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manager, Handlery Union Square hotel\"]‘If we do it right, you have the mixture of the leaders of their countries, and probably their own media staff, who are going to go back to those countries and they can help us change the narrative.’[/pullquote]Over 20,000 conference attendees, including President Biden, other heads of state, their staff, CEOs, journalists and security personnel, translate to roughly 55,000 booked hotel rooms across the city, according to Cassandra Costello, chief policy and external affairs officer for the San Francisco Travel Association, which helped secure San Francisco’s bid to host APEC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The economic impact here is $52 million,” she said. “That includes not just hotel stays, but also food and beverage, retail and recreation. Visitors are really accessing our entire city and supporting our small business and lifting up our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11966607 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a goatee stands in a bright room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel manager Clifton Clark in the Bayview Suite at the Westin Hotel in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For hotel managers, like Clifton Clark, who runs the four-star Westin-St. Francis Hotel at Union Square, preparations started several months ago, as APEC named San Francisco the host city last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like this hotel is not used to preparing for dignitaries and heads of state,” Clark said. “The first president to stay at this hotel was McKinley, and every President up through Obama has stayed at this hotel, except for two.” (Those two Presidents were Harry Truman and Donald Trump.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark said APEC attendees, including delegations from two Asian countries, are staying at the hotel, which is sold out for the next week. He can’t reveal which ones for security reasons, but he told KQED that President Biden won’t be among the hotel’s guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11966606 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large room with modern furniture.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Windsor Suite in the Westin Hotel in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There will be tightened \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965942/from-street-closures-to-security-checks-what-to-know-about-sf-apec-2023\">security\u003c/a> around Moscone Center, the conference’s main hub. This “secure zone” has created some logistical hurdles for hotels — including delivery times, employee access and clearance, parking availability and even garbage collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11953787,news_1196594,news_11954889\" label=\"Related Stories\"]Due to the national security measures required for the event, San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently announced that the city is working closely with federal government agencies, including representatives from the U.S. Secret Service, State Department and the White House, to ensure safety measures and minimize disruptions to the public, whenever possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been having those meetings on a weekly basis and feel that we’re very well prepared,” Clark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond keeping the businesses afloat, hotel owners hope APEC can help improve San Francisco’s image. Recent media coverage has portrayed the city amid a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953787/saving-downtown-san-francisco\">“doom loop,”\u003c/a> a negative feedback loop marked by remote work and reduced foot traffic, resulting in heightened concerns about crime and public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Union Square area has also seen the departure of retail giants, like Nordstrom and Old Navy, whose downtown stores closed in the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we do it right, you have the mixture of the leaders of their countries, and probably their own media staff, who are going to go back to those countries, and they can help us change the narrative,” said John Handlery, owner and manager of the Handlery Union Square hotel, which sits right across the street from the Westin-St. Francis. “From an image standpoint, nothing compares.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Handlery expects to welcome overflow guests, some of whom plan to attend APEC, along with tourists visiting San Francisco during one of the city’s busiest weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11966603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large building on a busy city street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 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the years following Covid, hotels, which have faced a slow economic recovery, are gearing up for business increases — thanks to the upcoming week-long Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, which begins Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘If we do it right, you have the mixture of the leaders of their countries, and probably their own media staff, who are going to go back to those countries and they can help us change the narrative.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"John Handlery, owner and manager, Handlery Union Square hotel","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Over 20,000 conference attendees, including President Biden, other heads of state, their staff, CEOs, journalists and security personnel, translate to roughly 55,000 booked hotel rooms across the city, according to Cassandra Costello, chief policy and external affairs officer for the San Francisco Travel Association, which helped secure San Francisco’s bid to host APEC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The economic impact here is $52 million,” she said. “That includes not just hotel stays, but also food and beverage, retail and recreation. Visitors are really accessing our entire city and supporting our small business and lifting up our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11966607 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a goatee stands in a bright room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel manager Clifton Clark in the Bayview Suite at the Westin Hotel in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For hotel managers, like Clifton Clark, who runs the four-star Westin-St. Francis Hotel at Union Square, preparations started several months ago, as APEC named San Francisco the host city last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not like this hotel is not used to preparing for dignitaries and heads of state,” Clark said. “The first president to stay at this hotel was McKinley, and every President up through Obama has stayed at this hotel, except for two.” (Those two Presidents were Harry Truman and Donald Trump.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark said APEC attendees, including delegations from two Asian countries, are staying at the hotel, which is sold out for the next week. He can’t reveal which ones for security reasons, but he told KQED that President Biden won’t be among the hotel’s guests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966606\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11966606 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large room with modern furniture.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Windsor Suite in the Westin Hotel in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There will be tightened \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965942/from-street-closures-to-security-checks-what-to-know-about-sf-apec-2023\">security\u003c/a> around Moscone Center, the conference’s main hub. This “secure zone” has created some logistical hurdles for hotels — including delivery times, employee access and clearance, parking availability and even garbage collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11953787,news_1196594,news_11954889","label":"Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Due to the national security measures required for the event, San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently announced that the city is working closely with federal government agencies, including representatives from the U.S. Secret Service, State Department and the White House, to ensure safety measures and minimize disruptions to the public, whenever possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been having those meetings on a weekly basis and feel that we’re very well prepared,” Clark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond keeping the businesses afloat, hotel owners hope APEC can help improve San Francisco’s image. Recent media coverage has portrayed the city amid a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953787/saving-downtown-san-francisco\">“doom loop,”\u003c/a> a negative feedback loop marked by remote work and reduced foot traffic, resulting in heightened concerns about crime and public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Union Square area has also seen the departure of retail giants, like Nordstrom and Old Navy, whose downtown stores closed in the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we do it right, you have the mixture of the leaders of their countries, and probably their own media staff, who are going to go back to those countries, and they can help us change the narrative,” said John Handlery, owner and manager of the Handlery Union Square hotel, which sits right across the street from the Westin-St. Francis. “From an image standpoint, nothing compares.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Handlery expects to welcome overflow guests, some of whom plan to attend APEC, along with tourists visiting San Francisco during one of the city’s busiest weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11966603 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large building on a busy city street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231105-APEC-HOTELS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Westin Hotel overlooks Union Square in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Compared to other large-scale events, like DreamForce, which brings in tens of thousands of visitors to San Francisco for the annual Salesforce conference, APEC has a different cache, serving as the premier platform for the United States to advance economic policies in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Alex Bastian, president and CEO of the Hotel Council of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who are decision makers will look at San Francisco through the lens of investments,” said Bastian, hoping APEC will encourage leaders and visitors to return to the city and the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11966968/san-francisco-hotels-gear-up-for-apec-expect-business-boost","authors":["11811"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_1867","news_33476","news_33478","news_6114","news_33477"],"featImg":"news_11966604","label":"news"},"news_11952041":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11952041","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11952041","score":null,"sort":[1685733672000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-francisco-to-pay-hotel-whitcomb-19-5-million-in-property-damage","title":"San Francisco to Pay Hotel Whitcomb $19.5 Million in Property Damage","publishDate":1685733672,"format":"standard","headTitle":"San Francisco to Pay Hotel Whitcomb $19.5 Million in Property Damage | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>San Francisco could pay up to $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit over property damages at one of the hotels that provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894247/sf-extends-program-to-keep-hotels-open-for-unhoused-residents\">emergency housing\u003c/a> during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owners of Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street filed the complaint against San Francisco on April 13 of this year. They allege the historic hotel endured millions in property damage resulting in loss of use by the city’s shelter-in-place hotel program, part of a statewide effort called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a> that opened up empty hotels during the pandemic to create emergency shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement is the latest agreement between the city and owners of the hotels that stepped up during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus\">COVID-19 pandemic\u003c/a> to provide emergency housing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887851/lives-are-on-the-line-advocates-call-on-sf-to-keep-hotels-open-for-homeless-residents\">people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> during the first two years of the pandemic. That has included $2.9 million to the Tilden Hotel and $5.3 million to Hotel Union Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city expects to pay out around $26 million in total for property damage payouts from the shelter-in-place hotel program, according to a city budget report released in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jen Kwart, spokesperson for the city attorney’s office, told KQED in an email the department believes the proposed settlement is an “appropriate resolution” and “is the last SIP Hotel claim for damages that the City is aware of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is expecting reimbursements for costs of implementing the emergency housing program, and has already filed for $386 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/public-health/homelessness/san-francisco-dishes-out-millions-more-to-damaged-shelter-in-place-hotels/\">It’s not yet clear how much FEMA will cover in the property damages\u003c/a>, according to a report from The San Francisco Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city contracted with the hotels during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when tourism was decimated and hotels had lost their customer base. Using emergency relief funding, the city paid the hotels to open up the otherwise empty rooms for temporary emergency shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program came together remarkably quickly, but challenges presented themselves as the pandemic raged on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11950199 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its peak, \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/covid-19/shelter-in-place-hotel-program-overview/\">the hotel shelter program opened 2,288 rooms across 25 hotel sites\u003c/a>, according to data from the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. More than 3,300 adults were housed in hotel rooms and the city claims that about two-thirds of eligible guests were transferred to longer-term housing by the time the program ended in December 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the hotels and housing advocates applauded the non-congregate housing approach to the global health crisis that was rapidly unfolding. Studies on the program have shown that residents who lived in the hotels and were connected to health and substance-use services directly at the hotel were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/shelter-in-place-hotels-reduce-er-visits-among-frequent-visitors/article_8ab5b620-136e-11ed-b489-d39e4d0950b5.html\">less likely to require emergency services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But life was not always easy inside the hotels. Staff and residents at Hotel Whitcomb were often on the front lines of the overdose crisis that the city continues to endure. About 400 people were housed there during the pandemic, many of whom struggled with substance use disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On-site services helped prevent overdoses and encourage safer drug use, such as clean needle exchanges and training on how to administer the overdose-reversal drug naloxone. At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11910405/staff-at-a-san-francisco-hotel-battle-an-overdose-crisis\">18 people overdosed at Hotel Whitcomb\u003c/a> from the time it first opened its rooms for the program in April 2020 to April 2022, KQED reported while the program was still in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement passed the Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Thursday. It will next go before the full Board of Supervisors and the mayor for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The city has already approved millions for damages to hotels that provided emergency housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1685733667,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":612},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco to Pay Hotel Whitcomb $19.5 Million in Property Damage | KQED","description":"The city has already approved millions for damages to hotels that provided emergency housing during the COVID-19 pandemic.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Francisco to Pay Hotel Whitcomb $19.5 Million in Property Damage","datePublished":"2023-06-02T19:21:12.000Z","dateModified":"2023-06-02T19:21:07.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11952041/san-francisco-to-pay-hotel-whitcomb-19-5-million-in-property-damage","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco could pay up to $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit over property damages at one of the hotels that provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894247/sf-extends-program-to-keep-hotels-open-for-unhoused-residents\">emergency housing\u003c/a> during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owners of Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street filed the complaint against San Francisco on April 13 of this year. They allege the historic hotel endured millions in property damage resulting in loss of use by the city’s shelter-in-place hotel program, part of a statewide effort called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a> that opened up empty hotels during the pandemic to create emergency shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement is the latest agreement between the city and owners of the hotels that stepped up during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus\">COVID-19 pandemic\u003c/a> to provide emergency housing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887851/lives-are-on-the-line-advocates-call-on-sf-to-keep-hotels-open-for-homeless-residents\">people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> during the first two years of the pandemic. That has included $2.9 million to the Tilden Hotel and $5.3 million to Hotel Union Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city expects to pay out around $26 million in total for property damage payouts from the shelter-in-place hotel program, according to a city budget report released in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jen Kwart, spokesperson for the city attorney’s office, told KQED in an email the department believes the proposed settlement is an “appropriate resolution” and “is the last SIP Hotel claim for damages that the City is aware of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is expecting reimbursements for costs of implementing the emergency housing program, and has already filed for $386 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/public-health/homelessness/san-francisco-dishes-out-millions-more-to-damaged-shelter-in-place-hotels/\">It’s not yet clear how much FEMA will cover in the property damages\u003c/a>, according to a report from The San Francisco Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city contracted with the hotels during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when tourism was decimated and hotels had lost their customer base. Using emergency relief funding, the city paid the hotels to open up the otherwise empty rooms for temporary emergency shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program came together remarkably quickly, but challenges presented themselves as the pandemic raged on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11950199","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its peak, \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/covid-19/shelter-in-place-hotel-program-overview/\">the hotel shelter program opened 2,288 rooms across 25 hotel sites\u003c/a>, according to data from the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. More than 3,300 adults were housed in hotel rooms and the city claims that about two-thirds of eligible guests were transferred to longer-term housing by the time the program ended in December 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the hotels and housing advocates applauded the non-congregate housing approach to the global health crisis that was rapidly unfolding. Studies on the program have shown that residents who lived in the hotels and were connected to health and substance-use services directly at the hotel were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/shelter-in-place-hotels-reduce-er-visits-among-frequent-visitors/article_8ab5b620-136e-11ed-b489-d39e4d0950b5.html\">less likely to require emergency services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But life was not always easy inside the hotels. Staff and residents at Hotel Whitcomb were often on the front lines of the overdose crisis that the city continues to endure. About 400 people were housed there during the pandemic, many of whom struggled with substance use disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On-site services helped prevent overdoses and encourage safer drug use, such as clean needle exchanges and training on how to administer the overdose-reversal drug naloxone. At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11910405/staff-at-a-san-francisco-hotel-battle-an-overdose-crisis\">18 people overdosed at Hotel Whitcomb\u003c/a> from the time it first opened its rooms for the program in April 2020 to April 2022, KQED reported while the program was still in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement passed the Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Thursday. It will next go before the full Board of Supervisors and the mayor for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11952041/san-francisco-to-pay-hotel-whitcomb-19-5-million-in-property-damage","authors":["11840"],"categories":["news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_27989","news_27504","news_27080","news_27626","news_21917","news_4020","news_31013","news_6114","news_1775","news_27660","news_28146","news_38","news_26292","news_27638"],"featImg":"news_11952050","label":"news"},"news_11869694":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11869694","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11869694","score":null,"sort":[1618529141000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"some-laid-off-workers-must-be-offered-their-jobs-back-under-bill-sent-to-newsom","title":"Some Laid-Off Workers Must Be Offered Their Jobs Back Under Bill Sent to Newsom","publishDate":1618529141,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>As more businesses reopen across California as coronavirus cases decline, the Legislature on Thursday passed a bill requiring some hotels and other hospitality companies to offer laid-off workers their jobs back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitality companies were some of the hardest hit by the state's stay-at-home order, with no people to stay in hotels while empty office buildings and deserted airports needed fewer janitors and food service workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has been relaxing coronavirus restrictions as more people are getting vaccinated and the number of new cases declines. If things continue to improve, Newsom said he will lift all restrictions on June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With companies preparing to resume normal operations, Democrats who control the Legislature said they wanted to make sure laid-off hospitality workers are first in line to get their old jobs back. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93\">Senate Bill 93\u003c/a> requires hotels, private clubs and janitorial service companies to let their former employees know when their jobs are available again and give them five days to decide on whether they want to come back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature passed a similar bill last year. But Newsom vetoed it, saying it was too broad and put too much of a burden on struggling businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers made revisions this year to change Newsom's mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, the new bill only applies to workers who had their job for at least six months before the pandemic started and were laid off specifically because of the pandemic. Also, laid-off workers cannot file lawsuits to enforce the law. Instead, the Division of Labor Standards has \"exclusive jurisdiction\" to enforce it. And the bill will automatically expire on Dec. 31, 2024, unless lawmakers agree to extend it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not said if he will sign this bill into law. But lawmakers used the budget process to pass the bill, meaning the governor's office was part of the negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Labor Coverage' tag='labor']The bill applies to hotels with 50 or more rooms, and event centers – including stadiums, arenas, racetracks and convention centers – that have at least 50,000 square feet or 1,000 seats used for public performances or meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses that don't comply could be hit with fines of $500 per employee per day. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Heath Flora, R-Ripon, said most companies don't need to be forced to rehire their former workers, saying many will be eager to do so because those workers are already trained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But to put the burden, to the fines, the fees, the liability on the employer is unacceptable,\" Flora said on Monday during a debate on the bill in the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats said the the bill protects workers. State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, said women lost more jobs and left the workforce in greater numbers than men during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So you could also look at this bill as a very important bill to get women back in the workplace,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The bill lawmakers passed on Thursday applies to hospitality employees who had their jobs at least six months before the pandemic started and who lost their jobs because of it.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1618531426,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":494},"headData":{"title":"Some Laid-Off Workers Must Be Offered Their Jobs Back Under Bill Sent to Newsom | KQED","description":"The bill lawmakers passed on Thursday applies to hospitality employees who had their jobs at least six months before the pandemic started and who lost their jobs because of it.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Some Laid-Off Workers Must Be Offered Their Jobs Back Under Bill Sent to Newsom","datePublished":"2021-04-15T23:25:41.000Z","dateModified":"2021-04-16T00:03:46.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11869694 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11869694","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/04/15/some-laid-off-workers-must-be-offered-their-jobs-back-under-bill-sent-to-newsom/","disqusTitle":"Some Laid-Off Workers Must Be Offered Their Jobs Back Under Bill Sent to Newsom","nprByline":"Adam Beam\u003cbr />Associated Press","path":"/news/11869694/some-laid-off-workers-must-be-offered-their-jobs-back-under-bill-sent-to-newsom","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As more businesses reopen across California as coronavirus cases decline, the Legislature on Thursday passed a bill requiring some hotels and other hospitality companies to offer laid-off workers their jobs back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitality companies were some of the hardest hit by the state's stay-at-home order, with no people to stay in hotels while empty office buildings and deserted airports needed fewer janitors and food service workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has been relaxing coronavirus restrictions as more people are getting vaccinated and the number of new cases declines. If things continue to improve, Newsom said he will lift all restrictions on June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With companies preparing to resume normal operations, Democrats who control the Legislature said they wanted to make sure laid-off hospitality workers are first in line to get their old jobs back. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93\">Senate Bill 93\u003c/a> requires hotels, private clubs and janitorial service companies to let their former employees know when their jobs are available again and give them five days to decide on whether they want to come back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature passed a similar bill last year. But Newsom vetoed it, saying it was too broad and put too much of a burden on struggling businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers made revisions this year to change Newsom's mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, the new bill only applies to workers who had their job for at least six months before the pandemic started and were laid off specifically because of the pandemic. Also, laid-off workers cannot file lawsuits to enforce the law. Instead, the Division of Labor Standards has \"exclusive jurisdiction\" to enforce it. And the bill will automatically expire on Dec. 31, 2024, unless lawmakers agree to extend it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has not said if he will sign this bill into law. But lawmakers used the budget process to pass the bill, meaning the governor's office was part of the negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Labor Coverage ","tag":"labor"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The bill applies to hotels with 50 or more rooms, and event centers – including stadiums, arenas, racetracks and convention centers – that have at least 50,000 square feet or 1,000 seats used for public performances or meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses that don't comply could be hit with fines of $500 per employee per day. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Heath Flora, R-Ripon, said most companies don't need to be forced to rehire their former workers, saying many will be eager to do so because those workers are already trained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But to put the burden, to the fines, the fees, the liability on the employer is unacceptable,\" Flora said on Monday during a debate on the bill in the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats said the the bill protects workers. State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, said women lost more jobs and left the workforce in greater numbers than men during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So you could also look at this bill as a very important bill to get women back in the workplace,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11869694/some-laid-off-workers-must-be-offered-their-jobs-back-under-bill-sent-to-newsom","authors":["byline_news_11869694"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8"],"tags":["news_18538","news_27350","news_29209","news_21749","news_23400","news_6114","news_19904","news_17968","news_4569"],"featImg":"news_11869710","label":"news"},"news_11825653":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11825653","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11825653","score":null,"sort":[1592942190000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next","title":"California Found Hotels for 10,000 Homeless Residents. What Next?","publishDate":1592942190,"format":"audio","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>When Alan Tolbert first walked into San Francisco’s Hotel Whitcomb in April, he couldn’t help but smile. For the first time in two years, he had a room to call his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just great being here,” said Tolbert, who shares his room with his pitbull terrier, Coco. “I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert is one of more than 10,000 homeless seniors and people with medical conditions who were able to move into hotel rooms in California through a state-led effort to isolate and quarantine people during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced the program, dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11818462/newsoms-budget-puts-new-focus-on-buying-hotels-to-house-homeless\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a>, in April as a temporary solution to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 among people living in emergency shelters and outdoor tent communities. As of Friday, the state had filled 10,644 hotel rooms, and leased a total of 15,837.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alan Tolbert, unhoused resident moved into an SF hotel due to COVID-19\"]'They're not going to put us on the street... That defeats the purpose. They’re going to have to do something, right?'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Newsom says he wants to turn that temporary solution into a permanent one by helping counties buy hotels and motels across the state. Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say it’s a rare opportunity to put a meaningful dent in the state’s housing shortage by providing housing for around 10% of the state’s more than 150,000 homeless residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a unique chance to avoid some of the complex funding and permitting schemes that often stymie such projects, said Amanda Wehrman, deputy director of HomeBase, a public policy nonprofit focused on addressing homelessness. That’s not to say the project hasn’t been without \u003ca href=\"https://www.whittierdailynews.com/city-officials-oppose-plan-to-house-homeless-in-norwalk-motel-county-vows-to-sue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neighborhood opposition\u003c/a> in a few cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now is a moment where we can take some meaningful steps to address the needs around homelessness,” Wehrman said. “The next thing that needs to happen is to make sure we can address our public health crisis and address homelessness through these opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area’s nine counties, officials have leased a total of 5,169 rooms, with individuals and families living in 3,339 of them, according to the state’s Department of Social Services. And so far, FEMA has agreed to provide a 75% reimbursement to counties for the rooms through June 30, unless the federal agency agrees to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/FEMA/202006-CA_NCS-all-others-TE%20Response_6012020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an extension\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s May budget proposal included $600 million in federal funds from the CARES Act to help counties purchase the hotels — but it’s unclear where the money will come from to operate the hotels and provide services for the people who live there after FEMA's subsidies end.