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Civic Center Hotel Resolution Goes Before Board
The Land Use and Economic Development Committee considered a resolution Wednesday that urges the Civic Center Hotel’s owner, the U.A. Local 38 Pension Trust Fund, to seismically retrofit it for earthquake preparedness and bring it up to building code.
Preserving the hotel in this way would protect the tenants who live there in terms of their personal safety but would also allow them continued access to affordable housing. The resolution, sponsored by Supervisor Chris Daly, seeks to protect the over 100 tenants who live in the Civic Center Hotel, including disabled persons, students, families and low-income workers.
In 2003, the Pension Trust Fund had attempted to apply to demolish the building, although this application was never completed. The City Attorney’s Office has since filed a lawsuit against the building’s owners requiring that the building be brought up to code. A legislative aide from Supervisor Daly’s office stated “they are basically allowing the building to deteriorate which is unlawful.”
The hotel is currently unequipped with wall sprinklers in the case of fire and it is not earthquake safe. The members of the Pension Trust Fund have not made any definitive steps towards upgrading the building and as recounted by many tenants at the hearing, they have not made themselves available to discuss the matter either.
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In 2003, the Pension Trust Fund had attempted to apply to demolish the building, although this application was never completed. The City Attorney’s Office has since filed a lawsuit against the building’s owners requiring that the building be brought up to code. A legislative aide from Supervisor Daly’s office stated “they are basically allowing the building to deteriorate which is unlawful.”
The hotel is currently unequipped with wall sprinklers in the case of fire and it is not earthquake safe. The members of the Pension Trust Fund have not made any definitive steps towards upgrading the building and as recounted by many tenants at the hearing, they have not made themselves available to discuss the matter either.
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No one has yet answered the question about the re-fitt. Are the tenants of the hotel willing to pay increased rent to pay back the loan for the retrofit? If not, why? Do you expect the plumbers' union to take out a loan and pay it back out of the plumbers' union dues? If so, why? Loans cost money. They have interest, even if it is low. Someone has to pay it back. If you don't raise the rents, then the union has to pay the cost out of its own budget. The plumbers union is not a housing or social service agency, so who's going to pay?
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