Shelter in Place Order Extended to May 3, 2020

Six Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley announced extending the stay-at-home order through May 3, 2020.  The changes from earlier Bay Area lock down rules include prohibiting most residential and commercial construction, closing dog parks and playgrounds, banning play with a ball unless it involves only family or living unit members and a requirement that essential businesses enact tighter new social-distancing rules for their workplaces. Click here for new order.

Tighter restrictions relating to construction are as follows: For the purposes of this Order, “Essential Businesses” are…

Construction, but only of the types listed in this subparagraph below:

• Projects immediately necessary to the maintenance, operation, or repair of Essential Infrastructure;
• Projects associated with Healthcare Operations, including creating or expanding Healthcare Operations, provided that such construction is directly related to the COVID-19 response;
• Affordable housing that is or will be income-restricted, including multi-unit or mixed-use developments containing at least 10% income-restricted units;
• Public works projects if specifically designated as an Essential Governmental Function by the lead governmental agency;
• Shelters and temporary housing, but not including hotels or motels;
• Projects immediately necessary to provide critical non-commercial services to individuals experiencing homelessness, elderly persons, persons who are economically disadvantaged, and persons with special needs;
• Construction necessary to ensure that existing construction sites that must be shut down under this Order are left in a safe and secure manner, but only to the extent necessary to do so; and
• Construction or repair necessary to ensure that residences and buildings containing Essential Businesses are safe, sanitary, or habitable to the extent such construction or repair cannot reasonably be delayed 

Congestion Pricing

An information session for members of the Downtown Congestion Pricing Study Policy Advisory Committee will happen virtually this Friday morning, March 27. These information sessions are open to the public.  Click here for more information or copy the link: https://www.sfcta.org/events/downtown-congestion-pricing-information-session-congestion-pricing-other-cities.

BART and SFO Information

Reduced BART hours:  Click here to view BART’s temporary service schedule in light of the 90% decline in ridership over the past weeks.  BART is working to provide service to get essential workers to worksites. 

SFO Shuttle To BART:  Click to view flyer regarding a free shuttle service provided by SFO that goes go to a limited number of BART stations to pick up passengers.  This service may expand in the coming days.

BOMA San Francisco's Voter Guide for the March 3, 2020 Election

BOMA San Francisco's Political Action Committee's Voter Guide
March 3, 2020 Election

The BOMA SF-PAC is looking forward to the March 3, 2020 election. Our members have endorsed candidates for elected office and taken positions on the following propositions. If you are a registered voter in San Francisco, please reference this guide when you vote!

If you have any questions, contact John Bozeman, BOMA San Francisco's Director of Government and Industry Affairs, at johnb@boma.com.

Local Propositions

Click here to review the San Francisco Voter Guide for more information on each Proposition. The San Francisco Chronicle has also published information about the measures.

SUPPORT - Proposition A

• City College Job Training, Repair and Earthquake Safety Measure

SUPPORT - Proposition B

• San Francisco Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond, 2020

OPPOSE - Proposition E

• Limits on Office Development

Candidates

US House of Representatives Districts 12 and 14

Nancy Pelosi

Jackie Speier 

Downtown Congestion Pricing Study - Policy Advisory Committee Meeting on February 20, 2020

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) has been moving forward with a study that will help policy makers identify what a Downtown Congestion Pricing (DCP) plan would entail. Since 2010, BOMA San Francisco members have been involved in the discussion of a possible DCP - this current study and outcome seem highly likely to occur. 

Indeed, Mayor London Breed has recently endorsed the concept. 

BOMA San Francisco last discussed DCP at our monthly Government Affairs Policy Advisory Committee with SFCTA leaders in April of 2019 and will again likely in April 2020. 

In the meantime, BOMA members are strongly encouraged to participate in DCA Policy Advisory Committee discussion. The next gathering is today:

BOMA Releases New Coronavirus Guide

In response to growing questions and concerns, BOMA International has released a short guide that provides information regarding the outbreak of a new respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus, termed “2019-nCoV.” Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that the immediate health risk to the American public from 2019-nCoV is considered low at this time, it is important to prepare your building occupants and employees for this and other potential outbreaks. BOMA’s guide provides a foundation of knowledge to better understand the contagion and how to best prepare and react in a commercial building setting.

Download the guide here.

For up-to-the minute information about the coronavirus, be sure to visit the following webpages:

• CDC Coronavirus Page: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV 
• World Health Organization Coronavirus Page: www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

UPDATE: Better Market Street Project - Car-Free Market Street starts Today, January 29, 2020

UPDATE - January 29, 2020

Please note that car-free Market Street begins today. Here is an update from the SFMTA:

Beginning Wednesday, January 29th:

• Making Market Street car-free eastbound from 10th to Main, and westbound from Steuart to Van Ness. Vehicles will still be allowed to cross Market street at intersections.
• Similar car-free restrictions on Second Street (between Stevenson and Market) and Steuart Street (northbound between Mission and Market; southbound travel unchanged) to facilitate making Market Street car-free.
• Peak hour loading restrictions on Market Street to reduce conflicts between people on bicycles, transit and commercial vehicles 
• No southside loading in the eastbound direction (towards the Ferry Building) on weekdays between 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 
• No northside loading in the westbound direction (towards Twin Peaks) on weekdays between 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm. 
• Prohibiting right runs onto Valencia from eastbound Market Street (Friday 1/31/2020) 

Completed:

• Over 100 new cross-street passenger and commercial loading zones to accommodate safe loading.

