Early Warning System For Evictions Urged
While the details of how it would work or what it would accomplish have yet to be defined, San Francisco Supervisor Julie Christensen is urging the Mayor to create an…
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…
Battle Over Mid-Market Building And Tenant Evictions Take Two
Illegally converted to “live-work” spaces over a decade ago, back when Mid-Market was a lot less desirable, San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection issued a notice to the owners of…
Eviction Notices For Families In Chinatown Hotel Withdrawn, For Now
The eviction notices signed by a vice president at Paragon Real Estate and served to two dozen families living in a single-room-occupancy hotel at 2 Emery Lane in Chinatown are…
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…
Supervisors Pass Law To Regulate Tenant Buyouts In San Francisco
The proposed law to regulate and restrict the buyouts of tenants from rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco has been passed by the Board of Supervisors in a vote of 7…
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…