hotel company? >> no, no. >> rose: you didn't have any idea that you would ship the business, shift the business model. >> no. >> you had no idea you were building a brand? >> it was just a real estate deal and i don't know how long i would own it, probably build it, sell it, and keep building houses. >> rose: looking at four seasons as a global company, if you look at where your hotels are, these are -- this is from october 2nd 2012. >> yes. >> rose: there is north america and this is europe, this is middle east and africa and this is asia. that's i can't the business is today? >> it is. it is. that's where our growth is taking place and where i think the future will always be. i just think of india, china, russia, latin america, just the demographics of the population growth, you know, three and a half, 4 billion people. >> rose: is it a difference -- i mean luxury goods i know is selling well in chinese in terms of luxury companies tell me that, china has obviously a much larger and growing numbe

the first is the issue of corporate hotelization. the second though, we have known in recent months that there have been many more residents and in many instances tenants themselves that are renting out apartments when they are out of town, the so-called issues around sharable housing. most notably, examples come from the abb world and i'm working with a working group to really look at these issues. there are a number of relates, but quite distinct issues that i hope in the coming months to present legislative proposals to address. this legislation is dealing with the phenomenon of corporations that skirt our laws. i want to thank all of the tenant advocates who work with my office and thank the city staff and other stakeholders who are here and in particular i want to thank my aide, amy chen, who worked with all of you to get the legislation to where it is today. colleagues i would like to ask for your support, so hopefully or we can move this to the board in short order. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you, president chi

our hotels are required to pay a hotel tax. and yet we know there are thousands of folks who are being rented to in situations similar to that hotel context. that don't have to pay any fair share of the cost that our city has to spend to deal with the 16 million tourists that come in every year. so that is another conversation that i think we need to have as well. as you can imagine, these are complicated issues, which is why it's taking me a little bit of time both to convene stakeholders and draft legislation, but i hope in the coming weeks and months that we'll have a proposal that we can all start talking about more publicly. >> thank you, president chiu. supervisor wiener? >> thank you. and i want to thank president chiu for his and his staff's hard work on this. i know there was a lot of dialogue and negotiation and i really appreciate that effort. i will be supporting the legislation today. i did initially have a concern with the original form of the legislation around the enforcement mechanisms and what that might end u

the first is the issue of corporate hotelization. the second though, we have known in recent months that there have been many more residents and in many instances tenants themselves that are renting out apartments when they are out of town, the so-called issues around sharable housing.

hotel. >> are you on oahu? >> no, i'm on the big island of hawaii, the westernmost of the hawaiian islands. i'm actually on the eastern side of it. but, no, everybody here is fairly up to date on the latest with the tsunami. but the hotel staff seems very relaxed about it for the most part. and have been informative. and the people that they do need to evacuate on the lower floors have done so. so it's all been very orderly. there was a wedding party going on here as recently as about 30 minutes ago. nothing too out of the ordinary, at least at this point. >> not yet. but in about 30 minutes you may be able to tell whether the tsunami wave is coming ashore. we're told that it's supposed to last for perhaps a few hours and high tide at 3:2 in t2 in the morning. you're at a high level in the hotel. have people pretty much cleared the streets and paraphernalias? >> you know, i'm actually about a mile from the main road here. and i can see law enforcement up on the road, that you can see they're

these are private hotels and we don't have control over every single unit in the hotel. there are people that come into the hotel to sell drugs. this is a reality in the area we're talking about. there are neighbors that are using and it's tempting it use with them. we don't have as much control over the situation as we would like, but at the same time if you want to expert more control then you have to have a higher bar. so it's a dynamic that we struggle with all the time. but by and large, over 95, 97 percent of people are extremely happy to have a space that they can actually, they get a key, they can lock the door, they can have a place that's private for them and a place where they can store their belongings and just feel safer. overwhelmingly it's a positive response but by no means is it perfect. >> i would say for the permanent housing, you know, 97 percent or 98 percent of the people are extremely happy and i mean we have a much easier environment than what raj is dealing with in the sense that we have our support services on site, we have 24 hour desk clerking