Ongoing through Spring 2020:

• Extending existing transit-only lane east from Third to Main Street, the segment of Market with the most transit service, and making it Muni-only (taxis and non-Muni buses will no longer be allowed).
• Converting the existing red bus/taxi-only lane to Muni-only between 9th and 3rd streets.
• Installing painted safety zones at eight intersections to make crossing the street safer and shorter.
• Adding bicycle intersection improvements at Eighth, Page, Battery, and Valencia streets.

Beginning Summer 2020 and later:

• Changes to sections of Ellis and Jones streets near Market Street to improve safety and vehicle movement.

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Original Post - January 16, 2020

You may have heard of the Better Market Street (BMS) project that the City and County of San Francisco has been planning for years. BOMA San Francisco has been at the table since 2012 with the project leaders thanks to our BOMA ambassadors, Kathy Mattes (2012-2017) and Jose Guevara (2017-present) ensuring that your interests are represented.

In October 2019, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) unanimously supported the banning of private vehicles from using the thoroughfare - an objective for the City since 2010 - starting on January 29, 2020.

Recently, the SFMTA and San Francisco Department of Public Works (SFDPW) representatives were invited to speak with members along and adjacent to the Market Street corridor to discuss the BMS project and to provide details of the finalized private car ban. Our previous briefings were in 2012, 2014 and 2017 and the feedback the planning team received from BOMA members in those meetings and our most recent gathering in 2020 were very helpful.

Resources:

Click here to view/download the most meeting presentation.

Click here to review that highlights the changes coming on January 29th.

Please reach out to johnb@boma.com with any questions you may have.

San Francisco Annual (2019) Business Tax Return is Live and Accepting Filings

The San Francisco Annual Business Tax Returns include the Gross Receipts Tax, Payroll Expense Tax, Administrative Office Tax, Commercial Rents Tax and Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax. To avoid late penalties/fees, the returns must be submitted and paid on or before March 2, 2020.

Click here and on the videos below for more information.

UPDATE: Better Market Street Project - Car-Free Market Street starts January 29, 2020

You may have heard of the Better Market Street (BMS) project that the City and County of San Francisco has been planning for years. BOMA San Francisco has been at the table since 2012 with the project leaders thanks to our BOMA ambassadors, Kathy Mattes (2012-2017) and Jose Guevara (2017-present) ensuring that your interests are represented.

In October 2019, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) unanimously supported the banning of private vehicles from using the thoroughfare - an objective for the City since 2010 - starting on January 29, 2020.

Recently, the SFMTA and San Francisco Department of Public Works (SFDPW) representatives were invited to speak with members along and adjacent to the Market Street corridor to discuss the BMS project and to provide details of the finalized private car ban. Our previous briefings were in 2012, 2014 and 2017 and the feedback the planning team received from BOMA members in those meetings and our most recent gathering in 2020 were very helpful.

Resources:

Click here to view/download the most meeting presentation.

Click here to review that highlights the changes coming on January 29th.

Please reach out to johnb@boma.com with any questions you may have.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed's Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Workshop - January 21, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin, in partnership with the San Francisco Department of the Environment, will host an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Workshop to advance the City’s 100% emissions-free, clean transportation vision. 

The workshop will provide information on EV charging technologies, programs, and incentives for commercial garage managers, facility managers, fleet managers, property developers, site owners, and all others interested in offering EV charging at their site(s). BOMA San Francisco members are encouraged to attend and provide feedback.

Click here to register

Event Details

January 21, 2020 from 1:30 to 4:00pm

Bay Area Metro Center, Yerba Buena Conference Room

375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

The afternoon event will feature:

• EV equipment vendors in an exhibition room
• An overview of San Francisco’s EV charging infrastructure vision
• Information on how to comply with recent legislation that will expand publicly accessible EV charging in all large commercial parking facilities in San Francisco
• A panel discussion on public, multifamily, and workplace charging installations
• Information on cost-saving incentive opportunities

The day’s featured speakers will include District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin, S.F. Board of Supervisors, Tyrone Jue, Senior Advisor on the Environment to San Francisco Mayor London Breed, as well as representatives from PG&E, BAAQMD, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, Electrify America, and the San Francisco Department of the Environment.

Event Details

January 21, 2020 from 1:30 to 4:00pm

Bay Area Metro Center, Yerba Buena Conference Room

375 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105