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Community coalitions press Planning Commission for stronger tenant protections as rezoning moves forward
Summary
Community coalitions and Planning Department staff on Feb. 27 presented competing accounts of how the city should protect tenants as San Francisco advances a housing‑element rezoning: staff proposed a city ordinance that would codify and strengthen state protections, while tenant advocates pressed for mandatory relocation specialists, 1:1 replacement of protected units and stronger enforcement and funding.
The San Francisco Planning Commission held an informational hearing on Feb. 27 on proposed citywide tenant protections that staff are drafting to accompany the housing‑element rezoning. Community coalitions including Rep SF, the San Francisco Anti‑Displacement Coalition and the Council of Community Housing Organizations urged the commission to adopt a comprehensive package of local protections that strengthen and clarify state law (notably the Housing Crisis Act, commonly cited as SB 330) and close implementation gaps.
Community presenters said tenant displacement is already acute. Coalition data drawn from tenant‑counseling organizations showed several thousand eviction‑related calls and a much larger number of displacement threats than appear in rent‑board filings, highlighting differences in how data are recorded. Presenters argued that market incentives, state streamlining tools and capital improvements can combine to produce “renovictions” and displacement even where outright demolitions are rare.
Planning Department staff — Lisa Chen and Milena Leon Ferrera — described a…
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