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Committee conditions approval of TOC project on tenant protections after Ellis Act / Housing Crisis Act conflict
Summary
The committee upheld most approvals for a 19‑unit Transit‑Oriented Communities project at 5271 West Sunset Boulevard but added a condition requiring compliance with state tenant‑protection laws, giving existing tenants the right to remain until six months before construction and requiring compliance with relocation benefits.
The Planning and Land Use Committee resolved a contested Transit‑Oriented Communities (TOC) project at 5271 West Sunset Boulevard by upholding the City Planning Commission's determinations with modifications to protect existing tenants.
The project is a four‑story mixed‑use building with 19 dwelling units and roughly 600 square feet of commercial space; two units are reserved for extremely low‑income occupancy. The 5271 West Sunset Boulevard Tenants Union and tenants raised due‑process and displacement concerns after the property owner filed an Ellis Act withdrawal in…
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