Recession or not a property cannot find the tenant that is allowable even with conditional use but could find a tenant in the nonpermitted use, and the recommendation would be without affecting whether or not that use was permitted, if you did have a lease commitment for a certain type of nonpermitted use that would exempt you for the tax. An example. There is flexible retail permitted in the southern half of the city and less so in other parts of the city. A conditional use will not permit that in many areas of the city. If a Property Owner of the vacant unit had a lease commitment, however, that deserves to exempt them from the tax. It shows they are trying to find a tenant and are on the ball. Whether or not the city wanted to grant a variance as needed is an entirely separate issue. To conclude the main part of the report is the problem ofvay cant store vacant storefronts is not divorced from the general issue of declining retail trade in San Francisco during a period of very stron
What has happened is storefronts have been left vacant longer and longer as Property Owners have held the property off market for unknown reasons or are holding out for higher rents. The circumstances that have left a situation where every block has at least one and usually multiple vacancies, and that has led to blight, trash, graffiti and has pressed foot traffic. At one point had five vacant storefronts including two which would remain vacant since 2015 and have not been actively marketed in that time. Before i listen i listen to ted egans report on the amazon effect. It is important to explain one of the industries to be impacted by amazon, we have not seen sales decline since i assumed ownership in 2007. Our sales are up even 20 . Jessica many other retailers, we have made up the sale. Internet has allowed us to increase our reaches and technology to increase our reach and seep employee our second week tap automated. The minimum wage and benefits have gone up over 60 and more to t
Consideration in all the questions that you posed around protecting the Small Businesses. That is really what we want to see here. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is kristin. I wear multiple hats. I am a resident of the haightashbury and i own im here to speak on support of the vacant storefront tax. Something i have been speaking with. I assumed the role of owner nearly 12 years ago. We have seen a Record Number of vacancies more than even from the lean years of 2008 and 2012. There have been any of the number of reasons for the business closure including retirement. What has happened is storefronts have been left vacant longer and longer as Property Owners have held the property off market for unknown reasons or are holding out for higher rents. The circumstances that have left a situation where every block has at least one and usually multiple vacancies, and that has led to blight, trash, graffiti and has pressed foot traffic. At one point had f
Lawmakers also heard testimony from the head of the housing agency, this hearing is just under three and a half hours. Will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled, the end of Affordable Housing . A review of the Trump Administrations plans to change Housing Finance in america. Before i recognize myself, members, today is mr. Mchenrys birthday. [ applause ] if anyone wishes to sing happy birthday, please save it until later. Thank you. We all thank you for that, madame chair. Happy birthday. Thank you. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. Good morning, today were here to discuss the impact of the Trump Administrations Housing Finance reform plans. We are joined by treasury secretary steven ma shun, ben carson, and mark calabrio welcome. Let me say up front the Trump Administrations housing reform plan would be a disaster for our housing systems. The Trump Adminis
Test. Test. Test. Test. Jennifer wextomoments if y respond to the questions that you were not allowed to answer when they were asked. You had to be still while, they threw more insults your way, but if you would like to take time to respond now, you have that time. I appreciate that. You know, obviously, the reason i took this job is because i feel that our country is in trouble. And we need to do everything we can to provide the right kinds of opportunities. At hud, for instance, an organization that was largely focused on just getting people into programs, getting people under a roof, and thats not a bad thing, but i really want to maneuver us to a place where were getting people out of programs and to a level of selfsufficiency. We have really aimed at that. And the question that was asked about homelessness, this is a very serious problem and one that i think is solvable in our country. You know, with a place like tokyo, which has more people than new york city, can solve homelessn