Presume. So i would like to have a clearer answer to that. So maybe we can get deputy City Attorney and supervisor wiener together. Were going to continue to move forward. Ms. Goosen, did you have a presentation prepared . No. Lets go to Public Comment. I have a stack of the cards here. Dale carlson. Jim lazarus, peter quan, ed bell. Dan nu feld. Rodolpho. And karen cansino and if there is anyone who would like to speak, you can do so after the folks that i have called. Thank you. Dale carlson, share better San Francisco. They have traditionally used a subscription model to pay an annual fee to List Properties on their website. They are moving to a model more similar to airbnb and they are too going to be taking a commission, a percentage of every rental. I think its ironic that were here today. Give that airbnb spent 10 million last year telling us how much they hated the idea of neighbors suing neighbors. Here they are suing us. Their hometown neighbors. Portland adopted similar ones on their listings long before San Francisco and airbnb didnt raise a squawk and spent 10 million bragging about the Hotel Tax Revenue that they pay to the city each year and admonished us not to spend it in one place, but now to spend it defending the ordinance that you passed unanimously. They are telling us that they are only in business to help home sharers, legitimate home sharers, simply trying to make ends meet and thrust of the their lawsuit is clearly intended to defend the people violating the law that you passed two years ago, who are not complying with the Registration Requirements and they are using it and they are using the First Amendment to defend their practices. Maybe we should buy some bus shelter ads of the our own . Dear airbnb, the First Amendment does not protect aiding and abetting, love the founding fathers. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is peter quan the cochair of the home shares Democratic Club. Supervisors the reformation of this platform Liability Law that is being considered today attempts to sidestep the legal flaws of the first version, instead of making them liable for posting without a valid registration number, this new iteration instead imposes liability puting aside whether this dodges the bullet regarding federal law. This new version is not achieving the results it seeks. Platforms at home away listed rentals for hosts, a Subscription Service as the previous speaker described it. Many cases the booking itself, the contractual relationship and agreement on dates and rates, these are entirely between the host and guest, home away simply facilitates the transmission of the basic information and payment mechanism. So if platforms at home away dont accept or conclude bookings, they wont be liable under this new version of the law being considered. Hosts who want to avoid legal entanglement will simply migrate away. We think there is a better way ahead. Everybody agrees that the goal is to increase registration rates to maxing maximize the compliant hosts. It is legally flawed as i said and to look at ways that the current Registration System can be improved to remove roadblocks and increase incentives to register. The home share Democratic Club has proposed reforms that we believe is a more productive approach to increasing the registration rates. So we urge the supervisors to consider this approach rather than one that in all likelihood will shift from one platform to another. Thank you. Next speaker. Good day. My name is karen, a registered host that has submitted all required paperwork. Do you recognize me . I have been coming up here for two years and im getting tired of seeing you all. So im hoping that well get this resolved soon. I could have decided not to come, but feel Strong Enough to come to represent registered hosts who cannot be here because of work or family responsibilities. It is quite obvious that each new requirement is an attempt to squash home sharing. Its creating a law by piecemeal the best way. Hosts are not registering; that is a fact no one disputes. They are being unfair to those of us who are. But i can understand their hesitation as the citys reaction. I can envision opponents around the table trying to think up what next can be regulated to discourage home sharing . Our hosts from becoming legal . It is time to give it a rest. Put politics aside, focus on solutions already suggested, applying reservation and giving potential host a tryout period and ferret out abusers. It continues to grow. Citizens defeated prop f, please listen to the majority of San Francisco voters rather than grandstanding politics rather than Civic Responsibility govern your vote. Driving out homeshares will make the city even more only for the wealthy. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. Im jan nu feld in district 8 and im a homesharer and homesharing helps me be able to pay my mortgage and live in the city and place that i want to be. My 18th street merchant neighbors also very much benefit from my guests and many others who come to the area because of the desirability of that territory. It seems clear to me that the proposed amendments would only push bad actors to other platforms. Lets not do that and please read what homesharers have put together and work in that direction, rather than being political as was just mentioned. Thank you. Thank you, next speaker. Jim lazarus, San Francisco chamber of commerce. Last time we were here we raised the very issues that you are trying in a small way with the advice of the City Attorney to correct and legal questions visavis federal law that were