Laws in place to preserve residential hotels fail to stop their conversion into tourist hotels. The Tenderloins cost per week at residential hotels skyrockets due to their scarcity.
Tag: #HotelConversion
1991
S.F. Hotelier Is Barred From Renting to Tourists
SF Judge issues a permanent injunction barring Hotel Owner Adam Sparks from renting rooms to tourists. A win for hotel conversion and zoning laws – showing they can be enforced.
1992
Residential Hotel Conversion Ordinance Facing Stiff U.S. Court Challenge
The Residential Hotel Conversion Ordinance is under fire for being “unconstitutional” – Tenants rights groups speak upon its importance to preserving affordable housing.
1992
Mayoral Intervention on Conversion of Hotel Approval
The Cornell Hotel wants to convert 31 units from residential to tourist use. The Planning Dept initially recommends disapproval of the request but then flips (after Mayor Frank Jordan intervened) to supporting the conversion. The conversion would mean a loss of over $1,000,000 in funds for non-profit housing.
1998
‘Hotelization’ Restrictions OK’d by Panel
Supervisors approve legislation aimed at reducing hotelization.
1999
Tenants Picket Shorenstein’s Hotel
Tenants Picket the Shorenstein’s hotel after over two dozen residents are threatened with eviction.
2004
Legal Settlement Creates Affordable Units in Nob Hill
The fist enforcement in 6 years of the City’s Apartment Conversion Ordinance is made. This, recovering 117 apartments and 19 SROs from tourist rental.