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Deputy City Attorney Brad Rossy (transcript: “Brad Rusty”) told the committee the planning-code amendment is necessary so the settlement approved by the Government Audit and Oversight Committee last week can be implemented. Rossy described litigation by Hotel de Arts challenging provisions of the hotel conversion ordinance and said the settlement removes the hotel conversion ordinance’s application to the Bush Street property while subjecting other properties owned by the same owners to the hotel conversion ordinance’s requirements as part of the settlement. Planning Department staff member Aaron Starr said the Planning Commission held a closed session and public hearing on March 6 and voted unanimously to recommend approval.

Member Mahmood moved the item as a committee report to the board; the motion passed with three ayes (Vice Chair Chen — I; Member Mokhmood — I; Chair Melgar — I). Committee documents indicate the ordinance is conditioned on enactment of the companion settlement ordinance and that both ordinances should be before the board at the same time to effectuate the settlement.

Public comment on the item was brief and did not raise substantive objections. The ordinance will go to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","San Francisco County - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player - Mar 17, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee unanimously recommended an ordinance to permit tourist-room conversions at 447 Bush Street and related properties; staff said the amendment is necessary to effectuate a settlement in Hotel de Arts LLC v. City and County of San Francisco.","taxTitle","San Francisco County, California","taxId",2862,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633247,"Committee backs extension allowing nonconforming Central SoMa parking lots to operate through 2026",347,1992000,2339000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2665861-ab5eff72e403111897552803e0bc337a&start=1992&end=2339","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2665861-ab5eff72e403111897552803e0bc337a/thumbnail_1992000.jpg","/articles/6633247/San-Francisco-County/California/Committee-backs-extension-allowing-nonconforming-Central-SoMa-parking-lots-to-operate-through-2026","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633247-756a81947024bb9b16c39973754735fb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770995402&Signature=TPg0qXei74IEItJM3s4rag9gmyssTFoxIi~u3UQHHqKburhGAxjoEejLt6O62DTMCXLLncGBPKW4tlzvsBJ5tcMmkgp4H5lcQrkbk82fA90nDUPcVF~~bwENv9OWurBiseLpS1~rKeMxRBFbNNpeLQKE-dk3se7QeU-sigB~OJyZNK3uGJ9RejGqPeJIC9g4Gtbws3LVwQanljfpCJcFZ3yrzQaBQUJmMhQvT0PQXIWmdZXyfn9wPyuJXtJ5P32QxeDGE8yY~DwiWCMaGduInyzYP2Pm5pnJRMp1lIFJpViR4~70yMi9KYH7~CgUVJRIIy6X0HmMCvjWZWMGK7mV5A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use and Transportation Committee on March 17, 2025, recommended forwarding an ordinance that would permit existing nonconforming public parking lots in the Central SoMa Mixed Use Office (CMUO) and Mixed Use Residential (MUR) districts to continue operating through Dec. 31, 2026, and to seek conditional-use authorization thereafter.

Madison Tam of Supervisor Dorsey’s office told the committee that several operators discovered they were no longer permitted under the current code upon seeking permits and that some sites had been erroneously approved in the past. Tam said the ordinance balances flexibility for lot operators with future planning review by allowing a time-limited continuation and potential five-year conditional-use extensions subject to Planning Commission approval.

Audrey Marloney of the Planning Department said the Planning Commission heard the item on March 6 and voted to approve the ordinance as proposed. The committee noted that parking lots generate a city tax and can activate lots that otherwise might be vacant pending development; Supervisor Dorsey’s office requested the committee move the item forward to allow operators to proceed with pending SFPD permit hearings.

Chair Melgar moved to send the ordinance out of committee with a positive recommendation as a committee report. The committee recorded three ayes (Vice Chair Chen — I; Member Mahmood — I; Chair Melgar — I) and the motion passed. The ordinance will proceed to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration.","The committee voted 3-0 to recommend an ordinance that allows existing public parking lots in Central SoMa mixed-use districts to continue operating through Dec. 31, 2026, with later conditional-use review options.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633250,"Committee narrows interim-housing ordinance to specific hotels, forwards amended and duplicate files",730,1344000,2074000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2665861-ab5eff72e403111897552803e0bc337a&start=1344&end=2074","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2665861-ab5eff72e403111897552803e0bc337a/thumbnail_1344000.jpg","/articles/6633250/San-Francisco-County/California/Committee-narrows-interim-housing-ordinance-to-specific-hotels-forwards-amended-and-duplicate-files","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633250-cb5f24359408b255ffa46fc81ca061bd/orig.mp4?Expires=1770995402&Signature=OqndaD0TtoSyAITuNSymqFwZQ3n9A1yT99QTHXosTkh5rj3xO4tr5g~pk5h918roSqsBfgor5XEmxF9SBADhK5cuReib69g3~5B~qjO8o81AzlCLtKBQAtuNDb3J8hKrftLeTOsWVG4GgStK6f6CW~DTQ1Y5QNtzAZpfRCKIJSux8dj3892u31ihifTazTkW0G9F1P7ZQF602sfYw2hUY--iJO6k39qD~a9c5I4DmKgbQBQWCs7nBgAQtWb0mYIsDti8MraK9DekyNGgPay3fexIWR8eelZH~NG~W0-6~VMi632jxKfnPOK0YaqABz000EsUS4C2bGQJ7ovyNGVBYg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use and Transportation Committee on March 17, 2025, approved amendments to an ordinance allowing hotels and motels to be used for interim housing and forwarded an amended version to the full Board of Supervisors as a committee report. The committee also prepared a duplicated file with additional amendments and continued that duplicated file to the call of the chair.