challenged in the legislation you approved a few months ago. Getting people registered and having a registration process that works and lets not beat around the bush and come up with 6,7, 8, 9, 10 different amendments. This was cuttingedge legislation three years ago, but where it filed is a process that allowed the average citizen to feel comfortable and understand how to be registered. What the exposures are . How to manage the system . That is what you need to be dealing with. Having multiple pieces of information about your residence. Having to come in in person in an online era just makes no sense. If we want people registered get them registered in a modern 21st century way. That will fix the vast majority of problems. And lastly, that very complicated series of articles in the chronicle yesterday i think the bottomline to that is our housing crisis in San Francisco is not and should not be fought on the back of homesharers in San Francisco. To spend as much time trying to maneuver through zoning changes, density bonuses, some have you have solve, accessory units and some you havent and lets solve those and get on with building San Francisco. Thank you. While the next speaker is coming up, i want to note that the quotes in the piece from the chief economist at zillo to the effect that some of the shortterm rental behavior in San Francisco is exacerbating the housing crisis should not be overlooked. Next speaker. Hi. Ed bell. I live in noe valley and lived in San Francisco for almost 60 years. I am a host and list through airbnb. Last year i told my wife we would have to sell our house in july of this year and leave the city we love and join the hundreds of families that can no longer afford to live in San Francisco. I am happy to tell you my house is not forsale and i have currently no intentions to selling due to the income generated through heir incumbent. Airbnb. I have tried to convince several of my senior friends to become host and almost all afraid to get involved in the computer interaction mandated by the city of San Francisco. Airbnb should be rewarded rather than penalized. Last week i filed my occupancy report the computergenerated report [speaker not understood] and a friend of mine owns a business selling toxic chemicals and doesnt have to report which days his business is own. I share a bed and pillow in my home and why do i have to file these reports when he doesnt . Why is the city changing my requirements . I believe these actions disproportionately affect senior citizens. I hope you keep your senior constituents in mind and vote accordingly. Help people like my wife and i hold on to our homes and stay in the great city of San Francisco. Thank you for letting me speak. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi, im the other cochair of the home sharing group and i want to thank the supervisors who took meetings with us to talk about the improvements. Supervisor peskin did not return our calls unfortunately, but were happy to meet with you still. We produced a 7page report and met with the office of shortterm rentals detailing what we think could make it easier for people to register and maintain registration. In addition, its not just office of shortterm rental, but involves the Tax Collectors Office as with the as Assessors Office and were going to be meeting with the Tax Collectors Office this week. We have a lot of detailed suggestions about improvements. We also think there are a couple of legislative amendments that could make it more inclusive, so that more people could come forth to register. We hold monthly workshops on registration we have tried to share this with the supervisors. We would like to share it with you, too, mr. Peskin and we think that the law could be improved so more people can come forward. Were all about maintaining longterm housing and helping people who really want to stay in San Francisco. I would like to add, because i use vrbo, as well as airbnb and they use a thirdparty for collection. We would be happy to meet with the City Attorneys office to provide more insight on that as well. You were all emailed the report, and unfortunately over the weekend, we didnt realize the process would move to quickly, but you are welcome to call us and invite us for more details. We have a lot of the input on this. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is tony robles and i work with seniors and people with disabilities with an Organization Called senior and disability action. Im just taken by all of the talk by the socalled homesharers, and homesharer platforms that ring philanthropy and we have seen the effect on housing stocks and neighborhoods, whole blocks that we have seen evictions and people using these shortterm rentals as a business model. And at the same time, it has had drastic effect only on the health of seniors who are living in stress about whether or not they are going to be able to retain their homes . They live in fear of eviction. And the stresses lead to very negative health impacts. So i think what this really is about is accountability on the part of a multibillion Dollar Corporation that has tried to do anything within its power to thwart regulation of any kind. Were in favor of the amendments and legislation being proposed. Thank you. Next speaker. If anyone else would like to speak, please come up and get in line. Im teresa and im in support of this amendment. Anything that will help make it very clear that if you want to do business in San Francisco as a platform, you are required to follow the rules. You may not advertise illegal activity, if people arent