landlords are subject to these. reading carmen chu's letter, i am concerned that this is targeting small businesses. obviously larger businesses have more resources, probably legal departments that are going to protect them from, you know, potential lawsuits, but, again, as written, they are currently excluded. that might be an amendment that you could consider. you know, leases are private, so the arrangement between a landlord and a tenant, a tenant improvements are generally part of leases, particularly long- term leases. i do not see any thing with the disclosure. making sure it is in all. making sure this ada requirement really should be in every lease. i do not understand why it is not, so i would say that i support this, and i am really glad that the commission has identified the square footage issue. identifying ada improvements and wanting to exempt them. clerk: director? director: i think i ended up making my comments. clerk: commissioner riley? commissioner yee riley: there are times when you on a buildin

i find it very hard not to walk away thinking landlords, money guys. they can pay for this and afford it. now it is a cooperation. if somebody is coming in doing a big improvement, the tenant and the landlord negotiate it on a best effort. we all want to get handicap access for everybody. we believe in that is his a noble goal. it is a pain for the landlord and the tenant. they try to work together. i worry about this being big brother stepping in. so many people could be negatively impacted by it. i am not going to be able to support it as it is right now. i will make that clear. unaltered, i wouldn't be able to support it. >> commissioner dooley? >> i think one of the main parts of this if i have it right is this is going to be a way to have the landlord and the prospective tenant or tenant have a very clear understanding given to them of what is federally required. this is not anything beyond what they are already legally mandate todd do. in that respect i think it is a positive thing. too many times i have worked with many people who had been sued,

give which will not necessarily be written by the landlord? >> part of the conversations we have been having in the last week with the commercial landlord community, and that the city would draft some sort of disclosure statement that would be put in the les or made very visible and translated into different languages and something that the city gets to decide what the wording is and require that that be in all. commissioner dooley: that would mean that when someone is a prospective tenant, the landlord would not be able to say, "this is what is needed to be done to bring it up to code, but you will have to pay for it all." how does that work? >> right. i think there are often leased positions -- least -- lease provisions. we originally looked at legislation that would short of sit -- shifted back to the landlord, but we were told by our city attorney's that that was not possible because of commercial rent control issues. so that is sort of why we did the notification portion and then did the approach to require improvements to be made before

clearly, the landlord -- the lease does not stop the plaintiff from suing the landlord. therefore, the attorney for the plaintiff is going to target the person they are getting the money from. it does not let the tenant of the hot. the tenants in their lease is contractually responsible to the landlord. there are ways that can be dealt with between the landlord and the tenant. i have represented landlords. i have represented tenants. at some point, i represented both because they have a common interest even in that. obviously, they both have to make the space accessible either now or later, so it is best that they work together if they can. and work together to save us -- to hire a single lawyer. they can make repairs or what ever is in their agreement. sometimes, when the tenant is the small business and does not have much cash flow, one way to do is to renegotiate the lease, where the cost is amortized over a longer period time. it is another way to spread the payments back to the less financially available person. would you do if you get one of these notices? if you h

landlords to landlords who care nothing about their property and in this case we have a landlord that cares nothing about the city as far as i can see as well as who they have as their property manager who allowed construction to go on on their property without proper permits and to go through that process and never come before us in order to explain any circumstances whatsoever. that would at least give us some indication that they care. to me, that is terrible. they are still not here. i must presume that they have no consideration of their current or anticipated tenants whatsoever. again, as i said at the very beginning of our remarks, the last words that i heard out of the project sponsor's mouth and i wrote them down at the weigh exactly the quote last time he was here. -- i wrote them down echoing exactly the "last time he was here. >> we suggest that should you exercise your powers, one of the primary findings that the proposal is extraordinary and unusual particularly in that this is not consistent with the purposes and intent of japan town. "no one can say it better than you

if there's any repairs the tenant should notify the landlord. problem is he was a normal tenant-- looks normal, but he became an alcoholic. he destroyed everything. you can see that there are a lot of things that he never reported. basically, that's what he did: he left everything in a mess. the landlord should provide... that the building is in good health and safe conditions. the plumbing should be working. they should provide heating... and anything to do with the health and safety of the tenant. i've complained, and mostly about the bathroom. it's just a disaster. the paint's all flaking off off the walls, and the ceiling is just starting to mildew. [ narrator ] tenants need to tell the building owner or manager... when problems develop. once they write down all the problems at one time that's wrong with the unit they should send the letter through certified mail return receipt. i also suggest they should take pictures of the damage. [ narrator ] if the problem is serious... and is not taken care of within a reasonable period of time the ren

