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Board adopts emergency worker protections, rent freeze and several zoning/finance measures in unanimous and near‑unanimous votes
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 21 approved multiple emergency ordinances and resolutions addressing worker protections, a temporary rent‑increase freeze, zoning changes and city grant acceptances tied to the COVID‑19 emergency.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors used its April 21 session to pass a package of emergency and administrative measures related to the COVID‑19 crisis and to approve several planning and finance items.
Highlights
- Emergency workplace protections: The board adopted (unanimous) an emergency ordinance requiring grocery stores, drugstores, restaurants and on‑demand delivery service employers to provide health and scheduling protections to employees during the public‑health emergency (item 16). The ordinance secured final passage as an emergency measure under Charter Section 2.107.
- Rent‑increase prohibition: The board passed (unanimous) an emergency ordinance temporarily prohibiting rent increases that would otherwise be permitted under the administrative code during the COVID‑19 pandemic (item 17). That ordinance also secured final passage under Charter Section 2.107.
- Delivery‑app and small‑business actions (introductions and statements): Supervisors announced plans for legislation to cap commissions charged by food delivery platforms and to restrict intermediate‑term…
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