registered that is an illegal activity. Im completely in support of this. Im also excited about this helping planning do what its supposed to do, which is to ensure that a neighborhood is not impacted negatively in terms of the environment, the character of a neighborhood, no rezoning that if you have a picture of 22 units within a block units being used on various websites,. That these platforms in being required to delist if there are too many in the neighborhoods and do something about it. If its really about sharing a home, your home and one room, that doesnt affect our housing, as much as entire units entire buildings being taken off the market. Those people will never register, because they are property they own 8 properties say in scattered throughout the city. They dont live here. They are not living in those buildings. Those people will never register. So its to hold the platforms accountable for the illegal activities that have indeed been go on and people do need to register in person. Its not about 21st century, but to make sure that that person matches the paperwork. Thank you thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is rodolpho and we have one tiny little room we rent out. Were registered. First i would like to comment on the multiplicity of attempts of registering airbnb because of the unregistered hosts and every piece in a units that seems to punish registered hosts and drive away nonregistered hosts. Accomplishing little or nothing while collecting a measly 130,000 for the city and just making people uncomfortable. That and other attempts at regulation also have the obvious taint of single out one platform and encouraging hosts to go to other platforms. This proposed legislation of yours will create a carveout for home away, make it obvious, and also for vrbo and craigslist and did the dpt City Attorney basically say he doesnt know or doesnt necessarily agree with supervisor peskin . How is this legislation how this legislation going to affect home away and vrbo and craigslist, its a carveout. Its been in the making 30, 40 years and not just San Francisco where zoning regulations have slowed or prevented new construction. Dont blame airbnb for the housing shortage. Maybe it exacerbated it slightly or somewhat, but dont believe it as you have for the past two years or month. In trying to finish this off, i would like to comment on the individual who tried to rewrite the First Amendment with his little comment. Thank you, mr. Rodolpho. Please, next speaker. Hi. My name is kathy wu and im a San Francisco voter, and a member of the better housing policy. Our organization is committed to supporting solutions that address the Housing Affordability crisis in San Francisco. Unfortunately we cannot support supervisor campos amendment because it will make things worse. The proposed amendments would Exemption Companies that openly refuse to follow the citys primary residence requirement for shortterm rentals. Rather than working with hosts to make the registration process easier and simple. Supervisor campos has proposed a loophole that will primarily benefit nonresidents, who own second or third homes in San Francisco. This is wrong, and unfair. We could do much better and urge the committee to please oppose these amendments. Thank you. Thank you. Another speaker, come on down. Good afternoon, supervisors and thank you for taking action to put some teeth in the shortterm residential regulation you passed several years ago. These technical fixes blessed by the City Attorney address the companies who are making money illegally in San Francisco by facilitating illegal rentals. They can pay taxes all they want, but if they are facilitating illegal rentals, its illegal. We wouldnt take tax money from drugdealers, from houses of prostitution, and the companis that are claiming to be such civic minded people and yet have hundreds, thousands of units that they are collecting money on, making money on, and its not right. So these fixes are attempting to handle that situation. It may be that there will be one or two other technical fixs that we have to get, but every company that makes money in any way off of an illegal rental in San Francisco should be stopped. Please pass this legislation with recommendations to the board. Thank you for your comments. Is there anyone else that would like to speak on item 2 . None . Okay, Public Comment is closed at there time. [ gavel ] the matter is back into the hands of this committee. Colleagues is there a motion for this item supervisor peskin, do you have a motion . I would like to move this item to the full board as a Committee Report, and given supervisor wieners outstanding question for deputy City Attorney, why went dow with do that without recommendation. Supervisor wiener. Thank you, i was going to recommend that we put it out without recommendation and that makes sense and we can can get answers by tomorrow. This Committee Report goes to full board without recommendation. Thank you. Mr. Clerk the next item is item 3. Item no. 3, resolution aboving the disposition of land located in south one third bounded by howard, spear, folsom and main streets, assessors parcel block no. 3740, lot no. 027 by the office of Community Investment and infrastructure a Successor Agency to the San FranciscoRedevelopment Agency to block one property holder l. P. Thank you,. Supervisor kim is the author of this item. But i believe well have a presentation by shane hart from ocii who is here to present. Good to see you again. The floor is yours. Good afternoon, supervisors my name is shane hart and work wi