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Devil in the Details\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County spends roughly $2.5 million a month to house 550 people in five hotels. That includes the cost of the rooms, plus food, staffing and supportive services, said Jaime Jenett, a spokesperson for the county office of Health, Housing and Homeless Services. The leases will end in August unless extended, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s the initial outlay of purchasing a hotel, and then there is the ongoing costs of actually running programs,” Jenett said. “And a lot of what the future looks like depends on funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Abbott, director of Alameda County’s Office of Homeless Care and Coordination, says it’s likely costs will fall when the facilities become permanent and social distancing protocols are lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County estimates the cost of providing housing with supportive services to formerly homeless people on an ongoing basis to about $60 per night, per household, compared to $100 during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because there are higher transportation, medical and cleaning costs associated with providing housing during a public health emergency, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For hotel guests who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are awaiting test results, Abbott said, transportation is “much more expensive because we can only move one or two people at a time to allow for distancing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11825792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE.jpg\" alt=\"Alameda County public health staff take part in a training on how to use personal protective equipment while working with guests at the Radisson Hotel in Oakland in late March.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1208\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-800x503.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-1536x966.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County public health staff take part in a training on how to use personal protective equipment while working with guests at the Radisson Hotel in Oakland in late March. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alameda County Health Care Services Agency)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But whether Alameda County purchases the actual hotels where guests are staying right now remains to be seen. Not all of the hotels have a suitable layout for long-term use, Abbott said, especially for an older population with mobility impairments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And others are \"further along in their lifetime and need significant rehabilitation,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true of several of the hotels being leased throughout the Bay Area. At the Hotel Whitcomb, Alan Tolbert said it can take several hours for shower water to drain due to a persistent clog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unsanitary,” he said. “I’ve been asking staff for weeks to solve this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']The difficulty in retrofitting hotels for long-term use is why officials in Alameda County are eyeing other sites for permanent housing. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_06_09_20/HEALTH%20CARE%20SERVICES/Regular%20Calendar/HCSA_GSA_296977.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this month\u003c/a> approved a $23.3 million purchase of three buildings, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/06/11/oaklands-old-lake-merritt-lodge-will-become-a-covid-19-homeless-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two near Oakland's Lake Merritt\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, Abbott said Alameda County is working with the state to rapidly place at least 400 families and individuals staying at the hotels into existing subsidized, affordable apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[We’re] trying to really get people into housing now, because obviously that’s an even better situation than Project Roomkey,” she said, “but also to keep the non-congregate hotel shelters available as long as COVID continues to be so prevalent in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>No Going Back\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Anita de Asis Miralle, the founder and director of The Village, a community-based homeless services provider in Oakland, said her organization has a similar exit strategy. The Village has housed about 40 families and individuals in hotel rooms as an alternative to the county and the state-led Project Roomkey. It’s been able to pay for the rooms with nearly $100,000 in philanthropic donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her group is working on finding places to move people as they exit hotel rooms, anything from apartments or rooms to rent, tiny homes or working RVs. But, she says, finding those affordable options has been a real challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is very clear to us is that having people in a stable environment for any amount of time and then releasing them back into the streets is going to cause so much trauma and mental hardship,” de Asis Miralle said. “We’re not going to allow that to happen to our folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11825657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotels_WEB-e1592937750672.jpg\" alt=\"This Comfort Inn in Oakland was one of the first hotels to become part of Project Roomkey.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1576\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Comfort Inn in Oakland was one of the first hotels to become part of Project Roomkey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alameda County Health Care Services Agency)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alan Tolbert, the opportunity to have a room in a San Francisco hotel has been transformative. The 48-year-old has congestive heart failure but saw his health improve soon after moving in, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big difference,” Tolbert said. “The feeling of privacy, I can sleep better. My stress levels are down. It’s really calmed me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert said there were times he would feel shortness of breath just walking through the city, because of his medical condition and the chaos of living in a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel better now, healthier,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the future of his hotel room still unknown, Tolbert said he can’t imagine going back to a congregate shelter now, with the threat of the coronavirus still looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not going to put us on the street,” he said. “That defeats the purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert wondered, “They’re going to have to do something, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The state quarantined thousands of unhoused people vulnerable to COVID-19 in hotels. As California moves toward reopening, health officials are scrambling to find permanent housing.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1593194799,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":1359},"headData":{"title":"California Found Hotels for 10,000 Homeless Residents. What Next? | KQED","description":"The state quarantined thousands of unhoused people vulnerable to COVID-19 in hotels. Now, health officials are scrambling to find permanent housing.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Found Hotels for 10,000 Homeless Residents. 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What Next?","source":"Coronavirus","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirus","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/cf104c8f-ddf8-4759-8208-abe5012e634c/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next","audioDuration":232000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Alan Tolbert first walked into San Francisco’s Hotel Whitcomb in April, he couldn’t help but smile. For the first time in two years, he had a room to call his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just great being here,” said Tolbert, who shares his room with his pitbull terrier, Coco. “I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert is one of more than 10,000 homeless seniors and people with medical conditions who were able to move into hotel rooms in California through a state-led effort to isolate and quarantine people during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced the program, dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11818462/newsoms-budget-puts-new-focus-on-buying-hotels-to-house-homeless\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a>, in April as a temporary solution to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 among people living in emergency shelters and outdoor tent communities. As of Friday, the state had filled 10,644 hotel rooms, and leased a total of 15,837.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'They're not going to put us on the street... That defeats the purpose. They’re going to have to do something, right?'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Alan Tolbert, unhoused resident moved into an SF hotel due to COVID-19","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Newsom says he wants to turn that temporary solution into a permanent one by helping counties buy hotels and motels across the state. Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say it’s a rare opportunity to put a meaningful dent in the state’s housing shortage by providing housing for around 10% of the state’s more than 150,000 homeless residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a unique chance to avoid some of the complex funding and permitting schemes that often stymie such projects, said Amanda Wehrman, deputy director of HomeBase, a public policy nonprofit focused on addressing homelessness. That’s not to say the project hasn’t been without \u003ca href=\"https://www.whittierdailynews.com/city-officials-oppose-plan-to-house-homeless-in-norwalk-motel-county-vows-to-sue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neighborhood opposition\u003c/a> in a few cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now is a moment where we can take some meaningful steps to address the needs around homelessness,” Wehrman said. “The next thing that needs to happen is to make sure we can address our public health crisis and address homelessness through these opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area’s nine counties, officials have leased a total of 5,169 rooms, with individuals and families living in 3,339 of them, according to the state’s Department of Social Services. And so far, FEMA has agreed to provide a 75% reimbursement to counties for the rooms through June 30, unless the federal agency agrees to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/FEMA/202006-CA_NCS-all-others-TE%20Response_6012020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an extension\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s May budget proposal included $600 million in federal funds from the CARES Act to help counties purchase the hotels — but it’s unclear where the money will come from to operate the hotels and provide services for the people who live there after FEMA's subsidies end.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Devil in the Details\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County spends roughly $2.5 million a month to house 550 people in five hotels. That includes the cost of the rooms, plus food, staffing and supportive services, said Jaime Jenett, a spokesperson for the county office of Health, Housing and Homeless Services. The leases will end in August unless extended, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s the initial outlay of purchasing a hotel, and then there is the ongoing costs of actually running programs,” Jenett said. “And a lot of what the future looks like depends on funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Abbott, director of Alameda County’s Office of Homeless Care and Coordination, says it’s likely costs will fall when the facilities become permanent and social distancing protocols are lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County estimates the cost of providing housing with supportive services to formerly homeless people on an ongoing basis to about $60 per night, per household, compared to $100 during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because there are higher transportation, medical and cleaning costs associated with providing housing during a public health emergency, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For hotel guests who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are awaiting test results, Abbott said, transportation is “much more expensive because we can only move one or two people at a time to allow for distancing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11825792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE.jpg\" alt=\"Alameda County public health staff take part in a training on how to use personal protective equipment while working with guests at the Radisson Hotel in Oakland in late March.