Progressive Majority Win for SF Board of Supervisors Despite millions from Big Tech, Big Real-Estate and GOP backers, the new San Francisco Board of Supervisors will retain a majority of progressives with possibly enough votes to override Mayor Breed’s vetoes. Supervisors for whom we endorsed (as first choice unless noted otherwise) and campaigned won: District…
Unpaid rent due to COVID-19 could be up to $32.7M per month Joshua Sabatini Oct. 26, 2020 6:00 p.m. A new city report that attempts to quantify how much rent has gone unpaid due to the impacts of COVID-19 estimates it could be as much as $32.7 million a month. There are data limitations, but…
Appeal Withdrawn for No Eviction Due to COVID-19 Related Nonpayment Through 9/30/20 San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston’s Eviction Protection Ordinance was passed by the Board of Supervisors and stops landlords permanently from evicting tenants who can’t pay through September 30, 2020 (unless extended by the Governor) because of COVID-19 related income loss. It doesn’t stop…
Rent Increases Under Rent Ordinance Prohibited Through October 21, 2020 Rent increases under the San Francisco Rent Ordinance are prohibited currently through October 21, 2020.
Rent Increase Limitation If Not Covered Under SF/CA Rent Control When the master tenant leaves, a rent increase is often allowed under California Civil Code Section 1954.53(d)(2). However, the state of emergency in California (downloads as pdf) in effect through at least March 4, 2021, limits the rent increase to 10 percent over costs.
Nonpayment of Rent: Recommended Procedure This is what we recommend for rent nonpayments. Updated for SF eviction extension through September 2021, Senate Bill 91, the September 21, 2020 Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development’s “Temporary Moratorium on Residential Evictions” “Rules and Regulations for Tenants and Landlords” (downloads as a pdf), “Protections for Residential Tenants…
New Report on Causes of Homelessness The Coalition on Homelessness released a dramatic new study that – unlike most reports on the unhoused – relies on data collected directly from the people on the streets. The study, backed by researchers at academic institutions including UC Berkeley, Harvard, and Santa Clara University, surveyed a total of…
Mayor’s Extension for Nonpayment of Rent and Evictions May Be Preempted The federal moratorium of 9/1/20 extends the eviction moratorium and may preempt the state moratorium passed 8/31/20. If allowed to stand, the Mayor’s extension of the order prohibited evictions for nonpayment if the tenant was unable to pay due to financial impacts of COVID-19…
California Politicians Reach Deal on Eviction Protections The San Francisco’s moratorium on evictions is probably preempted by the California lawmakers’ Assembly Bill 3088. The troubling language is “Any extension, expansion, renewal, reenactment, or new adoption of a measure, however delineated, that occurs between August 19, 2020, and January 31, 2021, shall have no effect before…
Construction Prohibited that Results in No Water/Utility or Excessive Noise Emergency ordinance will prohibit construction activities that suspend water or electricity service in buildings with residential rental units exceeding two hours in a single day unless an alternative source is provided. In the event of a water shutoff, an alternative source could include, but not…