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Supervisors clarify COVID-era lease termination for small commercial tenants, send ordinance to full Board
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee unanimously approved a narrow amendment clarifying that certain small commercial tenants who unilaterally terminate leases due to COVID-19 are relieved of rent obligations; the item was sent to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Land Use and Transportation Committee on May 10 voted 3–0 to amend the city Administrative Code to clarify the rights of certain small commercial tenants who terminate leases because of COVID-19 impacts and to forward the ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the ordinance’s author, told the committee the change is intended to protect “Tier 1” commercial tenants — those with fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees as of Nov. 1, 2020 — by making clear that a unilateral lease termination by an eligible…
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