March 10, 2022

Dennis J. Herrera,
General Manager
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
525 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco CA 94102

RE: Parking Lease/2000 Marin St.

Dear Mr. Herrera:

Local 665 represents parking and garage workers in San Francisco.

We are disturbed to learn about a challenge to area prevailing wage and benefits standards through
a lease at 2000 Marin Street which is owned by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Currently, the City of San Francisco’s various commissions and agencies vet prospective parking
operators through an open and transparent bidding process. This process provides clear-eyed
adherence to prevailing wage provisions. In addition, SFPUC has a long tradition of entering into
regional and local Project Labor Agreements that cover projects like the one slated for this site.

Our position is that parking industry prevailing wage and benefits provisions must be adhered to at
the SFPUC, just as they are at other agencies in San Francisco. The entity currently leasing 2000
Marin Street has no historical track record of compliance with the wage and benefit rules
established by San Francisco’s oversight commissions and the Board of Supervisors.

To make matters worse, it appears that the current operator subleased the space to Amazon and
allowed them to receive a change of use to “Parcel Delivery Services” and used a non-union
contractor.

Receive this correspondence as our formal demand for immediate cancellation of the lease to
Tower Parking (and its various operating dba’s) at 2000 Marin Street.
We are confident that your agency’s review will conclude that adherence to prevailing wage and
benefits in San Francisco’s parking industry is paramount and that the remedy available is to select
an operator with a track record of compliance.

We remain available by telephone at 650-255-0848. Thank you for your attention and time.

Very Truly Yours,

Tony Delorio
Tony Delorio
Principal Officer
Teamsters Local Union No. 665

Cc: Jason Rabinowitz – Teamsters JC7 President

Mayor London Breed  - MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org
City Attorney David Chiu -   david.chiu@sfgov.org
Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton - shamann.walton@sfgov.org 
General Manager Dennis Herrera - dherrera@sfwater.org
Commission President Anson Moran - abmoran@sprynet.com
Commission Vice President  Newsha K. Ajami - newsha@stanford.edu
Commissioner Sophie Maxwell -  sophiemaxwell9@gmail.com
Commissioner Tim Paulson - tim@sfbuildingtradescouncil.org