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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
170731
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit - BHR Operations LLC, dba
Crowne Plaza and dba Holiday Inn Fisherman’s
Wharf, et al. - $1,613,554.74
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
6/20/2017
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
6/20/2017
7/27/2017
Enactment date:
7/27/2017
180-17
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance authorizing settlement of two lawsuits filed by BHR Operations LLC, dba Crowne Plaza
and dba Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf, et al. against the City and County of San Francisco for
$1,613,554.74 to be distributed as follows: BHR Operations LLC $379,969.68, Hotel Nikko of San
Francisco Inc. $201,741.40, Datam S.F. LLC $277,953.69, RP/Kinetic Parc 55 Owner, LLC
$25,601.63, S.F. Hilton LLC $447,301.52, W2005 Argent Hotel Realty LLC $42,857.19, British Airways
Plc $163,369.38, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd $74,760.25; the lawsuits were filed in San Francisco
Superior Court, as Case No. CGC-10-498514 entitled BHR Operations LLC, dba Crowne Plaza and
dba Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed on April 9,
2010, and Case No. CGC-10-505526 entitled British Airways Plc v. City and County of San Francisco,
et al. filed on November 19, 2010; other material terms of the settlement include the City’s retaining
transient occupancy taxes collected by the Tax Collector, and the plaintiffs’ agreement to pay transient
occupancy taxes in the future according to the Tax Collector’s regulations; the lawsuits involve a
dispute between the City and the hotel and airline industry about whether airline crew rooms are
exempt from the City’s transient occupancy tax.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Comm Rpt Rqst 071217, 3. Comm Pkt 071717, 4. Board Pkt 071817, 5. Board Pkt
072517, 6. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
6/9/2017
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
6/20/2017
1
RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE
REPORT
Government Audit and Oversight
Committee
7/17/2017
1
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
7/18/2017
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
7/25/2017
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
7/27/2017
1