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Board amends relocation payments, hardship rules for Ellis Act evictions; ordinance passes first reading
Summary
After extended debate and several amendments, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance increasing relocation assistance for tenants displaced under the Ellis Act and adding a landlord hardship review process. Multiple amendments narrowed how assets are considered in landlord hardship determinations.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 8 passed on first reading an ordinance that raises relocation assistance for tenants displaced when buildings are withdrawn from the rental market under the Ellis Act and adds procedures to consider landlord hardship in relocation calculations.
The ordinance drew more than an hour of debate and several competing amendments before the board approved a version that excludes certain asset categories from landlord hardship calculations while otherwise preserving the expanded tenant relocation payments. Supervisor David Campos, the ordinance author, said the measure “gives San Franciscans a fighting chance to stay in the city.”
Why it matters: The ordinance responds to rising Ellis Act evictions and a broader affordability crisis in San Francisco by increasing mandatory relocation fees for displaced tenants and setting a formal hardship review so landlords can request lower payments in…
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