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Committee renews and strengthens ban on automated rent‑setting; authorizes tenant‑rights groups to enforce
Summary
The committee unanimously endorsed amendments to a city administrative code change that prohibits the use or sale of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy for residential units and authorizes tenant‑rights organizations to bring enforcement actions; no public comment was received at the meeting.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on July 28 voted 3–0 to adopt sponsor amendments and recommend an ordinance that continues and clarifies San Francisco’s ban on algorithmic rent‑setting for residential units and adds an enforcement mechanism authorizing tenant‑rights organizations to enforce the prohibition.
Sponsor Supervisor Connie Chan said San Francisco already bans automated rent setting and the measure updates enforcement pathways by allowing tenant‑rights organizations to bring complaints and pursue investigations. The item was prepared as a potential committee report for the board’s July 29, 2025 agenda. No members of the public offered comment during the committee hearing.
Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen and Member Bilal Mahmood joined Chair Mirna Melgar in recording votes in favor of sending the amended ordinance to the full board as a committee report. The clerk recorded three ayes and the committee closed the item.
The measure keeps the city’s prohibition on the use or sale of algorithmic devices to set rents or to manage occupancy levels for San Francisco residential dwelling units and creates a complaint‑driven enforcement route through tenant‑rights organizations. The committee’s action sends the amended ordinance to the full board for consideration on July 29, 2025.
