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Committee backs 18-month interim controls for residential-hotel conversions
Summary
Facing continuing loss of single-room-occupancy (SRO) housing, the committee approved an interim zoning control to require conditional-use authorization for conversions of residential hotels for an 18-month period while Chapter 41 revisions are prepared and advanced to the full board with recommendation.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin told the committee he introduced interim zoning controls to address the steady loss of single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotel units and asked for an 18-month period requiring conditional-use authorization for any conversions under Administrative Code Chapter 41. Peskin said many residential hotels historically provided last-resort housing for artists, hospitality workers and low-income residents and that the city's SRO stock has been decimated.
A member of the public who identified herself with housing-policy work urged the committee to adopt the controls, describing the loss of secondary units and urging planning staff to think through mitigation. The committee accepted the interim controls and voted unanimously to send the resolution imposing the interim zoning controls to the full board with recommendation.
Why it matters: The control creates an interim review period to slow conversions and allow the city time to update Chapter 41 and consider broader policy changes to preserve SRO stock.
What's next: The interim control will go to the full Board of Supervisors with a committee recommendation; planning staff will continue to draft revisions to the hotel-conversion ordinance.
