A Decade Of Evictions In San Francisco By District And Type
Over the past ten years, a total of 5,470 rent-controlled housing units have been cleared of tenants and removed from the rental market in San Francisco by way of no-fault…
Short-Term Rental Scofflaws Hit With $276,000 Fine
Two landlords who employed the Ellis Act to evict tenants from the rent-controlled units and then marketed the apartments as short-term rentals on Airbnb, Homeway and VRBO have been hit…
Evicted Tenants in S.F. Could Get $50K to Buy a Condo or House
An amendment which would require landlords to pay Ellis Act evicted tenants in San Francisco a relocation payment of up to $50,000, an amount which would be calculated as the…
Ellis Act Legislation, And Rejection, Déjà Vu
For the third time, Senator Mark Leno’s proposed legislation to curb speculative Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco appears headed for defeat, as the Senate’s Housing Committee rejected Senate Bill…
Bill To Freeze Speculative Evictions In San Francisco, Take Three
Having fallen one vote short last year, and failed in 2007, Senator Mark Leno has once again introduced legislation to curb speculative Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco. Mirroring Leno’s…
Payouts Of Up To $50K Per Eviction Proposed
While San Francisco’s previously adopted law which required landlords who invoke the Ellis Act to pay evicted tenants an upfront sum equal to the difference between their current rent and…
Rube Goldberg Building Poised To Be Landmarked, Tenants Evicted
Against the wishes of the building’s owner, San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission is poised to recommend that the two-story R. L. Goldberg Building at 182-198 Gough Street be designated a…
S.F. Will Appeal Judge’s Ruling Against Eviction Payments
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has announced that his office will appeal yesterday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer which struck down San Francisco’s recently adopted tenant relocation law, a…
Two-Year Payouts For Evicted Tenants In SF Ruled Unconstitutional
San Francisco’s recently adopted law which requires landlords in San Francisco who invoke the Ellis Act to pay their evicted tenants an upfront sum equal to the difference between their…
Federal Judge Orders SF To Justify New Eviction Law Payments
A Federal judge has given The City of San Francisco until Friday to file a legal brief justifying The City’s newly adopted and accelerated law which requires landlords in San…