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Supervisors advance tenant‑organizing ordinance allowing tenant associations and common‑area organizing
Summary
The board passed first reading of an ordinance that requires certain landlords to recognize tenant organizations and allow tenant organizing in common areas; sponsors framed it as an extension of collective rights for renters and drew support from tenant advocates.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance on Feb. 15 that would require many residential landlords to allow tenant organizing in common areas and, for certain buildings, to meet and confer with duly established tenant associations.
Sponsor Supervisor Aaron Peskin said the policy creates “tenant organizing rights” akin to collective rights in labor-management settings and stems from concerns about consolidation of rental properties by large investors. “This legislation is designed to give those…
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