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1208\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-800x503.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-1536x966.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County public health staff take part in a training on how to use personal protective equipment while working with guests at the Radisson Hotel in Oakland in late March. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alameda County Health Care Services Agency)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But whether Alameda County purchases the actual hotels where guests are staying right now remains to be seen. Not all of the hotels have a suitable layout for long-term use, Abbott said, especially for an older population with mobility impairments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And others are \"further along in their lifetime and need significant rehabilitation,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true of several of the hotels being leased throughout the Bay Area. At the Hotel Whitcomb, Alan Tolbert said it can take several hours for shower water to drain due to a persistent clog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unsanitary,” he said. “I’ve been asking staff for weeks to solve this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"homelessness"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The difficulty in retrofitting hotels for long-term use is why officials in Alameda County are eyeing other sites for permanent housing. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_06_09_20/HEALTH%20CARE%20SERVICES/Regular%20Calendar/HCSA_GSA_296977.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this month\u003c/a> approved a $23.3 million purchase of three buildings, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/06/11/oaklands-old-lake-merritt-lodge-will-become-a-covid-19-homeless-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two near Oakland's Lake Merritt\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, Abbott said Alameda County is working with the state to rapidly place at least 400 families and individuals staying at the hotels into existing subsidized, affordable apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[We’re] trying to really get people into housing now, because obviously that’s an even better situation than Project Roomkey,” she said, “but also to keep the non-congregate hotel shelters available as long as COVID continues to be so prevalent in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>No Going Back\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Anita de Asis Miralle, the founder and director of The Village, a community-based homeless services provider in Oakland, said her organization has a similar exit strategy. The Village has housed about 40 families and individuals in hotel rooms as an alternative to the county and the state-led Project Roomkey. It’s been able to pay for the rooms with nearly $100,000 in philanthropic donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her group is working on finding places to move people as they exit hotel rooms, anything from apartments or rooms to rent, tiny homes or working RVs. But, she says, finding those affordable options has been a real challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is very clear to us is that having people in a stable environment for any amount of time and then releasing them back into the streets is going to cause so much trauma and mental hardship,” de Asis Miralle said. “We’re not going to allow that to happen to our folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11825657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotels_WEB-e1592937750672.jpg\" alt=\"This Comfort Inn in Oakland was one of the first hotels to become part of Project Roomkey.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1576\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Comfort Inn in Oakland was one of the first hotels to become part of Project Roomkey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alameda County Health Care Services Agency)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alan Tolbert, the opportunity to have a room in a San Francisco hotel has been transformative. The 48-year-old has congestive heart failure but saw his health improve soon after moving in, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big difference,” Tolbert said. “The feeling of privacy, I can sleep better. My stress levels are down. It’s really calmed me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert said there were times he would feel shortness of breath just walking through the city, because of his medical condition and the chaos of living in a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel better now, healthier,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the future of his hotel room still unknown, Tolbert said he can’t imagine going back to a congregate shelter now, with the threat of the coronavirus still looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not going to put us on the street,” he said. “That defeats the purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert wondered, “They’re going to have to do something, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next","authors":["11652","11651"],"categories":["news_1758","news_457","news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_3921","news_18538","news_27350","news_27504","news_27626","news_16","news_20305","news_4020","news_6114"],"featImg":"news_11825788","label":"source_news_11825653"},"news_11702796":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11702796","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11702796","score":null,"sort":[1541033324000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing","title":"Marriott CEO Slams Hotel Workers Union, Refuses to Attend S.F. Hearing","publishDate":1541033324,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated 11/1/18 at 10:45 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief executive of Marriott International issued a blistering critique of the union representing thousands of workers who've been striking at seven of the chain's hotels in San Francisco for close to a month, in a letter sent to a city supervisor on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson rejected an invitation from Supervisor Hillary Ronen to attend a Board of Supervisors meeting aimed at resolving the company's ongoing dispute with Unite Here Local 2, and claimed the union was more interested in coordinating a national labor action instead of settling local contract issues at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The union has attempted to portray Marriott as a company that has both disregarded its bargaining obligations and denied its employees fair wages and benefits,\" Sorenson wrote in a letter obtained by KQED. \"That could not be further from the truth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4, more than 2,000 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders, bellmen and others represented by Local 2 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked off the job\u003c/a> at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and other several cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers, who have been pushing for higher wages and better job protections, have not only been picketing outside of local hotels, but have also held marches and protests, in some cases leading to arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Marriott has not spoken out extensively about the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Although we have generally stayed silent, opting not to negotiate with Unite Here Local 2 in the press or on social media, please don't interpret this silence as confirmation of the union's claims,\" Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016. \u003ccite>(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His letter is in response to Ronen's invitation for the Marriott CEO to speak before a special board meeting set for Friday to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The hotel industry is a cornerstone of our economy,\" Ronen wrote to Sorenson last week. \"As head of the largest employer in San Francisco's hotel industry, you play a critical role in all of this,\" Ronen wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, shortly after Sorenson rejected the invitation, Ronen did not mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">S.F. Mayor Breed Meets With Union, Expresses Support for Striking Hotel Workers\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1200x773.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"I'm very disappointed that the CEO of a company that makes so much money by operating in San Francisco and who could settle this strike today, won't take the time to attend this important hearing,\" Ronen said in a text to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sends the message that our city is just one more profit center, rather than a home for thousands of workers who are struggling every day,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Ronen's office says her office expects nearly a thousand rank and file workers to show up at Friday's hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen, several other supervisors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a>, as well as the city's labor community, have all showed support for the striking employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's travel and hotel industry have stayed, for the most part, silent on developments in the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does the letter represent Sorenson's first public comments about the San Francisco strike, it signaled a more aggressive tone from the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,\" Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The strike that has encompassed eight cities, including San Francisco, was not the result of a bargaining impasse in any city, but rather, it seems, part of the union's bargaining strategy from the outset,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorenson says the company's employees are well-compensated, receiving strong wages, medical coverage and a pension fund, among other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union officials declined to comment on Sorenson's letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Supervisor Ronen's response says it all,\" said Unite Here press secretary Rachel Gumpert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, union leaders have said the strike \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not end\u003c/a> until the workers it represents don't need to work several jobs just to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"'I'm very disappointed that the CEO of a company that makes so much money... won't take the time to attend this important hearing,' said San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1541094272,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":731},"headData":{"title":"Marriott CEO Slams Hotel Workers Union, Refuses to Attend S.F. 