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Board Committee Votes 3-0 to Protect Tenants
The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee unanimously forwarded legislation yesterday that would provide significant new protections for tenants against evictions. Sponsored by Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the proposal would prohibit any buildings where multiple no-fault evictions or the eviction of a senior, disabled or catastrophically ill person occurred from ever entering the city’s lottery for condo conversion. The approval occurred following a spirited rally on the steps of City Hall, where housing rights activists and victims of no-fault evictions detailed the massive displacement occurring in San Francisco right now due primarily to the Ellis Act. The proposal will now move to the Board of Supervisors, where it requires 8 votes to avoid a mayoral veto.
The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee unanimously forwarded legislation yesterday that would provide significant new protections for tenants against evictions. Sponsored by Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the proposal would prohibit any buildings where multiple no-fault evictions or the eviction of a senior, disabled or catastrophically ill person occurred from ever entering the city’s lottery for condo conversion. The approval occurred following a spirited rally on the steps of City Hall, where housing rights activists and victims of no-fault evictions detailed the massive displacement occurring in San Francisco right now due primarily to the Ellis Act. The proposal will now move to the Board of Supervisors, where it requires 8 votes to avoid a mayoral veto.
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