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Committee delays action on residential-hotel (SRO) conversion amendments after owners raise notice and legal concerns
Summary
The committee considered amendments to Chapter 41 of the Administrative Code on Feb. 13 that would define 'tourist and transit use,' set amortization periods and allow case-by-case extension hearings for regulated hotels. Attorneys for SRO owners (including Hotel Des Arts) said they received no notice and raised CEQA, constitutional and notice claims. The committee initially voted to forward an amended file to the full Board, then rescinded that forwarding and continued the item to Feb. 27.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee took up Item 2 on Feb. 13: proposed amendments to Chapter 41 of the Administrative Code that would revise the residential-hotel (single-room occupancy, or SRO) unit-conversion and demolition rules by adding a definition of “tourist and transit use,” setting tenancy terms and creating an amortization period with a case-by-case extension process.
Board President Aaron Peskin framed the item as a long-standing effort to protect SRO housing stock, citing an historical decline from about 35,000 units to roughly 19,000 that serve low- and extremely low-income residents. Peskin noted a Planning Department negative…
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