I want to end up with a few of the challenges that we are faced with when enforcing this. And the first and biggest being our inability to determine the truth since we rely on selfreported data from hotel owners. We encounter cooked books and second sets of books where theres the books for me and the books for the real use of being recorded. Ive already mentioned the misuse of the temporary conversion exception where hotel owners consider an entitlement. Another challenge is the limit on d. B. I. s authority to initiate enforcement proceedings. We are not considered an interested party. And therefore we cannot initiate complaints. And we do have the ability to assess penalties for recordkeeping violations but not for conversions, which is the main violation of the ordinance. We encounter vacancies in room warehousing, which i can talk more about later, but theres no law that requires hotel owners to rent out their guest rooms. My colleagues are about to leave me so theres not going to
Ordinance would not approve the Development Agreement and amend portions of the planning and administrative codes in order to facilitate implementation of the project. The amendments create a consolidated approval process at the Preservation Commission and Planning Commission. They provide for a comprehensive approach in order to preclude the otherwise peace meal process called for existing code provisions. Specifically the amendment enable a master conditional use authorization, master certificate of appropriateness and master permit to alter applications to be filed. And on november 20th and 21st of this year, the historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission considered the master permit to alter as well as the master conditional use respective of those bodies. They were approved unanimously [please stand by] want to thank the members of the commission and their staff and members of the historic Preservation Commission and their staff. Is there anybody here from the depart
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Good afternoon and welcome to the march 19, 2024 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you mr. President. Supervisor chan, present. Supervisor dorsey, present. Supervisor engardio, present. Supervisor mandelman, present. Supervisor melgar, present. Supervisor peskin, present. Supervisor preston, present. Supervisor ronan, not present. Supervisor safai, present. Supervisor stefani, present. Supervisor walton, present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you, the San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we rec
Apparent winner over roy moore. Moore loss mark as significant political defeat for president trump. Monitoring the results as well as the president s latest tweet. A very tight race in the end. Jones taking in 50 of the vote more. Alabama elects its first democrat to the senate in 25 years. This if had tire race has been about dignity and respect. Reporter one of the most republican states in the country turned blue tonight. He told a jubilant crowd of supporte supporters. Alabama has been at a krauz roads and unfofrp if thely we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. Reporter he made no mention of his opponent roy moore acused of Sexual Misconduct by multiple women during the campaign. Tonight moore is not giving up and may pursue a recount. Wait on god and let this process play out. Reporter they say the young voters in cities and suburbs were among those who turned out big tonight, leading to his victory. The African American comm