makes you feel like you are in a hotel, not in a home. a second point i would briefly make is that the hotelization program seems to subvert capitalism. if an owner of an apartment house who has several vacancies, the inclination is that he will raise rents, but with hotelization, chances are that the apartment house will always be filled and there will be no motivation by the owner to lower rents and to the detriment of potential low-income tenants. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is angelicaya with the action network. first i would like to thank supervisor chiu for his leadership on this legislation. since the heavy focus of the revitalization of central market, some of our allies today have been vocal by needing to ensure that we prevent displacement to the residents, non-profits and businesss in the south of market. so this legislation we have been waiting on to make sure it comes through, because we want to make sure that existing rent control buildings are protected.

garcia and his suspected accomplice in the hotel.g of a phone call between the detective and narcy's brother. in the call, he sounded cooperative, says he wants to help the cops and gives them the name alejandro garcia as a person good for the murder. garcia listens sently ads the brother threw him under the bus. >> cristobal did the murder. >> he told me you did it. >> he denied being the hit man in the interrogation, but the message was clear. get on board now, confess, or take the fall. >> he's going to be booked on chashl charges of murder. >> the evidence against narcy's brother was piling up. cell phone tower records showing her near the hotel on the morning of the murder. evidence he preside provided a getaway car and driver. who was in charge? >> the street boss that was handling everything that was going was cristobal belize. >> who was the boss of bosses? with a $10 million motive, there was only one answer for the cops. narcy nova novack had ordered t hit. >> obviously he reported to narcy, worked at the direction. >> what

. >> an american opens fire at a hotel in india. jummy olabanji is following this. >> park both presidential candidates are in virginia. >> also, a dramatic scene after a school bus plunges off the interstate overpass. a witness talks about the frightening scene. good morning to you washington. we made it to friday. >> let's>> happy friday. it will be a good day. we are looking at the best weather day of the week. you want to get outside and enjoy it. it will be a gorgeous friday, however, there are changes in store for the weekend a big drop in temperatures by about 25 degrees. more details on that later, 62 at reagan national airport, 70 by noon and 80 degrees by 5:00. >> good morning we are looking and a pretty good ride for the most part. there is a problem spot in prince william county. there is an accident on bristol roa -- bristow road. there is traffic on our interstates. 395 is looking pretty good heading into the district. this is a live look of traffic on the beltway in maryland, crossing the american legion bridge and co

makes you feel like you are in a hotel, not in a home. a second point i would briefly make is that the hotelization program seems to subvert capitalism. if an owner of an apartment house who has several vacancies, the inclination is that he will raise rents, but with hotelization, chances are that the apartment house will always be filled and there will be no motivation by the owner to lower rents and to the detriment of potential low-income tenants. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. next speaker

i live in the 16th street hotel. many other people have. this bed bug legislation will cause a manager -- will ensure the managers will have train curriculum on exactly what and how to deal with bed bugs, inspectors and the dph to make sure managers don't just say that they took care of. it they will have to prove that they took care of it. this legislation would give tenants peace of mind. managers would have to fulfill their obligations or be issued a violation from the dph and i would be on their tails to make sure that they do their jobs. as a tenants' right organizer i'm known in the mission district as the tro for the sro from hell. thank you. [ laughter ] >> thank you. i'm going to call a few more speakers. rd. >> good afternoon my name is michael harrington with the mission sro collaborative on dolores street and live in the dog patch area in the mission. i have been living there for over ten years and i have had bed bugs twice in that period of time in 2007 and in 2011. i'm a very clean person. but as we all know bed bugs don't dis

