. >> item 6 is an amending of the code for landlord to provide disclosure of the tenants before the landlord comprehends beauty information. >> thank you that was well done why not have a two minute recess here we'll be back in two minutes thanks everyone. >> okay welcome back to the board of supervisors board of education meeting for october 8, 2014, we're rejoining from recess we just called item six the last item on our agenda and want to i'm going to turn it over to the sponsor of the legislation supervisor campos. >> thank you very much mr. chair and the board of education for hearing this item and also thing hillary from my office that's been working on this for quite some time despite the attendance in san francisco about the issue of affordability in this housing crisis the truth of the matter is we really does not have a complete picture about the true scope of the displacement it's happening in san francisco one of the reasons is that tenant beauties are not currently regulated by the city and county of san francisco beauties for folks who that may not know happen with had a landlo

supervisor chiu's office said they'll not attempt to violate our leases, however, they've limited the landlord right to enforce the violation when we discover a platform of like this being used thank you for the opportunity. >> thank you very much. next speaker. . good afternoon. i'm jimmy live in the portal district 11. first of all, thank you supervisor chiu for taking on this issue it does need to be done but i think it needs to be done in a way that's constructive and in a way that shows this city and that board of supervisors supports this type of economic activity. i've heard a lot about regulation not so much about support. i'm retired so is my wife we've lived in the home we own for 20 years. about a year and a half our younger son moved out we also about the same time had a family emergency when cost us a lot of money. we had used air b and b as guests in 0 other cities in south and north america so we decided to try to rent out the space our son occupied. it has been excelling helpful we're retired and on a fixed income. i disagree with commenting support for the 90 day limit i'll no

have used from the stories that i've heard, it's the equivalent of negotiating with your landlord with a gunpointed toward your head often. and i think that's more the stories i've heard from my neighborhood and other neighborhoods in the city. so, i'm going to be supporting this proudly with ted gul acson and others in mind and i urge my colleagues to consider that context of displacement going on a we consider legislation like this ~. >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, mr. president. i simply want to note that i appreciate the comments that my colleagues have made and i just want to be very clear that in looking at the issue buyout, even though there were some people who suggested is there a way that you can just prevent buyout from happening all together? that's not what this legislation does. this is really about striking a balance that people have a right to enter these agreements, but it's simply regulating those agreements. i think that's the intent behind this. i know that for the folks who have been doing this kind of work it's great that the board has done -- taken acti

law to ask for permission but the legislation achieves that goal the leases that landlords have with their tenant have subletting restrictions or not the city shouldn't be rewriting the restriction the landlords can did i how to approach the situation and the landlord notification benefits the tenants i've heard of and heard from tenants that have been promoting evicted after putting their unit on a short-term rental site many tenants don't know they can be evicted and requiring the landlord notification helps us to avoid that so if the landlord has a problem they can go to the tenant so the tenants can actually learn up front whether or not this is something the landlord will use as a basis and not waiting for the eviction notice on their board this was adapted two weeks ago and under two additional amendment for all the amendments we'll take them up after public comment one is something i've proposed two weeks ago we need to clean up the language the insurance clarifying the language and increasing the insurance requirement the legislation proposed insurance of $150,000 t

the landlord finds out it is better for the landlord to know up front and tell the tenant up front rather than the tenant fought with an eviction notice comes those are the two issues that need to be tightened up we've done that supervisor kim as mentioned the possibility of extending the 90 day maximum to hosted rentals even though you're living in our own house being limited to 90 days of short-term rentals i think i mentioned the last time i didn't support speak when we're talking about someone's own home a spare bedroom it across the line to say we're going to limit the number ever days you can do that when i talk about the problems we hear brown about the short-term rentals my censured or experience is when the host is not there are and people are doing whatever they're doing when the host is there those issues anything can happening happen but when the host is there it's better the impoverishment issue 0 that's going to exist and we have you numerous situations he rely on people signing things under penalty of perjury and be truthful and i also on sensitive to