>> we did not screen the landlords. if you do want to do a green project, might you screen which buildings you move into. what you find in san francisco, it's very infrequent that there's a whole new subdivision built and you say, i want house b, plan b on this block. here's what i'll negotiate. it's hit and miss and what comes up on the market. finding space that met our square footage requirements, very important for us to be close to public transportation. we fell in love with the high sealings. >> thank you for having us here. it's a terrific project. for hosting us and providing drinks. hope to see you soon. >> thank you lawrence.

to negotiate the agreement before you, we were forced by the landlord to consider this a package. that drove the deal turns in front of you, the favorable nature of the rates, and if we had broken apart these two 9000 square foot basis would have been significantly higher. so in that light, we certainly have been much more favorable agreement here, securing occupancy to 18,000 square feet at a combined rental rate of 2313 per square foot per year. -- $23.13 per square foot here. it also compares with our own internal space costs. this is delivered in a price cheaper than we are able to deliver space to our own occupants in our own buildings, and, again, it is fixed for the next nine years. the budget analysts as outlined the statistics to date regarding operations, and there is a very thorough report, and we of representatives here today to address the details if you want to get into that, and we have members of the community to talk about the impact on the adjacent communities, as well, so there has been some discussions about perhaps a repackaging this for a short- term lease fo

one thing that could be clarified in the legislation, for renewal of an existing lease, that the landlord would have to make the improvements by either october 1 or effective with the day of the lease extension, as opposed to new tenants, for which it seems to me that the landlord should make the improvements no later than the date that the business opens, which might be sometime after the tendency takes effect . i don't know how that squares with the federal requirements, but just as a suggestion to distinguish those two. another thought about the findings in recollection 1, it may not be required, but assuming that this commission recommends this legislation or some version of it, at a finding that this commission did review it, and it is not inconsistent with the small business goals of the city. nor does it conflict with our economic development strategy or other overarching goals, that this is in fact a way to promote come appliances with federal law in a local way. i had some other suggestions for technical typos -- not necessarily typos, but ways to improve it. i will communicate t

we had to convince the landlord in many cases. not everything that's green is about our tenant space. there's the restrooms, which the landlord had control over. making decisions about the mechanical. it was part of our strategy, whenever we started to raise the green flag, the landlord would say wo. >> it was part of that, i love that that leed stands for is leadership it energy and environmental design. part of leadership is bringing people along and having them see the benefits. at least for their own pocket book. that was part of our strategy to have the landlord buy into the some of the strategies, but how it's making sense for them as business owners >> the long time returns, how many years you look at the 10-year cycle and evaluate these things >> i just realize i didn't answer your question about the marginal costs. one of the things is you hear about how much more does it cost to do leed and so on. there are those out there that tell you it's minimal, one or 2 percent. i think they are talking against a brand-new project

these landlords were in the minority and the landlord of cottage where nie family lived was not among them. rate payer books for 1848 is missing. the book for 1849 is in worse condition than the earlier books. theate book for 1849 is torn and muddy and appears to have blood stains on the pages. as if this book is telling me what happened that awful year. i search for james lacy's name and find it gone along with the other tenant and it is town lands as well. [applause] >> i think on that note i will read a poem, which is my book among other things my quest to discover the family's connection or my connection to that history. and what happens there is the pursuit and the logical seeking after those signs. those material signs baptismal records and there is happenstance. that's what happened to me once when i went to ireland i staid at a b and b. there are a zillion every other house is a b and b. i hit on the one b and beshgs where the owner said, your last name is to bein i know where all the to beins came to ireland. i said, i'm all ears. this poem goes into that and the last part is

