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San Francisco committee pauses local eviction ordinance after state’s SB 91 limits local action
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee continued an emergency ordinance to extend local COVID-related eviction protections after supervisors said the new state law SB 91, signed last week, appears to preempt stronger local measures; the committee voted 3-0 to continue the item to the call of the chair.
San Francisco supervisors on Monday paused consideration of an emergency ordinance intended to extend local protections against COVID-19–related tenant evictions, saying a new state law signed last week, SB 91, narrows local authority and leaves many tenants liable for large shares of unpaid rent.
Vice Chair Supervisor Dean Preston, who introduced the local emergency ordinance, told the Land Use and Transportation Committee that the ordinance would have extended San Francisco’s eviction protections by 60 days beginning Feb. 1. Preston said the state’s AB 3088 protections had been scheduled to expire Jan. 31 and that his office brought the local measure at the request of tenant advocates worried about an immediate lapse.
"There is now a 5 month window before eviction proceedings for…
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