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Supervisors introduce emergency ordinance, urge governor to extend small‑business eviction protections
Summary
Supervisors Peskin and Preston introduced a 60‑day emergency ordinance to bar commercial evictions for businesses unable to pay rent after the state moratorium expires Sept. 30; the board also passed a resolution urging the governor to extend protections.
San Francisco supervisors moved on Sept. 22 to keep small businesses from facing evictions at the end of the statewide moratorium. Supervisor Peskin introduced a 60‑day emergency ordinance to prohibit evictions of small commercial tenants for unpaid rent; the motion also asked the board to urge the governor to extend state eviction protections and to allow the city to pursue local relief measures.
Background and urgency The state’s COVID‑19 commercial eviction protections were scheduled to lapse on Sept. 30. Board members and tenant advocates told the supervisors that if protections were not extended — either by the governor or by local action — many small businesses would be faced with substantial back rent plus ongoing…
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