>> the tenants are well established. things seem to work. one of the great concerns the rowing clubs had into time is the new docks. those have been in use for a couple of years. >> would it make sense for the puc to be in charge of the bauhaus, but not working with the rowing clubs? >> who would have on other boating activities -- kayaks? sailboats? we could expand the use of the clubs to the upper floor, because they have needs beyond just what their boats are. the third is a more general public having a space there that could be used as partly interpretation of the lake and the watershed, used for meetings of the various kinds for the department, with all its possibilities. we think it is primarily rec and park, but we would want to be involved. >> this topic has been around -- commissioner caen: this topic has been around for a long time. i wanted to feel comfortable that in the mou the duties were defined properly. i get the feeling, when i perused it, that we were sort of falling over rec and park and they were falling over us, and we

the tenant will generate an additional $200,000 for your. meaning that the port should earn approximately $1.4 million in revenue from this currently under-performing asset over the next five years. the city and the port of san francisco proposed the 34th america's cup in 2012 and 2013. they are in the process of conducting environmental review. the city planning department has issued a draft, environmental impact report that analyzes the potential environmental impact of the proposed events. the draft report includes a section on alternatives, identifying the atrium and the waterway on the southwest side of your nine -- pier 9 for the race events in 2013. should this alternative be ultimately selected, for lower would be asked to agree to a lease amendment to accommodate the temporary burden and public access. having received a letter from the ceo and president of hornblower, they said they would adhere to the festivities associated with the america's cup, working closely with the port and america's cup organization, providing more space th

vice president garcia: right, and the tenants who were affected by the work. director goldstein: ok, mr. pacheco, when you are ready, you can call the roll, please. secretary pacheco: so, again, the motion is from the vice president to grant the appeal and appalled apartment on the condition that all tenants do not have to vacate their units, and this is on the basis on a voluntary agreement between the permit holder and the appellant. on that motion, commissioner fung, president goh, commissioner peterson, commissioner hwang is absent, so the permit is upheld with that condition and on that basis. the vote is 4-0. thank you. director goldstein: we can call the next item, item number seven, appeal number 11-100. 1500 francisco street. unit no. 10. protesting the issuance on august 31, 2011, to martin beresford, a permit to alter a building, replace the existing roof deck, like for like. the matter is on for hearing today, and we will start with the appellant. you have seven minutes. >> good evening, madam president and commissioners. my name is right stern, an

but pier 38, a former tenant has appealed. there are civil claims back and forth between the tenant and port. furthermore, because the former tenant had a loan with the california department of boating and waterways, basically they have an agreement on the property. they have a right to take over the tendencancy. beyond a special case, we would have to look at how report uses are determined. the backbone of that is the waterfront land use plan appeared that and then a bios policies, potential uses, for each of the port facilities. we have outlined what it has been for pier 38. it is mainly about maritime use. in the past, it was always the maritime facility. the land use plan looks at this as a maritime facility with other ancillary uses. that is something that we examined and will have to reconcile. secondly, any plan for real occupancy, whether master tenant or master developer, would have to be trusted-verified. we would have to make certain that plans for re-occupancy would comply with that. we would also have to build lan

you have to set up a system where the owners are fined $75 per day per tenant for everyday the elevator is out of service, or they are required to provide at least two meals a day if they do not have cooking facilities for every person in the building, where they are required to eventually destroy that building for proper housing. if you do not set up a system that eliminates the discrimination inherent in the substandard housing that we are suffering under, i believe you deserve a lawsuit, and that is basically it. supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is vivian, would self- help for the elderly. under a program, we have case management and housing counseling, and we are also part of the transitional care network. our clients are fearful to speak in coming today, some of the issues i will not repeat, because they are repetitive, but there are some issues which have not been mentioned, which is that the space is very limited with sro's, so when we work with people who have been discharged from hospitals, we cannot put the items that they need even temporari