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Hearing","path":"/news/11702796/marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated 11/1/18 at 10:45 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief executive of Marriott International issued a blistering critique of the union representing thousands of workers who've been striking at seven of the chain's hotels in San Francisco for close to a month, in a letter sent to a city supervisor on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson rejected an invitation from Supervisor Hillary Ronen to attend a Board of Supervisors meeting aimed at resolving the company's ongoing dispute with Unite Here Local 2, and claimed the union was more interested in coordinating a national labor action instead of settling local contract issues at the bargaining table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The union has attempted to portray Marriott as a company that has both disregarded its bargaining obligations and denied its employees fair wages and benefits,\" Sorenson wrote in a letter obtained by KQED. \"That could not be further from the truth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4, more than 2,000 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders, bellmen and others represented by Local 2 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked off the job\u003c/a> at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes, involving other Unite Here local unions, have been taking place in Oakland, San Jose and other several cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers, who have been pushing for higher wages and better job protections, have not only been picketing outside of local hotels, but have also held marches and protests, in some cases leading to arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Marriott has not spoken out extensively about the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Although we have generally stayed silent, opting not to negotiate with Unite Here Local 2 in the press or on social media, please don't interpret this silence as confirmation of the union's claims,\" Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/ArneS-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Sorenson, President and CEO Marriott International, pictured in 2016. \u003ccite>(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His letter is in response to Ronen's invitation for the Marriott CEO to speak before a special board meeting set for Friday to discuss the strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The hotel industry is a cornerstone of our economy,\" Ronen wrote to Sorenson last week. \"As head of the largest employer in San Francisco's hotel industry, you play a critical role in all of this,\" Ronen wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, shortly after Sorenson rejected the invitation, Ronen did not mince words.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">S.F. Mayor Breed Meets With Union, Expresses Support for Striking Hotel Workers\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1200x773.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"I'm very disappointed that the CEO of a company that makes so much money by operating in San Francisco and who could settle this strike today, won't take the time to attend this important hearing,\" Ronen said in a text to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sends the message that our city is just one more profit center, rather than a home for thousands of workers who are struggling every day,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Ronen's office says her office expects nearly a thousand rank and file workers to show up at Friday's hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen, several other supervisors and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a>, as well as the city's labor community, have all showed support for the striking employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's travel and hotel industry have stayed, for the most part, silent on developments in the labor dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does the letter represent Sorenson's first public comments about the San Francisco strike, it signaled a more aggressive tone from the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We hoped to reach an agreement months ago. Unfortunately, the union seemed more interested in participating in a long planned, multi-city, 23-hotel strike against Marriott than they were in engaging in any meaningful negotiations,\" Sorenson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The strike that has encompassed eight cities, including San Francisco, was not the result of a bargaining impasse in any city, but rather, it seems, part of the union's bargaining strategy from the outset,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sorenson says the company's employees are well-compensated, receiving strong wages, medical coverage and a pension fund, among other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union officials declined to comment on Sorenson's letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Supervisor Ronen's response says it all,\" said Unite Here press secretary Rachel Gumpert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, union leaders have said the strike \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not end\u003c/a> until the workers it represents don't need to work several jobs just to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11702796/marriott-ceo-slams-hotel-workers-union-refuses-to-attend-s-f-hearing","authors":["258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_19542","news_6114","news_19904","news_23738","news_38","news_2759","news_2659","news_24104"],"featImg":"news_11698170","label":"news_72"},"news_11698707":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11698707","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11698707","score":null,"sort":[1539640518000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute","title":"S.F. Mayor Breed Meets With Union, Expresses Support for Striking Hotel Workers","publishDate":1539640518,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated Monday Oct. 15, 2:50 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed met Monday with leaders of the union representing approximately 2,300 workers who walked off the job at seven Marriott hotels in the city, according to Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We met with Mayor Breed today and apprised her of the issues and status of contract negotiations,\" Singh said in a statement. \"She naturally is supportive of what we are fighting for — to make one job enough for working people in San Francisco. We will remain in close communication and look forward to the mayor's support as we go forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post, Oct. 13:\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has decided to get involved in San Francisco's most extreme \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hotel labor dispute\u003c/a> in more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed says she supports the 2,300 workers who have walked off the job at seven Marriott hotels in the city and has asked their union to meet with her next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of the mayor's involvement in the dispute comes a day after \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/striking-marriott-workers-marching-sf-streets/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of Unite Here members were arrested\u003c/a> during a protest outside the Marriott Marquis at 4th and Mission streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the arrested, according to the union, were Anand Singh, the head of Unite Here's San Francisco Division, Local 2, and Wei-Ling Huber, president of the union's East Bay unit, Local 2850.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also comes after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698425/s-f-supervisors-back-hotel-strikers-mayor-still-mum?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=kqednews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several San Francisco supervisors\u003c/a> announced support for the strikers, including Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who called for Breed to take a more active role in the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday evening, the mayor did just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a longtime supporter of organized labor, I support the rights of workers to organize, collectively bargain, and advocate for better wages and benefits,\" Breed said in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have been in contact with Unite Here Local 2 and I have invited representatives from the union to my office next week to discuss potential paths forward,\" the mayor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11698480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11698480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1180x760.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-960x618.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-240x155.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-375x241.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders bellmen and others walked off the job at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes by Unite Here workers are taking place in San Jose, Oakland and several other cities around the country including San Diego, Boston and Detroit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unite Here Local 2 officials say the San Francisco strike is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not expected to end any time soon\u003c/a>. A union organizer said that since the walkouts began the two sides have not met, although there are plans to in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union says its members are fighting for livable wages, job security and \"an end to unsafe overwork,\" but has declined to offer details about its contract proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott has consistently said that it's disappointed in the union's decision to strike and that the company's hotels will remain open during the labor action. A spokesman for the hotel chain, though, has repeatedly declined to answer questions about the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union's five-year agreement with Marriott ended Aug. 15. During that contract, the median income for its hotel workers was $44,000, according to Unite Here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walkouts have struck in the belly of one of San Francisco's most profitable sectors, its tourism and hospitality industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear how much pain that industry is feeling. There are some reports of customer complaints at hotels where workers are striking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hotel Council of San Francisco has declined to comment on the strike\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's travel association says it's not seeing a lot of conferences that are changing plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are aware of one organization that moved from one San Francisco hotel (on strike) to another San Francisco hotel and all ran smoothly,\" said Laurie Armstrong Gossy, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Travel, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No citywide groups (using multiple hotels) have canceled or failed to book due to the labor action,\" Gossy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Marriott strike marks the biggest hotel labor dispute since workers were locked out of more than a dozen city hotels in 2004, part of a weeks-long conflict that at one point, involved then-Mayor Gavin Newsom briefly joining a picket line.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"'She naturally is supportive of what we are fighting for — to make one job enough for working people in San Francisco,' Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh said in a statement.