Emily Cohen of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing told the committee that, following prior hearings and community feedback, staff and the city attorney reworked language to make the ordinance’s scope explicit. Cohen read clarifying amendments into the record that narrow interim-housing authorization to a single listed site and three former shelter-in-place hotels. As read into the record, subsection C will authorize interim housing only at Block 3519, Lot 006 (the Civic Center Motor Inn). A separate amendment sets an eligibility date: a hotel or motel identified in subsection C and existing after April 1, 2025, may apply to establish interim housing pursuant to the code provision without losing its hotel or motel use. Cohen also read language allowing reestablishment of hotel or motel use for three specified parcels that had discontinued tourist-hotel use due to participation in the city’s shelter-in-place hotel program.

Committee members and community stakeholders, including Cynthia Gomez of Unite Here Local 2, said they worked with staff to ensure the language would not create unintended consequences for hotel workers or other hotels. The committee voted to adopt the set of clarifying amendments as read by Cohen, to send the original file (as amended) to the board with a positive recommendation as a committee report, and to apply a second set of amendments to the duplicated file that would authorize reestablishment of hotel use at certain former shelter-in-place hotels. The duplicated file, as amended, was continued to the call of the chair for further processing.

All recorded committee motions on this item passed by recorded voice votes of three ayes (Vice Chair Chen — I; Member Mokwa — I; Chair Melgar — I). Committee documents show the April 1, 2025, date is intended as an eligibility reference point and staff noted a targeted early-April service start at the Civic Center Motor Inn.

The committee’s actions forward both the amended original file for board consideration and a duplicated amended file for further planning review and return to committee.","The committee approved amendments limiting interim-housing authorizations to the Civic Center Motor Inn and three former shelter-in-place hotels, sent the amended file to the full board as a committee report and continued a duplicated, further-amended version to the call of the chair.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6633252,"Committee advances ordinance to loosen window-replacement rules in San Francisco",1252,112000,1364000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2665861-ab5eff72e403111897552803e0bc337a&start=112&end=1364","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2665861-ab5eff72e403111897552803e0bc337a/thumbnail_112000.jpg","/articles/6633252/San-Francisco-County/California/Committee-advances-ordinance-to-loosen-window-replacement-rules-in-San-Francisco","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6633252-c156700d608324b3fb53a1bb760f97b4/orig.mp4?Expires=1770995402&Signature=gZ6iIWtM36EAtjeGQ63InbMztbZEz--zC6n6nFmizBEdpZbN61b9zGlCdRFZLAeaRW17YKOAt2mcgAQZM5TgI-lwQ7AX3UaQlA0Q9I8HOq6ZjKZ~8yldUrBo06EspaeX9jrcGAIDd9XFg0nNbyxWOpec~N5saVdwsbV8Wgb3zvnqHKTWBiGxbBogQM~KcKxaNtpO2DWyYuSqiI8H~19hv84a~Zx70~5IniQcZRins5bXVsJLxWcCAGs0JItDw5rxs68gIgCDfzLYaSkBpMQTowiHqsrmeA5yo3ee-Q9Yu7lr2Rjdm4Q9uj~sFL4ubmMR50GYW-bhGRqwfZVDTlOCJQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 17, 2025, voted 3-0 to adopt amendments and forward an ordinance to the full board that would limit planning-code restrictions on window replacement projects in certain buildings.

Committee Chair Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who introduced the measure, said her office heard from “dozens of San Franciscans struggling with unnecessary red tape and excessive cost” and argued the ordinance will help “bring down the cost of housing for homeowners and for renters while we meet our climate action goals.” Michelle Taylor of the Planning Department explained that the Planning Commission recommended approval on Feb. 27 by a 6-1 vote and described specific modifications incorporated into the version before the committee.

The ordinance as amended would clarify that the department will not regulate frame and sash materials for replacement windows, add language to avoid conflicts with other planning-code sections, create flexibility for future cultural-district objective standards, and replace the ordinance’s standalone historic-building language with the definition already in the planning code, according to Taylor.

Supporters at public comment included Mission Housing Development Corporation, which said current regulations “make it difficult to complete necessary upgrades, delaying essential supportive services and general maintenance for our residents.” Tenants and residents also said drafty, unrepaired windows have harmed sleep and raised energy costs. A D8 resident identified as Peter described paying higher power bills and relying on space heaters because older windows left units cold at night.

Business owners and tradespeople testified against weakening material standards. Michael Kehinde, vice president of Fox Hill Windows and Doors, said the claim that nonwood windows are more energy efficient is “just a lie” and warned that the changes could let landlords install inferior products that hurt local businesses. Steve Wilson of Steve Wilson Glass and Window said many older wood windows can be repaired or retrofitted and stressed concerns about changes to the city’s aesthetic character.

Chair Melgar responded to public comments by stressing that “nothing in this legislation mandates a specific type of window” and that the ordinance exempts historic districts and properties already deemed historic or Category A. Melgar moved to adopt the amendments Michelle Taylor read into the record and to send the amended legislation to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report. The committee recorded three ayes (Vice Chair Chen — I; Member Mahmoud — I; Chair Melgar — I) and the motion passed.

The ordinance now goes to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration; the committee record notes the Planning Commission’s recommendation and the amendments that narrow how the city will regulate replacement windows.","The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted 3-0 to amend and forward an ordinance that narrows planning oversight of residential window replacements, a measure proponents say will reduce cost and permit delays and critics say could harm local window makers and historic character.","actionData","errors"]

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