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Committee advances commercial eviction moratorium amendments, continues ordinance to Nov. 9
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee advanced amendments to align San Francisco's commercial eviction protections with the state moratorium for small businesses, set tiered repayment schedules, and added a hardship waiver for small landlords. The committee continued the item one week for legal clarifications.
Chair Supervisor Peskin introduced an ordinance to temporarily restrict commercial evictions for nonpayment of rent tied to COVID-19 and said the measure would align San Francisco's protections with the state moratorium for businesses with under $25 million in 2019 gross receipts. Peskin said the proposal aims to preserve neighborhood businesses across the city, including Chinatown and Japantown, and to give tenants leverage to negotiate with landlords.
Peskin outlined the key provisions and the amendments circulated at the meeting: definitions limiting covered commercial tenants to businesses with less than $25,000,000 in annual gross receipts (2019 baseline); four repayment tiers tied to employer size (tier 1: businesses with 10 or fewer employees would have 24 months after the…
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