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1539646470,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":727},"headData":{"title":"S.F. 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Mayor Breed Meets With Union, Expresses Support for Striking Hotel Workers","path":"/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated Monday Oct. 15, 2:50 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed met Monday with leaders of the union representing approximately 2,300 workers who walked off the job at seven Marriott hotels in the city, according to Unite Here Local 2 President Anand Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We met with Mayor Breed today and apprised her of the issues and status of contract negotiations,\" Singh said in a statement. \"She naturally is supportive of what we are fighting for — to make one job enough for working people in San Francisco. We will remain in close communication and look forward to the mayor's support as we go forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post, Oct. 13:\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has decided to get involved in San Francisco's most extreme \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11696561/marriott-hotel-workers-in-san-francisco-walk-off-the-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hotel labor dispute\u003c/a> in more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed says she supports the 2,300 workers who have walked off the job at seven Marriott hotels in the city and has asked their union to meet with her next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Word of the mayor's involvement in the dispute comes a day after \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/striking-marriott-workers-marching-sf-streets/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dozens of Unite Here members were arrested\u003c/a> during a protest outside the Marriott Marquis at 4th and Mission streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the arrested, according to the union, were Anand Singh, the head of Unite Here's San Francisco Division, Local 2, and Wei-Ling Huber, president of the union's East Bay unit, Local 2850.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also comes after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698425/s-f-supervisors-back-hotel-strikers-mayor-still-mum?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=kqednews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several San Francisco supervisors\u003c/a> announced support for the strikers, including Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who called for Breed to take a more active role in the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday evening, the mayor did just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a longtime supporter of organized labor, I support the rights of workers to organize, collectively bargain, and advocate for better wages and benefits,\" Breed said in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have been in contact with Unite Here Local 2 and I have invited representatives from the union to my office next week to discuss potential paths forward,\" the mayor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11698480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11698480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-1180x760.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-960x618.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-240x155.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-375x241.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Breed-520x335.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 4 housekeepers, kitchen workers, bartenders bellmen and others walked off the job at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown, the Marriott Marquis, the Marriott Union Square, the Palace Hotel, the St. Regis, the W and the Westin St. Francis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar strikes by Unite Here workers are taking place in San Jose, Oakland and several other cities around the country including San Diego, Boston and Detroit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unite Here Local 2 officials say the San Francisco strike is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11698130/san-francisco-marriott-hotel-strike-far-from-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not expected to end any time soon\u003c/a>. A union organizer said that since the walkouts began the two sides have not met, although there are plans to in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union says its members are fighting for livable wages, job security and \"an end to unsafe overwork,\" but has declined to offer details about its contract proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marriott has consistently said that it's disappointed in the union's decision to strike and that the company's hotels will remain open during the labor action. A spokesman for the hotel chain, though, has repeatedly declined to answer questions about the dispute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union's five-year agreement with Marriott ended Aug. 15. During that contract, the median income for its hotel workers was $44,000, according to Unite Here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walkouts have struck in the belly of one of San Francisco's most profitable sectors, its tourism and hospitality industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's unclear how much pain that industry is feeling. There are some reports of customer complaints at hotels where workers are striking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Hotel Council of San Francisco has declined to comment on the strike\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's travel association says it's not seeing a lot of conferences that are changing plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are aware of one organization that moved from one San Francisco hotel (on strike) to another San Francisco hotel and all ran smoothly,\" said Laurie Armstrong Gossy, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Travel, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No citywide groups (using multiple hotels) have canceled or failed to book due to the labor action,\" Gossy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Marriott strike marks the biggest hotel labor dispute since workers were locked out of more than a dozen city hotels in 2004, part of a weeks-long conflict that at one point, involved then-Mayor Gavin Newsom briefly joining a picket line.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11698707/san-francisco-mayor-jumps-into-marriott-hotel-labor-dispute","authors":["258"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1758","news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_6114","news_19904","news_6931","news_23738","news_2759"],"featImg":"news_11698170","label":"news_72"},"news_134700":{"type":"posts","id":"news_134700","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"134700","score":null,"sort":[1398885735000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"airbnb-supporters-rally-against-possible-regulations","title":"Airbnb Tug of War: Opponents, Supporters Rally in San Francisco","publishDate":1398885735,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Priced Out | News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3443-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134704\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3443-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors display signs supporting Airbnb at a rally for short-term rentals in front of San Francisco City Hall (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters display signs supporting Airbnb at a rally for short-term rentals in front of San Francisco City Hall. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED) \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Airbnb opponents and backers held a pair of rallies at San Francisco's City Hall on Tuesday as city officials continue to consider regulating short-term rentals and the increasingly popular practice of home-sharing. Airbnb, \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/morning-agenda-airbnbs-10-billion-valuation/\" target=\"_blank\">currently valued at $10 billion\u003c/a> based on a recent round of venture financing, has operated in a legal gray area until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, a coalition of landlords and housing advocates condemned home-sharing, arguing that vacation and short-term rentals are squeezing affordable housing out of the city. \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Supervisor \u003c/span>David Chiu has proposed legislation that would require Airbnb hosts to pay San Francisco\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">'s hotel tax and create a public registry of hosts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"30d63dfeca72c1c4e94c8536d6660eb6\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">But opponents says Chiu's proposal doesn't go far enough. A group that includes housing activist Calvin Welch, former planning commissioner Doug Engmann and PR executive Dale Carlson is calling for placing much tougher restrictions on short-term rentals. Their proposal would restrict Airbnb rentals to neighborhoods with commercial zoning, and it would require hosts to show proof of insurance. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday afternoon, Airbnb backers held a rally of their own in response to the proposed rule changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3413-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3413-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Schaller and Tish Kronen attended an Airbnb rally in front of San Francisco City Hall (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victoria Schaller, left, and Tish Kronen attended an Airbnb rally in front of San Francisco City Hall. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Victoria \u003cspan style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">Schaller came to the rally with her dog, Princess. Schaller has done some cleaning for Airbnb hosts. \"I support it because it helps people make a little extra money,\" she said.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">She was joined by Tish Kronen, who rents out her home through Airbnb. \"I'm going through a divorce, and if I didn't have this, I don't know if I'd make it through.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134711\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3379-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134711\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3379-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Fahy shows his support for Cher and home-sharing (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Fahy shows his support for Cher and home-sharing. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ken Goff has been an Airbnb host in the past, but he doesn't currently have a spare bedroom. Still, he attended Tuesday's rally at Civic Center Plaza. \"I believe really strongly in letting small businesses use technology to make money,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3385-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134709\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3385-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi driver Frank Fahy attended an Airbnb rally at City Hall (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi driver Frank Fahy attended an Airbnb rally at City Hall. