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Committee backs expansion of automated rent‑setting ban and enforcement by tenant organizations
Summary
An ordinance to prohibit sale or use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy in San Francisco moved from committee after the sponsor added language authorizing tenant‑rights organizations to enforce the prohibition; the committee recommended the ordinance as amended.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on July 28 amended and forwarded an administrative code change that bars the sale or use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy levels for residential units in San Francisco, and it authorizes tenant rights organizations to enforce the prohibition.
Sponsor Supervisor Connie Chan said San Francisco already has a ban on automated rent setting; the current file adds an enforcement mechanism by permitting tenant‑rights organizations to submit complaints and pursue investigations and enforcement on behalf of tenants. Chan described the measure as complaint driven and investigation based, intended to provide additional monitoring and enforcement capacity.
The committee adopted the sponsor’s amendments and recommended the ordinance as amended as a committee report. There was no public comment on the item during the committee hearing.