by requiring the landlord to provide the tenant information about his or her rights before commencing discussions regarding a buyout offer, the tenant will have the time and resource he to be fully educated about his or her rights when negotiating with the landlord. i hope that this provision will help balance out some of the inequities that occur with buyouts as they presently exist. often higher incomev tenants acknowledge their rights are able to negotiate large buyouts while lower income tenants leave rent control units without a meaningful relocation assistance. this legislation also requires landlords to file a copy of the buyout agreement with the rent board and requires that the rent board make those agreements publicly available on a searchable database to buyout agreements -- buyout agreements. it also requires the rent board to report to the board of supervisors on the frequency and nature of buyouts. by requiring the registration of buyout, we will finally in the city have the data to fully understand the level of displacement that is happening in san francisco. this legis

that will help the landlords to stop the evictions because the landlords will know they're using their rooms as rentals so it should be included the protection for the tenants. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm sarah with the housing committee this legislation is not ready for at that particular time time we appreciate the intent to regulate this tremendous problem currently, the short term rentals are illegal i want to remind people what's on the table is to legalize it we have to be credibly careful but definition the rentals would have to be limited to a short period of time okay. if there's not then their not short-term rentals if their rental units they have to comply with the rental ordinances so not it to say short-term rentals it will take thousands of the unit off the market that average san franciscans during the extreme housing crisis but it didn't work without the strong enforcement without the enforcement you're opening the glad gates to offering thousands of short-term rentals is that a solution to the mass control of housing units no, it will not okay to give cart blank

h that is purchased the building and often by a landlord saying i'm going to ellis act the building but if you can hand you more money if you don't make me going going through the process it's around ellis act it's around the restrictions as so forth in the condo conversion of ellis act evictions proposed legislation if not impose any undue burden on anyone to require a landlord to give tenant information about their rights is heralds american people imposition to even the right of recession 45 days most of the buy outs are 5060 or 90 day so the right of recession didn't put no one in an adverse situation as far as the condo restriction if you're going to ellis act it then face the condo restriction if you're not the condo ellis act restriction is irrelevant. >> hi bryan with the aids housing alliance speaking no support of increasing the transparency about what's happening in the housing market people are competing the informational, of course, they want to keep is hidden and keep the light of sunshine off their and the world of government is to provide that

personal the landlord is saying i'm the one that is going to be sued or ultimately responsible for this so first, i'm in a fix how should we be thinking about this human resources firemen's nevertheless of consent any night of year over one hundred and 50 thousand people are staying in a home sharing air b and b unit since we we were affiliated in 2008, those issues are thankfully incredibly rare but accidents happen so it's important to think about what happens in those circumstances it's difficult to discuss any somewhere because every policy is a private contract between the insurance companies but we hear the message this is a critical issue for regulate terrors and something we talk about in the community and he encourage i to pose those questions you'll probably hear a variety of the answers. >> i've heard from some with a different prospective than air b and b your policy is going to get scald and forgetting so do you see a product coming online in the near - and i agree with you uber interest was nothi

hoping that the restrictions of 45 days if this legislation go into effective applies to both the landlord and the property owner and the tenant norms if you want to resend both is should have the option and if the tenant prefer not to wait 45 days a that should be their option >> thank you very much >> next speaker. >> ted san francisco tenant union as many speakers cvs have said in the past we're asking months buy out at the clinic we estimate 7 buy outs for everyone that is a ice cream ellis act buy outs are fueling the epidemic and completely unregulated we needed need to get them under control those are not agreements typically the buy outs are coupled with an eviction treat and coupled with elevators harassment threats and tenant feel very much under the pressure to accept the co-ersz buy outs tenant reluctantly taking them and the landlord s are using those as loopholes prior to 2006 when the then provision was adapted for no fault eviction we never, ever he saw buy outs since then their skyrocketed to get around the condo conversions that the predecessor board put in place signed b

