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Committee advances hotel and large‑office cleaning standards after heated public comment
Summary
Supervisors advanced amendments and sent to the full Board an ordinance creating cleaning and disease‑prevention standards for tourist hotels and large offices; unionized hotel workers urged passage while hospitality industry groups urged more time and objected to mandatory daily room cleaning.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Sept. 14 advanced an ordinance to set cleaning and disease‑prevention standards for tourist hotels and large commercial office buildings, approving non‑substantive amendments and forwarding the item to the full Board for hearing on Sept. 22.
Chair Aaron Peskin described the ordinance as an effort to "rebrand San Francisco as the safest tourism destination in the United States of America," and said he had incorporated roughly half of about 33 suggested stakeholder amendments. The amended language clarifies definitions (including "frequently touched" surfaces and employee break areas), removes a requirement that bed linens and towels be changed daily unless requested by a guest, and inserts…
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