i will just say that when it comes to city hall, on behalf of tenants, it really is enforcement. people tell us all of the time that if they would just enforce what is on the books, we have a lot of protections. it is not like i am on the peninsula or in another part of the country where we do not have these protections. on paper, they are there. what tenants are looking for, what the collaborative are looking for, our solutions to the process. supervisor mar: supervisor wiener has a question. supervisor wiener: i am glad you are looking at that. there is not a day that goes by where we have all of the world was -- rulees on the books. whether it is recreation and parks have been very few people, so they cannot enforce things, or the department of public works. unfortunately, we have this bad dynamic in the city, where we are not devoting enough resources towards enforcement generally it could be spotty depending on the situation. it is really a major thing we have to grapple with. we have rules, and we have them for a reason, and the impact people's life or their quality of life

i got a copy of the leases of all of the tenants. on the spreadsheet, they indicated that the rent he was close to the bmr rent. i sent them a statement of what the rent were -- of what the rents were, but they had taken the rent -- there were the same trends that were on that sheet. when i got the leases, there were different. they all said different rent levels. i am looking at unit 2018 -- at unit 218, and it was completely different. that is the kind of thing i notice. i was still missing documentation. i ask them to send in. i never got any documentation except working for the owner, who sent something to me individually. i never closed the case. i never issued a letter saying, this is my final determination. this is where we stand. this is where you are. we got to a standstill. i did not issue any thing saying, your rents are wrong because we never got there. the next thing i knew -- i was contacted by tenants or two years. the one lady who was asked to leave and another who was having a lot of issues with the owner. i am neutr

the tenants and many supporters had managed to stop the court order. >> it was a steppingstone again to protecting the rights of the poor. protecting the tenants have rights advocates housing for everyone and seniors. >> reporter: eight years after john filing that report, ktvu's rita williams was at the site again this time to cover the opening of a new affordable housing project. 18 years after the original building was torn down. here is her report. >> reporter: it's a brand new 15 story apartment building at kernie and jackson street but it's so much more. >> we're just delighted that the new international hotel has been reborn. >> reporter: this new international hotel is a symbol of an almost four decade long struggle to keep affordable housing in downtown san francisco. >> the international hotel that was the last stand and people took a stand and decided enough was enough. >> reporter: this was that last stand, august 4, 1977 when police and sheriff's deputies forcefully evicted protesters and the last of the ten in tenants from the old i hotel. it was not pretty. >> they jus

particularly when we talk about existing tenants moving into the america's cup. we have worked very hard with the port and the mayor's office, which is near and dear to us. we are having trouble with the fact that we have some space that can potentially be used however we need. we are talking about potentially existing in that space at the potential expense of other existing tenants. we would hope, at the end of the day, that it would be put off. on behalf of the san francisco labor counsel, who recently paid a significant fine for not complying with the health care ordinance, we have a member whose case is still pending before the human rights commission. >> thank you. veronica sanchez? >> good afternoon. the staff has done a very thorough job. certainly, there is the opportunity for the poor, with this lease. we applaud that and are supportive of financial integrity. i think that where the staff report does not provide answers, there are questions to be s about whether this tenant is in good standing. not just talking about financial terms, but the tenant is ma

>> a condition on the permit that the tenants get to remain in occupancy during the work. that is my understanding of the appeal, and i think we will go along with that. vice president garcia: thank you. commissioner fung: i think that is correct. director goldstein: any department or comments? ok, any comment on this item? so, commissioners, the matter is yours. vice president garcia: i guess they motion would be to grant the appeal -- thank you -- and place a restriction that, because i think there wereer

what we have seen their tenants, particularly young tech tenants, like to differentiate their companies by going into creative office space. it is a combination of things. they want wide-open floor plans, high ceilings. they want something that is a little bit different than being in a rectangle cuba. they also want to be in an environment that has close proximity to housing, public transportation, and would be supported by amenities that allows them to have this live, work lifestyle in close proximity. we think that, over time, midmarket will allow that. market square is a two-building complex, about 1.1 million square feet of space. the larger of the two buildings is 1355 market. it was originally constructed in 1938. it was added onto in the 1940's, 1950's, again in the 1960's, and finally in the 1970's. today is 11 stories, about 750,000 square feet. the second party to this project is 875 stephenson. i do not have a good picture. i do not think there is a good picture of it. [laughter] so that is going to be our next challenge, a kind of phase two of the project. we're looking at r

