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

i want to thank the representatives of landlords, commercial landlords, particularly from boma and the san francisco association of realtors. our deputy city attorney has worked tirelessly on this. and i want to thank my a katherine on this matter as well. one thing i want to mention, if there's one additional amendment requested by the office of small business and supervisor carmen chu, which was to expand the application of this ordinance so it applies not just to small business tenants, which is defined in my legislation as businesses that lease 75 and is published seven of 500 square. less from a commercial landlord, but to expand the definition to all business tenants because every business tonight can be impacted. i am is open to consider this amendment that would like and appreciate feedback from the public office. with that, i know that supervisor mar as a great lineup to to get us on this. supervisor mar: thank you. the first speaker is regina dick-endrizzi will give us an overview on how we got to where we are today. >> thank you. i am going to provide an overview of where we

i understand the story with respect to the landlord. the previous record license that we had approved here on six straight, it just so you have a little bit of relevance, the owner of that site started are reachinoutreaching to our officx months ago, going to community meetings, meeting with the community, coming into my office almost -- this is extreme, on a weekly basis. contacting our office on a weekly basis. even with a large transfer like target, they reached out to months before the transfer took place. i am not sure why you assumed it was not afford to come to us earlier. even if you could not, in march or april, as soon as you learned he was selecting your team, why you did not immediately contact our office, the district supervisor? >> i do again apologize for not reaching out sooner. it was clearly a mistake. however, it is the landlord liquor license, and we assumed with the hearing -- i believe we signed on july 3, and it was six days later. we were very focused on construction and getting the necessary team together, legal

that the landlord may have a. clearly, the landlord -- the lease does not stop the plaintiff from suing the landlord. therefore,

great, and the landlord? super. >> i did my inspection on july 23 and went to the building and met the owner of the building. i am sure you read the report said. inside the you did, it does have the code requirements you would need with regards to ceiling light. the biggest problem is access coming through the garage. that is the current condition, and there are some problems with the steps in the alleyway. the door swings over the steps, so it can bee a tripping hazard. in order to convert this, i see some code issues. i have some photographs in the report which showed the proximity of the building into the garage. there seems to be some height issues, so i did recommend they get an architect to look into it, maybe to a meeting and try to address those issues, but i think it would be pretty difficult to convert that into a legal unit. it requires a lot more research and codes and i would have. i think an architect needs to get involved, and i am available for any questions. >> thank you. if we can hear from

it requires commercial landlords to bring restrooms, ground floor entrances and exits into compliance with various disability access laws or to disclose to tenants the property may not currently meet the applicable accessibility standards. this legislation inform small business tenants and leases the may be legally and financially liable for failing to comply with laws and to offer tenants copies of access information notices. fourth, the legislation requires new in -- in new or amended leases obligations between business tenants and landlords. also disturbing information notices in multiple languages on the local, state, and federal disability access laws. we all know that much of what is at play here involves federal and state laws in addition to our local laws and there probably are their ideas we should move forward that i hope to be able to work with you, colleagues either as a sponsor or is a co-sponsor of future legislation but from my perspective, we need to do everything we can to insure the accessibility of our spaces and ensure that small business tenants and landlords are

the landlord worked with the owner and the actual issue got resolved easier. that is a fundamental issue they're dealing with. the one outstanding thing i would say is the financial aspect burden, if we could figure on some way of supporting it that way, to make it an incentive for these businesses to comply would help a lot. we have good testament on the lawsuits. it is only a few small people that are doing it. it is not an industry. supervisor mar: what could dbi do more? >> the education and outreach program. that is something that would come forward and we can do that. we're hearing one more casp expert which is a step forward. we're looking forward to next year, we could figure out a way to do a line item for outreach. and a counter or you could go and ask questions. that would go a long way. >> thank you for this the opportunity to speak. i wanted to make a brief comment with respect to outreach and how better we could perhaps accomplish that. one of the wonderful things that has happened is partnering with the office of small business through regina an

repairs not being allowed to be made puts the burden back on the landlord. the chasm inspection should be legally enforceable. a landlord and business owner ought to be able to show that certificate to work towards their efforts too becoming a.d.a. compliant. there need to be some industry standards. the central, state, and local entities know all about the requirements for compliance, as well as the changes in the law. however, the state has put a targets on the backs of small and microbusinesses and landlords by creating and combrup dating the law without providing the necessary information to the small business levels and by allowing damages to be paid to these litigants. we all know we have to go to city hall for our fix tissues business name. but there isn't a brochure to warn us about a.d.a. appliance. that would be far better than implementation by litigation. there is the presurges that they already have the resources. a at a c. -- ccda committee i attended that point was confirmed. for san francisco small businesses this is not the case. here the la

it is no longer mandating the landlords to the improvements but the landlords notify the tenants. understanding that all the nuances which individuals businessmen engage with us potential experts, so if a landlord were to say my entrance were not accessible and i am informing you the businessman goes to talk to an architect, and the architect says, you are doing improvements under the valuation threshold, so you are only spending $5,000, and you are going to spend it on the bathroom, that is fine if you do not do it on the entrance. they might be ill-advised aboutd the vulnerability, so i ask supervisor chiu to mandate they put out a brochure, because businesses are relying on individuals who know more about the codes, the regulations, and things of that sort and do not know who is fully informed or partially informed, and who is going to tell just a narrow window of information and not full information, so that will be a project for our office to be working on, and i would like to have the brochure done shortly after late september, and the law will go into effect january 1. next

they argue it'll and in some cases has forced landlords to stop renting to pit bull owners. people who report it argue it's needed to force owners and landlords to be more responsible for the actions of their dogs. someme sate problem is the fact with the ruling singles out one breed. >> it should apply to all dog owners not just the owners of pit bulls, whether you are bitten by a great dane or a poodle, that hurts and you will have hospital bills and the owners should be the one who pays for that but it shouldn't selective i target just the owners of pit bulls. >> on the table during the session is legislation that should force the ruling to apply to all breeds but would also take liability off landlords and property owner who don't own a dog involved in a bite incident. >>> now for the very latest on the crash we told you about at 11:00. the accident happened about 9:00 on falls road between miller and western run road on a blind curve. . it appears the woman was traveling northbound in a 2009 forester when she came on a blind curve and hit a truck in her path. >> a 44-ye