the fact of renting out a short-term rental the registration should be in advance of the fdr and in terms of the permission under the tenant to get the permission from the landlord/tenants it should be required from the landlords not only notification privacy some p

. >>> still ahead, a deal between san francisco and "airbnb." >> some considered it a win- win.ut what will it mean for visitors to the city? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, francisco just reached a de that seems like a win-win f both partiies. on the consumerwatch... julie watts re >>> "airbnb" and san francisco reached a deal that seems like a win-win for both parties. on the consumerwatch julie watts reports that the san francisco-based company will soon begin collecting hotel taxes on its rentals. >> reporter: "airbnb" announced today that it will start paying its fair share by collecting the city's 14% hotel tax beginning october 1. the tax is expected to bring in $11 million a year for the city. san francisco has seen explosive growth in the short term rental market for rooms, apartments and entire homes through "airbnb." the tax means visitors who rent a room for $100 will now pay $114 with tax. "airbnb" did not address whether it will pay back taxes for the past six years it's been in bills. the hotel tax is the first move in the city's efforts to regulate the short-term rental industry.

a german company cloning american businesses like airbnb on groupon has doubled the size and there are other startups io.e spotify and rov amazon ceo jeff bezos has a wide variety of investments and now he's betting on home renovation. he just sunk money into a seattle startup focused on making from projects easier. first to the lead. the top of a bubble is starting to gain speed again. some are sounding the alarm. burning through way too much cash leaving many with multibillion-dollar valuations. andreessen recently tweeted when the market turns, and it will, many hibernate companies will vaporize. andreessen is not stopping. tweeting up a storm. he rode on his blog that valuations can be fixed and you can do a down round, three or four but earn rates are exactly that, burning cash, losing money, emphasis on losing. future bidding editor -- contributing editor paul kedrosky, do you agree? >> it's hard to disagree with math. and whenever the market turns they will be vaporized. there are high burn rate companies. there are a perennial problem with bubbles coming and going. >> josh, wha

david: airbnb, i'm sure you have seen the press.some other cities has taken a lot of heat from some regulators saying that, you know, we don't like the idea of strangers coming in and out of our apartment building. is there a similar problem for you guys or? >> actually, we don't have that problem because our host spaces are zoned for commercial use. and thus it is perfectly within the right to license their space for short-term use in this manner. >> ron, really quick, we looked at some of your competitors. are you worried though somebody like an air b in b could say, what a great idea and start the same process with you? they are a bigger name than you. is that a concern for you at all? >> well, we certainly respect airbnb. they're a trailblazer in the sharing economy. but they're really in the business of trips and travel. peerspace is in the business of allowing companies and individuals to be inspired by offering them short term access to truly one-of-a-kind spaces. we feel like that is completely different business. cheryl: ro

rocket is a german investment company that replicates businesses like groupon and airbnb.hey plan to close the ipo october 1, one week ahead of schedule. the plan is to list october 2. for more on the public debut, cory johnson is still with us as well as paul kedrosky. and aaron ricadela joins us via skype from frankfurt and covers rocket. what do you make of all the enthusiasm in the markets? >> hey, emily. you have these twin german ipos going out right now. rocket internet is the startup vehicle controlled by a pretty prominent figure here. they just moved up their first trading day five days to october 2. a big e-commerce retailer out here, very popular in europe for online fashion retailing where spun out of rocket some years ago. they started trading october 1. >> rocket has gotten a lot of criticism for copying companies whether it is amazon, ebay, foursquare. is that fair or do they have original ideas? >> oliver is the front man, the ceo of rocket. he just spoke for about two hours at a press conference here in frankfurt i was at just the day before yesterday and

population and maintain it with the diverse population and accommodate new ways even if doing business airbnb, lift uber who knows what's next in terms of new registration and a w where do we draw the lines on the new registration those are a few of the challenges all good challenges facing the city i looked at it to to what the mayor and distinguished panel has to say and i know you do too (clapping.) thank you gene and thanks to shepard mullan we are also delighted to have mayor ed lee with us to guide us with this violation vision and look at the priorities and outline some of the solutions in the city he's been proud of the thirty i lost track of the cranes in the air and the innovation hub of san francisco they're concerned, of course, about housing and what we can do to keep our economy vibrate i've seen the discussion that is up for this morning we love you ma mayor ed lee e mayor ed lee so welcome and thank you for being with us mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank you, mary and thank you to the san francisco business times for the invitation to speak about the city we all love you i was as

and we're more similar to the airbnb and platform. and the affordable ride where everyone who passes our screen can be a lyft driver. >> it's interesting to care airbnb and the hotel chains. most would compare to the straight automotive companies. i there's been a lot of ink spilled about the so called rivalry. we akd peter thiel and i'd love your reaction on it. >> i do think uber is the most ethically challenged company in silicon valley at this point. there is always a question how intensely you are allowed to compete and uber is right at the line. i'm not saying they will get in trouble for it. there is a good chance they will get away with it. but i think they are pushing right at the line. >> john, as uber crossed had line in your opinion? >> we're focused on what we are doing. and we're focused on our drivers and passengers. and i think, you know, we are competing aggressively. but for us the energy should be put into having the right strategy. so from the beginning, the brand we built, the operating model we built is all cente