i am the past president of the golden gate we tenants' association -- at the golden gate way tenants association. one of the issues was when i first became aware of this idea of putting a children's playground at sue bierman park, it was late in the game. i contacted supervisor chiu and asked if he could get it continued for me briefly. i am here today to emphatically support a kids' playground in sue bierman park. i am here to report that i think i can tell this committee that agreements have been reached whereby the support for this children's park is unanimous as far as the golden gate way tenants are concerned. last thursday, i believe it was, and that with the board of the golden gate tenants' association -- i met with the board of the golden gate tenants' association. we discussed the proper part of the park to put this in. sue bierman park is composed of two lots. 202 and 203. 203 has a clubhouse structure of it already. it also has the korean monument. apparently it was grandfathered in. the proposal that we discussed was should we go to the board and say consider to 03 along

he said when tenants reported the problems they were always ignored. the property manager told us today he didn't want to talk about it. >> what needs to happen in a building 100 years old, the wires needs to be replaced. that's the bottom line. >> reporter: now, those tenants told thaus that there were unus things going on leading up to that fire on friday. they say someone showed up to check out the smoke alarms for the first time that they could remember, and when they left on friday morning, there was someone in the hallways doing an inspection of the building including some of the wiring. now, we tried to call the property owners, kenneth and greg ant, but we couldn't find any phone numbers. kenneth's address is listed at this on hayes street, but want tenants say he didn't actually live in the building. live in berkeley, traci grant. >>> a 67-year-old fugitive faced a judge today after living on the run for four decades. now he could spend the next 15 years in prison. ronald bridgeforth appeared in san mateo county superior court pleading no cont

i have seen tenants get asselta there and a lot of drugs. i see her going down the street and see someone on the street give her something, she stuffs it in her purse or goes back to the building. it goes on every day. i can sell the alcohol cooking, it makes me sick. i've been sick from the illegal alcohol they are making. i have called the police and it still goes on and i am still getting sick and i get harassed. i get insulted -- assaulted. the social worker. i was told if she loses her job, i lose my apartment and that is when -- tndc. supervisor mar: my hope is we could focus on seniors and people with disabilities living in sro hotels. my hope is there is an ombudsperson or staff person who could address the individual issues you are bringing up. regarding individuals, we should not be mentioning people by name but broadly speak about the problem you're having with the department. is there someone who could point him in the right direction to try to get some sense of where he can go? >> they overcharge you for rent and if paid twice f

the majority of tenants are african-american and caucasian, and there are more men than women. seniors and disabled adults, some on public benefits. i will turn it over to talk about other neighborhoods. >> hi, supervisors. my name is joyce. i work with the sro collaborative, and most of my work is done in chinatown. i am sure you know, that is a tourist hot spot and an ethnic enclave. most are chinese emigrants and low-income workers. most of the housing stock is actually sro's. there are 5000 units in chinatown. most of the residents are seniors and families with small children. the rest of the population is less transient. in terms of the infrastructure of the building itself, this is quite different from other neighborhoods. with the relatively affordable and easy access to grocery, most cut in their own rooms with rice cookers and hot plates. >> my name is josh, and i am with an sro collaborative, and i just wanted to quickly talk about a mission. there is actually a mix in the mission. there is about 50 sro's. there are only six that are nonprofit. the schedule needs to m

the tenant will generate an additional $200,000 for your. meaning that the port should earn approximately $1.4 million in revenue from this currently under-performing asset over the next five years. the city and the port of san francisco proposed the 34th america's cup in 2012 and 2013. they are in the process of conducting environmental review. the city planning department has issued a draft, environmental impact report that analyzes the potential environmental impact of the proposed events. the draft report includes a section on alternatives, identifying the atrium and the waterway on the southwest side of your nine -- pier 9 for the race events in 2013.