a landlord in san francisco can evict a tenant simply by giving them a 30-day notice.the landlord can be confident that the tenant is going to move because the tenant will not have the resources to fight that eviction. we really need this program, and we need ten times more than this because there is a huge demand out there. president chiu: next speaker. >> [unintelligible] yesterday, there was a finding from the service that 99% of the foreclosure procedure was in violation of the law. we see that every day. i am here to support the right to defense -- and we would like to inlude those that face foreclosure in low-income neighborhoods in san francisco that can't get access to these legal services. we are asking for improving the representation for low-income people and tenants facing foreclosure. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> my name is bob capostrano, i'm with bay legal aid, representing low-income people in san francisco -- [unintelligible] since 1967. there has been a real reduction in the number of staff attorneys in the legal aid organization able t

we're going to talk to the former landlord who is so suspicious of the man who was arrested today, he called the police more than a year ago. >> it's the question everyone wants to know about the snow, are we getting any? let's get the latest from doug kammerer? what do you think? >> ihink some areas will see snow, most likely not everybody seeing the snow tomorrow, a very nice and very mild day. some locations near 60 degrees. our storm system down to the south is going to start to get its act together, make its way our way, and by sunday afternoon, most of the area will be seeing some snow here. i revised my numbers a little bit and changed the numbers on the 7-day forecast. if you want to think about how much i think you could get in your area sunday, i'll have that forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> jackie benson joins us with details hidden in the paperwork. >> reporter: these court documents describe a man who absolutely intended to kill people at the u.s. capitol this afterno afternoon. in a federal courtroom in alexandria, attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction a

folks are absentee landlords or just not interested. you're correct, it creates a financial incentive to move the property, but the reality is most landlords don't have an idea that this financial penalty even exists. so their willingness to respond to it is probably minimal. commissioner clyde: thanks. >> director dick-endrizzy. >> as you noted, we had the discussion in our meeting that the controller did a report on the impact fee and through a quick look at it, we saw that a few numbers of small businesses were charged that. so if that is absolutely the case and moving forward, instead of a fee waiver for the first 5,000, since it's such a nominal amount of money, do you think that this group might consider a full exemttion so that the small businesses that are working with that 5,000 square foot, if that's what the final decision is, should any larger developments end up utilizing that pool of $40 million or $10 million a year, that the small business can still be ail to have, work under the guidelines of what the intent of that 5,0

that landlords are required on these triggers, new lease or renewal to bring their entrances up to the readily achievable standard. >> readily achievable can be having a plan to get up to ready achievable, correct? so it could be to take this many starts over a certain number of years, correct? >> no. ready achievable is what can you do right now. with the certification plans and things that are not ready achievable, you make a plan to do them. >> so there is a plan already built in, can be? >> possibly, yes. i just think that we need more specificity around what you mean and what the intention of the plan is. >> and obviously we haven't included the net -- necessity. we haven't required that a commercial tenant provide a cast certification for their businesses. >> that is not in this legislation. it is a tool they can use to demonstrate that they have gotten as readily achievable and compliant as they can, and in addition are addressing over time the other things. at some point it has to be a requirement like indoor plumbing was a requirement at some titan. it wasn't an option. >> i a

when you walk away from the lease what's nailed down becomes the landlord's property. we suggest you get someone on your team that can help you look at industry standards so the landlord will contribute and lower or costs down. there are leases where the landlord wants the project like in a condo they will start rent the day you open the restaurant with a large general parameter. it must be within 9 months or a year so you are protects and you don't write a check for rent when you have no revenue coming in because your business is not open. you can do that in the lease with someone who is good at that. >> tip 7. have a transferrable lease. getting somebody experts in lease -- >> people -- there are easier ways to making a living than opening the restaurant. long hours and margins are thin if you love the business it's in your blood and you want to do it. most people opening the restaraunt will be the operator. you get married, have twins, life changes you have a grandparent move in with you and the hours with the restaurant are not attractive. this is an option for you