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david: from airbnb to lyft the sharing economy is here. good and services, businesses for companies like dog vaca is booming. take a listen. >> dog vaca is dog sharing site. it uses sharing economy type website, anyone can sign up to be a host. people can find a beautiful vacation place to bring their pup, instead after caged kennel. liz: huh. just how big has this sharing economy become? what does the future hold for it? tonight, "the independents" went down deep. they're going to be doing this special on the sharing economy. host matt welch joins us now. you guys did all kind of things. you got first-hand experience, didn't you? >> kennedy, our hostess with the most test, had a lyft driver, where you sit in the front seat not back seat because you want to have informal experience and talk with the driver, unlike here we do with new york and do a fist bump at end. they drive regular taxi companies say it ininappropriate to have that contact with passengers. this is taking off everywhere. david: frankly i don't like to talk to my cab drive

they released this video that purports to show how bad airbnb rentals are. sure some homes are this bad. just as some hotel rooms are this bad. the video doesn't mention that. but the beauty of the choice is you don't have to stay here. i don't think the anti-choice people get that their own commercial demonstrates that consumers are protected without government regulation. the complaints they site here come from public reviews. hosts and guests review each other. bad rentals like these won't sucker tourists again. as long as people are allowed to make choices and speak about them, consumers are better off. we must not allow politicians to limit our choices. they don't know what we want or will want. 20 years ago a few people would have said america needs more coffee shops selling expensive coffee. but apparently that's what americans did want. who knew? government didn't. if we let government make the decisions we'll have far fewer choices. e should, the simplest super market a wonderous thing. 30,000 -- food is unbelieve abily cheap. aisles are wide, well

today, airbnb says it will start collecting the 14% hotel tax from visitors. it as a transient occupancy tax. airbnb is already collecting those taxes in portland, oregon. >>> uber and lyft dropped their opposition to the bill, after teffs required to lower the amount of insurance required when drivers don't have passengers. >>> the polls are expected to open in scotland in less than an hour. voters will make a historic decision. whether they should break from the united kingdom. the question is simple. should scotland be an independent country? recent polls show the no vote has a narrow lead, but a significant number of scotts are undecided. the results are expected friday morning. if voters say yes to independence, the transition is expected to take 18 months. >>> new at 10:00, a renewed effort to find a missing teenager from the south bay who vanished more than two years ago. tonight, the san jose sharks joined hundreds of people to support the search for sierra lamar. azimuth smith was at tonight's fundraiser. >> reporter: sierra lamar's mother tells me th

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we have much to learn from each other we have been on the forefront of ideas whether lift or more airbnb seoul as taken that on not only have the private initiate force sharing economies but the government itself is starting it's on sharing pro mriefrm was impressed by they're using their public buildings and opening its doors and allowing the citizens to use the vacant offices and on top of air hosting companies allowing the residents to open up their homes and also start a site acknowledging the number of citizens have doubted in seoul like san francisco they're started a site to pair up with citizens that are pain and suffering by themselves and taking them out of slgz i think your cities have much many learn from each other and i'm excited to officially sign an mou i want to recognize a couple people our very only excessive chief of portfolio charlotte 0 schultz. >> thank you to her staff and team i'd like to recognize our own seoul san francisco sister committee chang and mike kim and others please raise our hands so we can acknowledge you, please stand actually chang and others (ca

regarding the what do we call it not the airbnb but the short time rentals i believe we're going to be talking about that in our joint meeting with the planning department correct? >> i think. >> no. >> i don't think it's an agenda item. >> so we're going to when are we going to agree on the agenda item. >> this week. >> can i let you can about the i'm trying to catch up i know there was communication to madam secretary. >> relating to code enforcement but not short term rentals. >> i really building that this is san francisco historic preservation commission we should be talking about commission to commission because it don't effect our department so i'm hopeful we, make that happen or at least agree that we talk about it. >> if i can interject while i was watching the haergs that was requested by the board of supervisors and director ram mentioned that but you'll have to. >> this is for the joint meeting. >> it was called out. >> now that i'm back maybe i can get back to you commissioner walker i know it is a big deal it have it on this agenda. >> thank you. >> commissioner mar. >> a