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Airbnb debate has some similarities to the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tncs/\" target=\"_blank\">controversy over ride services\u003c/a> such as Lyft and Uber. Frank Fahy drives a taxi in San Francisco, and he has watched a lot of business go to ride services recently. \"Everyone who has a car is getting into the taxi business,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To supplement is income, he started renting out his house as a short-term rental a couple months ago. But he's worried that new restrictions will prevent him from continuing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134714\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3470-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134714\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3470-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Blum holds a handmade sign at Tuesday's Airbnb rally (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathryn Blum holds a handmade sign at Tuesday's Airbnb rally. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathryn Blum rents a spare guest room in her Potrero Hill home, which brings business to the neighborhood, she argued. \"It's my property -- I want to be able to do with it as I choose. But I don't think the harsh regulations will let me keep my home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3508-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134715\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3508-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Short-term rental supporters sport signs at a rally at Civic Center Plaza (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short-term rental supporters sport signs at a rally at Civic Center Plaza. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Those who want more regulation of home-sharing, and those who oppose it, sound off at City Hall. 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(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED) \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Airbnb opponents and backers held a pair of rallies at San Francisco's City Hall on Tuesday as city officials continue to consider regulating short-term rentals and the increasingly popular practice of home-sharing. Airbnb, \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/morning-agenda-airbnbs-10-billion-valuation/\" target=\"_blank\">currently valued at $10 billion\u003c/a> based on a recent round of venture financing, has operated in a legal gray area until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, a coalition of landlords and housing advocates condemned home-sharing, arguing that vacation and short-term rentals are squeezing affordable housing out of the city. \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Supervisor \u003c/span>David Chiu has proposed legislation that would require Airbnb hosts to pay San Francisco\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">'s hotel tax and create a public registry of hosts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">But opponents says Chiu's proposal doesn't go far enough. A group that includes housing activist Calvin Welch, former planning commissioner Doug Engmann and PR executive Dale Carlson is calling for placing much tougher restrictions on short-term rentals. Their proposal would restrict Airbnb rentals to neighborhoods with commercial zoning, and it would require hosts to show proof of insurance. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday afternoon, Airbnb backers held a rally of their own in response to the proposed rule changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3413-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134707\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3413-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Schaller and Tish Kronen attended an Airbnb rally in front of San Francisco City Hall (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victoria Schaller, left, and Tish Kronen attended an Airbnb rally in front of San Francisco City Hall. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Victoria \u003cspan style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">Schaller came to the rally with her dog, Princess. Schaller has done some cleaning for Airbnb hosts. \"I support it because it helps people make a little extra money,\" she said.\u003c/span>\u003cbr style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">\u003cbr style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #3c3c3c\">She was joined by Tish Kronen, who rents out her home through Airbnb. \"I'm going through a divorce, and if I didn't have this, I don't know if I'd make it through.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134711\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3379-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134711\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3379-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Fahy shows his support for Cher and home-sharing (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Fahy shows his support for Cher and home-sharing. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ken Goff has been an Airbnb host in the past, but he doesn't currently have a spare bedroom. Still, he attended Tuesday's rally at Civic Center Plaza. \"I believe really strongly in letting small businesses use technology to make money,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3385-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134709\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3385-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi driver Frank Fahy attended an Airbnb rally at City Hall (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi driver Frank Fahy attended an Airbnb rally at City Hall. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Airbnb debate has some similarities to the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tncs/\" target=\"_blank\">controversy over ride services\u003c/a> such as Lyft and Uber. Frank Fahy drives a taxi in San Francisco, and he has watched a lot of business go to ride services recently. \"Everyone who has a car is getting into the taxi business,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To supplement is income, he started renting out his house as a short-term rental a couple months ago. But he's worried that new restrictions will prevent him from continuing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134714\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3470-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134714\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3470-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Blum holds a handmade sign at Tuesday's Airbnb rally (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathryn Blum holds a handmade sign at Tuesday's Airbnb rally. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathryn Blum rents a spare guest room in her Potrero Hill home, which brings business to the neighborhood, she argued. \"It's my property -- I want to be able to do with it as I choose. But I don't think the harsh regulations will let me keep my home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3508-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-134715\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/IMG_3508-copy-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Short-term rental supporters sport signs at a rally at Civic Center Plaza (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short-term rental supporters sport signs at a rally at Civic Center Plaza. 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Photo: Effie Yang/Flickr\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Airbnb guide in San Francisco. (Effie Yang/Flickr) \u003ccite>(Effie Yang/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The short-term rental company \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Air\u003c/a>bnb made waves \u003ca href=\"http://publicpolicy.airbnb.com/san-francisco-taxes-airbnb-community/\" target=\"_blank\">when it announced\u003c/a> that it will start collecting San Francisco's 14 percent hotel tax from its guests in the city. And while this may be a first step in assuaging critics, it probably won't be the last. It's no secret that \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=2105\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu\u003c/a> is working on regulations for short-term rental companies like Airbnb, but on Wednesday a representative from Chiu's office offered more specifics about what those regulations will likely include.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During an appearance on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201404090900\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's \"Forum\u003c/a>,\" Judson True, a legislative aide to Chiu, said that while details are still being worked out, \"the general principles are getting close.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those general principles is protecting the city's housing stock. To that end, True hinted that regulations will aim to keep housing units primarily housing city residents, not tourists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Permanent residency is really, really important,\" said True. \"For a short-term rental to be legal, it should have to be a permanent residence for someone. That’s really a core concept.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True also said that a cap on the number of days a unit could be let as a short-term rental is \"crucial.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it's truly a case of renting out a room when you are on vacation or to supplement income a little bit, then really it should not be a unit that has permanently become an 'Airbnb unit.' That's really not serving San Franciscans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to True, a registration system for people renting with the short-term rental services is also being considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulations have been about a year in the making and will likely be announced in the next few weeks, said True. But, he warned, they will be far from a done deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be a conversation that lasts a number of months,\" True said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the legislation is proposed, in addition to the usual process of approval by the Board of Supervisors, he said, it will also have to go to the Planning Commission \u003cem>and\u003c/em> to the Department of Building Inspection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Improved enforcement of short-term rental laws will also be part of the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you have the city’s housing stock being taken off the market to become short-term rentals, you have an enforcement issue,\" said True. \"(Enforcement) shouldn’t merely be complaint-driven.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True said that Airbnb collecting the city's hotel tax was \"a prerequisite for us moving forward on legislation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can listen to the full discussion on \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201404090900\" target=\"_blank\">Forum\u003c/a>\" below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/143923190&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Supervisor David Chiu proposes measure to ensure city's housing serves residents rather than tourists. 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It's no secret that \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=2105\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President David Chiu\u003c/a> is working on regulations for short-term rental companies like Airbnb, but on Wednesday a representative from Chiu's office offered more specifics about what those regulations will likely include.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During an appearance on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201404090900\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's \"Forum\u003c/a>,\" Judson True, a legislative aide to Chiu, said that while details are still being worked out, \"the general principles are getting close.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those general principles is protecting the city's housing stock. 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