before they reached the top floor and apartment 6 where khalifi lived the landlord said he warned the officers about him. >> i mentioned to the arlington department i had a feeling he might be up to some suspicious activity like making bombs in his apartment. >> reporter: things went from bad to worse after that encounter and after a three month battle in landlord tenant court dende got him evicted. >> i actually suspected him of doing what he's accused of now. >> reporter: the landlord finds it ironic that the tenant now living in the apartment that el khalifi used to rent works for the u.s. state department. >> audrey barnes tonight. our coverage does not end here. this is the latest arrest in a string of so-called lone wolf terror suspects. we talk about the trend with a former cia agent at 10:30. >>> now to our other big story, a winter weather alert. in fact, we're keeping a close watch on this storm you see here. it's it's now over the gulf coast marching east and could bring us some snow, but its projected path is changing by the hour. let's check in with gary mcgrady to get th

we talked with our landlord. we were happy to find out, they were already committed to that and the janitorial service was already using those. >> it's a good time for questioning >> your in a historic building, does leed count toward that, you did not replace any of the windows with double glazed windows. how is energy accomplished to leed gold and 3 is did you have leed compliance with construction debris. 4 is have you done audit on how well the space is performing in reduced mechanical load? >> let's start with question one. has to do with historic building. i see laura is here. she is formally department of environment. do you get points in leed for being in a historic building? >> well the historic building in san francisco, it's to make sure the different strategies to achieve green credits actually meet all the codes, >> you may not get specific leed credit, however, you get other benefits, you get priority permitting under our building and planning processes. what other advantages? you get to use the his

the landlord is not always intimidating. i'm a landlord and i'm a push-over.aking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. >> trying to wrap this rush hour up. we have a new accident in our county, westbound 32 at 29. if you travel at monument street, another crash coming in to us. in dundalk, continued problems at merritt boulevard. another one to avoid a north point road. pasadena, fort smallwood road, watch for an accident and that it delays and a place at eastbound 100. drive times at 23 minutes on the outer loop west side. delays on the inner loop between 795 and the 83's. here is a live view outside. 795 and franklin boulevard, coming towards us, southbound traffic. heavier from owings mills to the allied. live view of traffic at greenspring. j.f.x. from the beltway down to 20, looking at delays. >> at least the rain has tapered off a little bit out in baltimore. as a matter of fact, the clouds are breaking up. we will probably get sunshine to breakthrough as we head through the morning. rain will come backed by th

how do you check out a landlord? we twont keller williams realtor saying do a title search to make sure the person has the right to rent to you. and thinking any licensed realtor should be able to do that for you free and make sure the sprort not in foreclosure, and good advice because almost any of us can be a victim. and almost happened to kgo 810 morning news anchor jenner jochblts. >> and we found a great hour, i thought waits too good to be true. listed under $1500 z fabulous house, pool, nine yards. i thought it's down the street i've got to check it out. >> and she checked out her phone shall landlord and good thing, too. she found out it was a scam. >> that is scary. tu and at long last rain is actually on the way. >> so there is some proof on life doppler 7 hd. >> there is proof. and it's in the form of green on the screen. there is not all reaching the ground. i'll show you what's happening. there is moisture. there is a very own doppler that is picking up some moisture, there is some light showers, not a l

landlords will risk housing illegal immigrants but at an inflated price. they have been told not to open the door to anyone in case there are planning officials or immigration representatives, but we got inside and brought them food and blankets. they complain about crowded and a damp conditions, but wars is being exploited by their own people. >> our people who are here legally who have made homes here, they have paid for their houses because of oz. their mortgages are paid. they charge a high rent. >> row after row of the houses in this predominantly asian area of west london, and housing of illegal immigrants in back gardens. many we spoke to are paying hundreds of pounds per month to live in squalid, eagle, and in some cases dangerous buildings. >> how much are you paying? that is quite a lot. >> it is a lot of money. >> two people. >> there are an estimated 10,000 illegal dwellings and garages, sheds, and out buildings across london. the highest number has been in two areas. how has the problem grown to such a scale? authorities say they are often ham

