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Supervisor Sandoval introduces ordinance to allow DPW to abate commercial blight after notice

3005815 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval introduced an ordinance, modeled on Oakland’s program, to give the Department of Public Works authority to require property owners to maintain commercial frontages and to enable the city to abate blight when owners fail to act, with enforcement aimed at absentee commercial property owners.

Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval introduced an ordinance on Aug. 12 intended to address blight in neighborhood commercial corridors by providing the Department of Public Works (DPW) authority to require property owners to maintain sidewalks and storefront frontages. Sandoval said the proposal was modeled on a successful Oakland ordinance and would give DPW authority to…

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