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Supervisor Preston presses Mayor Breed to protect tenant 'right to counsel'; mayor pledges review but declines dollar commitment
Summary
Supervisor Preston asked Mayor London Breed to commit to funding the tenant right to counsel program at $17.7 million; the mayor said she will review program data and budget options but would not commit to that specific amount amid a difficult fiscal year.
Supervisor Dean Preston asked Mayor London Breed on April 30 to commit to funding San Francisco’s tenant right to counsel program at the current annual level of $17,700,000. The program, established by Proposition F in 2018, provides tenants with legal representation in eviction cases.
Preston said data presented at a city hearing showed the program’s effectiveness: “63% of tenants who are fully represented by an attorney are able to stay in their homes. And 92% avoid homelessness,” he said, and he asked whether the mayor would “commit to continue funding the tenant right to counsel program at at least the current annual amount of $17,700,000 in your upcoming budget.”
Mayor London Breed responded that she could not make that specific funding commitment while the city…
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