Around 20 displaced live-aboard residents have moved their vessels from Oyster Cove Marina to Oyster Point Marina in South San Francisco, yet, several live-aboards still remain as the city and two agencies guide the residents through the process.

The move comes after Kilroy Realty, which purchased the Oyster Cove Marina in 2018, gave the slip owners until Oct. 15 to leave. The Southern California-based developer is currently in the midst of building 3 million square feet of office and research space on the land.

Soon after, the city and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission decided, at a September meeting, that the displaced residents could temporarily move to the adjacent city-owned Oyster Point Marina as the live-aboards find a permanent home. BCDC is a regional agency that oversees all development on the Bay.

The San Mateo County Harbor District, which operates the Oyster Point Marina, has inspected 39 vessels and passed them as seaworthy as part of the process when moving into the harbor.

One vessel didn’t pass and the city of South San Francisco is working with that individual to assist them, Harbor District General Manager Jim Pruett said.

“We were surprised that the overall condition of the vessels were good,” Pruett said.

As of last week, 11 residents have paid for the live-aboard status fee, 10 are scheduled for inspections and eight have incomplete applications. The Harbor District is assisting the individuals to complete the process, Pruett said.

The residents are welcome to stay at Oyster Point Marina until April 1 or have a verifiable plan to depart in the next few months. The BCDC will order the residents out of the harbor if they do not leave by Oct. 1, 2023.

“This is a potential homeless problem for some of these folks,” Harbor District Commissioner Edmundo Larenas said at an Oct. 19 meetings.

The city is working with a relocation expert to understand each person’s needs and find them permanent housing.

The 455-slip Oyster Point Marina is operated by the San Mateo County Harbor District. It is allocated 10% of its slips for live-aboard residents. The marina contains 29 live-aboards and is slated to have an additional 11 live-aboards filling the additional spots from the waitlist soon. While the displaced live-aboards moving to the marina will exceed the 10% compliance for Oyster Point Marina, the BCDC said it would not enforce the issue over the next year, according to a previous staff report.

The BCDC made the decision after concerns were raised by live-aboard residents who felt the deadline was not enough time to find a permanent residency.

Residential uses of the Bay are not consistent with the McAteer-Petris Act, which launched the BCDC in 1965, or the public trust, which establishes that certain natural resources are set aside for use by all the public, because it is neither a “water -oriented” use, nor is it in furtherance of public trust needs, according to a previous report.

South San Francisco Council member Mark Addiego, also a member of the BCDC, previously said that the goal is to help give the live-aboard residents enough time to find a permanent home.

“Even though it’s BCDC and their charge is to protect the Bay. … Everybody is dialed into the fact that, ‘hey, this is housing for these people and, without this, what’s going to happen to them?’” Addiego said.

The BCDC’s biggest concern is the live-aboards would be forced to anchor out, meaning their boats would be outside the marinas, which is harmful to the environment and dangerous for boaters.

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The developer and OCM property owner, Kilroy Realty Corporation, has a constellation of high-end commercial and residential properties throughout the Bay Area, Washington, the greater Los Angeles area, San Diego and Texas. While Bay Area representatives didn’t respond to SFGATE’s questions about specific development plans at OCM, its website shows that it is planning on building a 3 million-square-foot office and retail space right where the modest boat community is located. The five-phase, 50-acre project, Kilroy Oyster Point, boasts plans to erect a dozen buildings including an “urban village” with an outdoor meeting space and amphitheater, conference center and “amenity building.”

KPIX says that the corporate developer served notices to longtime OCM residents on June 16, 2022.

“As a part of our planning for the neighborhood, we are currently re-evaluating the long-term use of the marina and intend to terminate all OCM leases on October 15, 2022,” the notice reportedly said. “We will not be providing return rights of any kind to existing tenants of OCM.”

Meanwhile, the “liveaboard” residents—all of whom are reportedly on fixed incomes—must leave by then or face eviction. Even though Kilroy offered a $10,000 relocation payment to those who sign the agreement within two weeks, longtime OCM resident Matt Klein and his neighbor, Lucia Lachmayr, told the outlet that it’s still “devastating” to the community.

“We are going to be left homeless,” Klein told KPIX. “We were given a very, very swift notice after very little warning.”

“It’s a huge, not just an endeavor, but it’s a life change for people who have been here for decades,” Lachmayr told the station. “It’s basically saying, here, go somewhere far, far away, and just uproot your life.”

The city of South San Francisco is reportedly asking Kilroy to accommodate the boat residents by extending their time to leave, if needed. In response, a Kilroy spokesperson issued the following written statement to SFGATE:

“As the Oyster Point development moves forward, we are re-evaluating the long-term use of the marina. As a result, we will be requiring existing boat owners to relocate,” it says.

“We understand the uncertainty that these changes will introduce to our boat owners, which is why we are working with them to make their transition as painless as possible. We are providing all boat owners with four months to prepare for their next move, while offering We will continue to offer our support to these boat owners throughout this process and look forward to working with them collaboratively as we prepare for the next phase of Oyster Point.”

KPIX says that 11 out of 14 residents have accepted the $10,000 and the deadline to accept has been extended to July 31.

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