Supervisors To Address Tenant Buyouts, Retail Chains' Workers

Under the legislation, Campos says, landlords would have to pass on written information to tenants about their legal rights 45 days before they can begin negotiating a buyout and register details of any completed buyout with the city's Rent Board. [...] Tuesday, Supervisor Eric Mar will introduce the Retail Workers Bill of Rights, which would require the approximately 1,250 retail chain stores in San Francisco to offer additional hours of work to part-time employees before hiring new workers; to pay employees for four hours if they are on call or if a shift is canceled with less than 24 hours' notice; and not to discriminate against part-time employees in areas such as pay and promotion opportunities. Range of targetsBut Mar's legislation would go further, requiring all "formula retail" businesses - defined in city law as all retail stores, fast-food businesses, restaurants, hotels and banks with 11 or more similar stores nationwide - to abide by the new rules. Another piece of legislation slated for introduction Tuesday attempts to strike some balance between rising real estate prices and the preservation of small businesses by limiting the amount of space that can be transformed into offices at historically industrial buildings. RREEF, the owner of that building, tried to have it designated a historic landmark, which under city law would have allowed it to change its zoning from what is called PDR - production, distribution and repair - to traditional office space, clearing the way for Pinterest to move in.