aquí tenemos un plan que incluye el hotel sol caribe. es un hotel de cinco estrellas.a privada. me parece muy bonito. también está el hotel presidente. también es de cinco estrellas. ¿cuál me recomienda? bueno, yo prefiero el sol caribe. muy bien. me gustaría hacer reservaciones para cuatro personas. ¿para cuándo, señor? para el próximo fin de semana. ihuy! es muy pronto. eh, primero creo que debo de preguntar si hay vacantes. si no hay en el sol caribe vacantes las habrá en otro hotel. en cozumel hay muchos hoteles muy buenos además del presidente. sí, felipe gonzález de la oficina de turismo. necesito tres habitaciones para el próximo fin de semana: una doble y dos individuales. ¿cuántas? bien. perfecto. muchas gracias. tiene suerte. hay varias vacantes. ¿y cuánto tiempo piensan quedarse en cozumel? el fin de semana, nada más. ¿el plan incluye el vuelo en avión? sí. el precio incluye viaje de ida y vuelta en avión más tarifas, más impuestos y tres días y tres noches en el hotel. ¿entonces, le hacemos su reservación? sí, pero tengo que consultarlo con una amiga. ella

makes you feel like you are in a hotel, not in a home. a second point i would briefly make is that the hotelization program seems to subvert capitalism. if an owner of an apartment house who has several vacancies, the inclination is that he will raise rents, but

i didn't even know what bed bugs were until i got to the travel lodge hotel. i'm 63 years old, born and raised in san francisco. never been attacked by bed bugs before in my life and my whole body is bitten. i have scars. the second room i got bit as you saw my rooms and the scars did not go away and then i got bit in my head, ankles, and fingers. i captured three bed bugs. so i would like you guys to also at least think about the choice -- >> i want to clarify, this legislation does apply to tourist hotels, just not the disclosure requirements. that is only for tenants where the tenant can require the disclosure. the actual enforcement will still apply to tourist hotels. >> good, i'm glad the department of public health has that instruction book because the place i'm at they have no clue how to get rid of bed bugs and they are trying to sweep it under the rug, too. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> hello supervisors and thank you very much for this limition. my name is kim meadows and i have spoken many times and i thought i would do something a little different.

al llegar al hotel arturo le pidió a raquel que esperara un momento.galo muy especial para raquel. iay arturo, qué bonito marco le has puesto! iah, no tan lindo como la modelo! pero la alegría del momento fue interrumpida por un mensaje. dice que lo llame en cuanto llegue al hotel. pero, isi acabamos de llegar de su casa! ¿será un mensaje atrasado? no, mira la hora. llamó hace unos minutos. ¿le habrá pasado algo a don fernando? ¿pedro? habla raquel. acabo de recibir tu mensaje. ¿ocurre algo? no te alarmes, raquel. es que dejaste tu cartera, y yo pensé que... ( ríe ) bueno, ¿te causa gracia? yo pensé que te preocuparía. por eso te llamé. ( ríe ) ¿de qué te ríes? de mí misma. ay, pedro, este viaje me debe estar haciendo perder la memoria. no, no entiendo. también dejé olvidada la cartera en españa. bueno. pero otro día te contaré esa historia. ifue casi de película! bien. mira, es hora de descansar. mañana te doy la cartera, ¿de acuerdo? de acuerdo, pedro. hasta mañana, y gracias por todo. así que la famosa abogada anda dejando olvidada la cartera por to

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the issue of how do you work with the hotel managers, the ability we have to impression upon the hotel managers that things need to be a certain way is really the contract that we have with them and that there are certain expectations about cleanliness and about access and about safety that are in there. so when hotel managers are not following through, then we have a process by which we inform them that this is an issue. sometimes we actually involve environmental health, part of the department of public health, to help us with that. sometimes it's a matter of housing and urban health administers these units for us, it's a matter of talking to marc, talking to margo, this just isn't working out, perhaps you want to take 20 percent off because it isn't working out and let's get the equivalent number of rooms elsewhere. that's the type of bargaining we have to do. in general what the hotel managers will do is make some sort of fix that makes things better. it may not be perfect, but the client says that's fine. and when it doesn't work we have sometimes left hotels and gone on to others