. >> item 2 is airbnb an ordinance to amend the unit. >> thank you supervisor avalos is the to author and mr. pollack. >> jeremy protective aid supervisor avalos couldn't be here he had the bay area district meeting happening now this is clean up legislation to the legislation the board approved last year dealing with the demolition and mergers to bring the controls more in line with the policies that had o have a strong prevention for the housing, however, that draft was passed they said it could have been inadvertently a protection of the hotels to student housing so this ordinance is to insure that all conversions of residential hotels will be continued to be governed by the chapter code that is stronger than the other mergers and conversions that are under side planning code so two years ago it was approved and emily rogers is here and whether this ordinance had anything to do with the conversions and we checked with the city attorney and this is interrelated to the short-term rentals and the conversions of hotels continue to be in place if you have any questions, i'll be happy to

property i don't know that it does regards even if it doesn't and someone would buy a home and do a airbnb rental they could just registration in terms of the both the impact and combofshlt issues it is not really that different between single families and multiple united buildings when our in a multiple you unit building your impacted with the neighbors and homeowners do thing with their buildings it is somewhat that different again it impacts the neighborhood but treating this differently impacts we have a motion open the table to move that w to the full board with a positive recommendation madam clerk call the roll on that motion. >> supervisor cohen supervisor kim no supervisor wiener two i's and one no. >> thank you, colleagues the motion passes madam clerk, any other business before this committee? oh, and actually i'm sorry before we adjourn supervisor kim made a request could you recall items one and 2 together. >> i'm sorry. >> recall items one and two we're to revote. >> got it. >> can you please recall items 12we and the resolution supporting and encouraging the development the

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>> there are as the housing crunch get more intense in san francisco there's several efforts the airbnb and the legalization of in-law units this is affixed to add density without having 2w078 big changes to planning but little changes here and there it fits that pattern maybe this particular legislation is early but the idea fits into this input we have for planning and building meet together so maybe our right it's early but that's an issue you, you know, it's one that is appropriate for decision between building and planning. >> it does kind of fall interunder the code enforcement of how we're vaeltd things especially our department it is really not responsible for the issues it's a planning issue but we're out there it's i don't know where it will fit in. >> i understand the legislation it dribble picking backs on the work in our department it allows for the adding of a unit when seismic is being done asia incentive for the owners because they'll get a unit out of it. >> yeah. yeah. interesting i'm interested if talking about it i don't know if it's formed enough. >> wumsz we follow

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and theabout airbnb places where you can find yourself trusting strangers who you may not have had anyontact with. because of these forms of media, i agree with matt -- we have similar travel philosophy's and we come into a world that is full of mystery and the sources of mystery our first, the world -- and secondly, we don't know what is in ourselves. it's only when you go out into the world and find yourself dealing with a situation that you've never encountered that you realize that. if we live in a world where everything can be found out beforehand and everything has been planned before hand, you can be very efficient. that, it's a little early. >> i havemic bearer one question. if you have a situation like sandy, you rely on your cell phone until it dies. just wondering instinctively, i would agree with you and learning how to orient yourself to know how you are to be conscience -- to be conscious of where you are and a connection to your environment is the most important. i think there is a different generation. andhit the interesting part in disasters now, you go 10 hours and yo

airbnb, the fact that every professional has a smartphone, it's possible for the first time.are seeing lots of players not just pro.com, but some tack -- thumbtack. amazon may have interest here as well. , it'sing in pro.com optionally in backing some former amazon executives who are innovating in those spaces. >> these are former amazon executives who are doing this company. where does this go? >> it's funny. they are up in seattle. they are taking seattle like approach. it is much like zillow. data in opaqueer market real estate in a way to enter into the real estate game. pro.com is the same thing. you go to the site and you can price out your home project. they are hoping to parlay that into connecting you with professionals. -- iu will eventually know went to visit them in seattle. that they are in an old and a prize rent-a-car office. the we are saving money back -- >> is an amazon like thing. >> every time the service gets used, they get to gather data. they know what it costs to paint a room of a certain size in the neighborhood around cleveland, ohio. >> leg zillow,

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think uber and airbnb that allow people to rent out cars, homes and services to customers so everyonet while sidestepping business thwarting regulation. are the app and internet-based companies the wave of the future or a dreamy passing trend that will be squashed by nightmare bureaucrats? how to participate and more importantly how you, you can make money from it? this is "the independents."