with your landlord or at senate -- or a tenant, this can avoid a lot of problems later on. the inspections offer a limited attempt at bringing a civil action for damages. it does not affect the ability to bring damage claims under the symbol laws. however, most lawyers -- they will not pursue the case. so, oftentimes, it works it to stop the lawsuit before it starts if you do that inspection. they are not particularly expensive. so, it is something someone would want to do. you will get a tax credit. if you need to make changes in the structure of your premises, there are also tax credits for that. most of these cases start with a letter. a demand letter. that is usually signed not by a lawyer, but by it up plaintive. the plaintiff may not be a professional plaintiff. that does not make any difference. the defense has been tried in court. is a civil rights statute. -- it is a civil rights statute. they can be a perfectly legitimate plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit, and there are a number of people who belong to disability organizations that actually, that is what their livelih

it is a clear indication of a very willing landlord to work with us on the terms and conditions of the lease. supervisor chu: in terms of the document, which could not see it really. could you articulate the comparison? >> collected 1550 bryant, to hundred make utah, and the fox plaza that is not far away. in terms of the office uses, you could see we are in the upper 20s and upper 30s per square foot per year. again, very favorable to become parables -- the comparables. lastly, i want to mention what we are doing out of the property. at the sheriff's department conducts training for defensive tactics, policy and procedure training. this property serves as the primary department operating procedure, so it has in the emergency rule, and the -- so it has an emergency role. it serves that purpose very well. additionally, there are standards for training and correction done by annually out of this property. the property is just over 18,000 square feet. there was a typographical error in the -- ithe correct number does not affect the base rate or the terms in front of you today for consider

a lot of landlords in the city do it.nately, we have hundreds of thousands of rental units in the city. it is our job to make sure they are safe, and no one here has been able to go in and inspect common areas of the building, nor the walls that are not accessible, because the property owner has not÷3[ let anyone ino inspect, so our property inspectors are not able to do their job. i actually think we should double this action from the department, and hopefully, the property owner will comply. i would vote to uphold a recommendation to staff. commissioner lee: before that, i would like to ask, has this situation ever occurred in the past? what have you done in the past two ask the property owner to give you access for a routine inspection? >> we try to work with a property owner. that is the first thing. if we cannot gain access that way, especially when we have seen there are violations, the next course is to consult with the city attorney's office and perhaps get an inspection warrants. we have had more than five years

the landlord wanted pretty significant notice in order to be able to re-purpose and release the space, so it is a one-year notice, but if we determine that these are not needed at this location at that time, we do have that ability, for whatever reason, to terminate without penalty. conversely, if we agree to stay for that remainder five-year term, we also have negotiated provision for additional tenant improvements of up to $108,000 for the state -- space, so we can refresh the space during this 10-year occupancy. the budget analysts has recommended some things, and we appreciate the meticulous nature of that review and certainly agree with those changes. we did miss a couple of dates there. i am joined by the ceo, and public health officials are also here to answer any questions you may have, and i am happy to answer any of your questions, as well. thank you for your time. supervisor chu: thank you. i am sure we will have some questions, but before that, i want to go to the budget analysts report. any questions at the moment? sir? >> on page 8 of our report, we point out as shown in

lastly, i should note that the prior agreement was very rich for the landlord. it generated $250,000 per year. when we looked at the actuals, we had the auditing right. we learned in the last two years that we were frankly losing money on this board location. that market has not recovered, particularly for static signage, such as these, without the human nation's rights. -- the illumination rights. these are more reflective of the industry and the difficulty of securing high-paying tenants on these boards. so that is the essence of what is before you. this is revenue and helps offset the expenses of the buildings. this goes into a special fund that funds our operations within the civic center, specific emission quarter buildings that are managed by real estate, and this is like any other rent paying tenant. those funds go back into the building operation and management. chair chu: thank you. just in terms of a question for me, in terms of the rfp that you said went out in the spring, you said there would be no alcohol or tobacco. is that in the current contracts