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Budget analyst flags decades-long Port month-to-month leases; Port pledges negotiations and quarterly reports
Summary
A budget analyst's report highlighted hundreds of long-running month-to-month leases at the Port and other departments, including cases dating to the 1950s and 1970s; Port staff said 164 "holdover" leases are under review (91 in active negotiations, 18 signed) and agreed to return with progress and to refer the Port's retail leasing policy to the Board for oversight.
A staff report consolidated dozens of month-to-month leases across city agencies and singled out a set of long-running agreements at the Port of San Francisco that, in some cases, have been on month-to-month terms for decades. Budget analyst Harvey Rose told the committee these arrangements bypass routine Board review and in some instances "we are uncertain as to whether the $439 monthly rent represents fair market value" (example: valet parking supporting Scoma's at Pier 43). He noted…
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