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Mayor says city is coordinating inspections at Pier 38 as tenants press to stay
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Mayor Lee told the Board the city is coordinating building, fire and port inspections at Pier 38 and promised help finding nearby space if firms must relocate. Dozens of tenants and startups later urged supervisors to press the Port to keep businesses at the pier rather than close it for months of repairs.
Mayor Lee told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that city departments are coordinating inspections at Pier 38 after recent reports of structural and electrical concerns and pledged help for the at least 21 tenant companies there.
"We're paying very close attention to it," Mayor Lee said, adding that "safety is the number 1 concern." He said his Office of Economic and Workforce Development would convene the Port, the fire marshal, the Department of Building Inspection and the Port harbormaster for a joint meeting with tenants and would also work to identify alternative space if firms must relocate.
The assurances came as members of the board pressed the mayor for specifics about timing and follow-up. Lee said city staff will "confirm the findings of our fire marshal, our department of building inspection, as well as the port's harbor master, so that…
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