srijana's parents rely on the goodwill of their landlord for access to land. and must give up half the produce they grow. they also gave up their daughter. >> we did not want to send srijana. but the landlady came to us and said that i should send my daughter to kathmandu. she said that my daughter would become clever in the city. she said that srijana would go to school. i told her that we did not want to send her. but the landlady would keep coming back and asking for her. srijana left home at the tender age of ten. two years later, srijana's father got a call from the landlord saying she was very sick. he traveled to kathmandu to see her. but on arrival, he was told she was dead. they called srijana's father up in the terrace. they showed him a corner in the terrace and said, "this is where your daughter died, in this corner." from there he was taken to the police station. the police made him fingerprint on some documents. he did not know that he had finger printed documents acknowledging that srijana had committed suicide. only after the fingerprints, he sa

and even if they have a was to pass through right now in san francisco the landlord gets penalize the landlord can't pass through the the tenant and hoa presuming will pass it through then you have condo owners or tenants that are doing a beautiful job but are getting penalized because they don't know who is using the water it's not fair but not achieving the goal of incentive vision zero people through costs to actually conserve water what can we do to create the incentives for the multi use buildings. >> you're laying out a difficult challenge my personal view is that you know technological advancements getting a excise it to clamp into a pipe that can tell you how much pipe this is the ideal situation and right minds to put their efforts that is one tool you don't have to mess with the plumbing beyond that it is i will acknowledge extremely difficult but on the other hand, when you look at san francisco as paula mentioned gallons per capita per day based on the conservation techniques out there if everyone was perfect my may 25th gallons per day but in san francisco people that may

-sal: the landlord. lemonis: what did he say? al: i told him i was gonna have the taxes ready for him today. he was upset about it. lemonis: how much is that? sal: $52,000 and change, i think it is. lemonis: and so that's past due as well? -giovanna: mm-hmm. -sal: yes. lemonis: call him. tell him to come back. sal: okay. [ ringing ] mike: hello? lemonis: hey, mike. this is marcus and sal over at artistic stitch. how are you? yeah, i'm sal's new partner, and -- well, that's the reason for my call, is to let you know that and also to let you know that i have the check for the taxes for you. it's $52,000. how much is in arrears? sir, is it possible that just you and i could meet for a few minutes? mike: all right. i'll stop by on the way back. lemonis: thank you, sir. i have to just tell you, this is like a recurring theme. people feel like they're not getting the full story. and are we past due on the rent as well? he said we're in arrears. what are we past due on? -sal: you know, so, he -- -lemonis: what's this? -is this certified?

not to the rh1 or rh1 d areas the legislation includes the landlord notification but what about the residential notice that who will address the concerns in those areas a june san francisco chronicle documents the housing the impact on the san francisco housing supply the store notes it favorites tourists over san francisco tenants and residents the oral quotes the results compiled in may 2014 by the harvesting company connote chief strategy officer states there are chronicle housing shortage and the around model has a significant impact 2/3rd's of the 5 thousand rentals were for whole houses and with pricing averaging 8 hundred plus dollars a night what is the insensitive to make that affordable legislation contradicts the housing shortage lowers the availability of the housing - >> thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm marla knight i represent north beach committee we formed in january of this year in response to the ellis act and now for the vacation rebel they take place in whole buildings such unit whole buildings are designat

is in favor of this and we're in favor of the home sharing that is fair to landlords this huge economic by the people we've got people traveling to san francisco 3 otherwise would stay in a hotel and pay a huge preempt and be forced to stay less than a month we've got a great feeling of the community of togetherness and building trusts of cultures around the world i've hosted over 25 criticize and built amazing relationships and continue to stay in touch with them they've been rupture visitors to my home and it's a great togetherness of the community i hope to build in the future and with respect to local laws and local interests so definitely in support of home sharing would appreciate some fair legislation to make it legitimate and representative of all the interests in the city. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is david gruber i'm

