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Committee splits after amending rent-control ordinance tied to Costa Hawkins repeal
Summary
The committee amended an ordinance to expand local rent control to units built between 06/13/1979 and 11/05/2024 that would become subject to city authority if state preemption is repealed; the amendment passed but the committee did not advance a final recommendation and continued the file to the call of the chair after a 2-1 vote on the main recommendation.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee debated an ordinance that would automatically bring units built between June 13, 1979, and Nov. 5, 2024, under San Francisco's rent-stabilization rules if state preemption from the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act is lifted. President Aaron Peskin said the change would extend protections to "roughly a 100,000 San Francisco renters" and would take effect if and when the state law changes.
Peskin described the measure as a way to address what he called an arbitrary two-tier…
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