In recent years we have seen many corporations sidestep this law by signing longterm loiss with Property Owner ises that their nonsan franciscan employees can use the apartment as shortterm Corporate Housing or tourism Residential Housing. So for example, as an example, in my district, the tenants at the large Golden Gateway [kphefpl ] have experienced corporate employees and guests that come in and out of their buildings just like a hotel. Based on rent board record theres are an estimate of dozens of these units that are leased by corporate entities. This not only creates quality of life issues for neighbors, but takes a muchneeded limited housing supply away from our citys residents. The legislate we have in front of us clarifies that corporate entitis can not skirt our laws, but signing longterm leases for planned occupancies of less than 30 days. That also strengthens the enforcement process by creating an administrative review hearing for the department of building inspection to
Eventually turn over, no one loses. Id ask the committee make decisions based on the facts and support homeowners support those protected and put money in the coffers which will help everyone. Thank you, supervisors wiener and farrell for your proposal of balanced legislation. Thanks for letting me speak too. Chair wiener thank you very much and thank you for being honest. Next speaker. High there. Im a San Francisco resident for 13 years. Im a t. I. C. Owner and previous renter for many years. All of my coowners in my six unit t. I. C. Were once renters also. We are not opposed to rent control. I just wanted to make that clear. The lottery system is so outdated and overburdened and with the current backlog it may be over 10 years before being eligible for conversions. Were not trying to make a quick buck because our units have lost a significant amount of value since we purchased. Were previous renters who are looking to purchase a home to have stable housing in San Francisco. We cont
Buildings for Student Housing and the thousands of units that have been converted to shortterm rentals which continue to occur despite current legislation to curb it. And i keep hearing tenants will get lifetime leases. Today is the first time i heard that those lifetime leases would be rent controlled. But supervisor farrell did not explain why they would have extra protection, more protection than they have today. What protection does it given them against an other than movein eviction and what about those who have been evicted when they were converted to t. I. C. In the first place. Ive protested many times in front of those places where people were evicted just to form a t. I. C. There. No one is against families living in San Francisco has been intimated but not at expense of elderly disabled and longterm tenants and not at the expense of rent control. People should organize and fight the banks and we should build more housing in San Francisco which is truly affordable, not 8 Mill
The first photo I am sharing this week is the launch Favorite, "long in the Coos river trade out of Marshfield," according to an item in the July 26, 1928,
As the high surf warning continues along the South Coast, one man learns first hand the dangers of those crashing waves.On Thursday, viewer Terry Frye captured