the mere fact that a tenant and the landlord agree to a cash transaction does not mean any harm has been done. in fact, i think you can make a strong argument that in the vast majority of cases two informed consenting parties are engaging in a private transaction. and the government does not need to tell them what is best for them. i have support and had introduced many measures to protect tenants and preserve rental housing. if buyouts are happening under an ellis act eviction, let's keep reforming ellis act and discourage its use. to the extent some tenants are agreeing to buyouts without consulting a tenants rights counselor or knowing their rights, i am happy to improve notification and access to counselor. i am comfortable with that element of the legislation, but i can't imagine how the government would ever give one party in any agreement the sole right to rescind an agreement 45 days after they sign it. how can anyone plan around that in position? and what is the implication of us telling people we need to protect them from their own decisions? i also don't understand why the lan

neighborhood with an city storefront we want to get the fee process under control it is not fair to anyone small businesses or big businesses or landlords or anything when you talked about changing the threshold in 50 thousand, 20 thousand is still is a large business we took a mental walk through a couple of neighborhoods most businesses are weigh under 10 thousand square feet like wall green house we had two pieces of legislation that is now combined to one piece of legislation there's nothing written on it is hard to comment the dvlt and thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello afternoon i live in the chinatown i would like to have those one store in my neighborhood because my i don't have a car so then i go out to buy something every time i need to buy something it takes a long time to go home it's convenient and comfortable for me yeah. thank you. >> thank you very much >> next speaker. >> thank you for supervisor listen to our voice i'm here as an interpreter for my friend leelee she lives in chinatown and her. >> and you'll have double the time because of the interpretation. >> yeah, she said she have a small business in c

according to market research, oakland is the big winner for rent increases. landlordss to pay up or get out. >> reporter: the bay area's real estate reputation is a little too real for mcdonald. mcdonald lives with her parents she takes care of both. >> my mom is a dialysis patient now. my dad had a stroke. >> reporter: all three are section eight recipients. >> my parents are low tenants we all are. >> if we would have the means we totally would get off. >> if you have nowhere to go we're going to a hotel. >> reporter: in may mcdonalds landlord sent her a notice saying they will be raising the rent to $2,200 a month. >> i don't even think that's feasible. >> reporter: it exceeds fair open market rents. the homeowner responded by saying he no longer wanted to participate in the system. >> i kind of freaked out. >> tenants should not feel forced to move out in this situation. >> reporter: lisa taft is an attorney. she says that if the landlord does not want to be part of the program, he must talk to the housing department first. >> they want more rent. that's not a vali

the permission in a sense being given by the city because of it's registration it comes down to the landlord and tenant i think the functioning aspect of this is below the surface of the knowing - cutting-edge it works flunl within the city i see that going on. >> thank you there were nelson and eric and katherine b i called bra they're not here okay then i'm going to call the excuse me. the last batch of cards that i have. (calling names) >> hello my name is paula i bought new condominium in the mission for the last 12 years due to financial hardship i rented a room in my home nobody was evicted this allows me to keep a roof over our heads when i saw the only option to sell and move away in fact, home sharing has helped my family i'm not financially scurry have to rely on the monthly income to stay here home sharing fits us you've heard about the benefits of home sharing for the community the local businesses and struggling families like my own one thing i think it is important to mention it's that by home sharing we're addressing a problem that providing affordable stacey space for travele

see the ratings of my parents whether things are clean and the tenants are doing great things the landlord should love this they can see whats going i were a tenant i would love the reviews and we review everyone or every person that stays us again another good thing a big plus for someone that doesn't need the the money we travel with airbnb all the time now thank you doctor. >> next speaker. >> i am bruce i live in diamond heights for 20 years and mission 12. >> can you speak into the microphone please. my most concerns about the 90 cap i had my parents stay with me their 86 my mom came afro-f for two weeks i helped to raise two of my nephews and had another envelope here and i like the flexibility i have in putting a 90 day cap on when i can and can't have guests would be a burden open me financially and it's not an insurroundable airbnb has worked out the taxing and payments issues with the city so i don't see 0 how this is a big problem i guess i have one question how likely are we to see a vote before the november election. >> no answer. >> no answer? okay. thank you >> thank you ver