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Supervisors advance COPPA updates but continue item for one week after sponsor amendments
Summary
Committee heard sponsor and broad public support for Community Opportunity to Purchase Act amendments to strengthen nonprofit purchase rights; the committee recorded votes on amendments and chose to continue the ordinance one week because an additional sponsor amendment was determined substantive.
The committee considered amendments to the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPPA), a local right‑of‑first‑offer program that gives qualified nonprofits the option to buy at‑risk multifamily housing. Sponsor remarks described practical tweaks based on the first year of implementation: more robust seller disclosures, stricter anti‑avoidance language, a renewed notification requirement if a building remains on the market after one year, and the option for qualified nonprofits to convert rental buildings to limited‑equity cooperatives under affordability restrictions.
Housing advocates and tenant groups — including the Council of Community Housing Organizations, San Francisco Tenants Union and San Francisco Community Land Trust — called in to thank the sponsor and urged adoption of the refinements. Several callers emphasized COPPA’s role in preserving affordability and urged the Board to move quickly on the statewide model that is being developed.
Sponsor amendments were presented on the record and a roll call was taken on the amendment. City attorneys advised that one additional amendment (clarifying an exemption for land dedications undertaken through development agreements) triggered a continuance. After discussion the committee voted to continue the amended item for one week to allow the substantive amendment to be socialized; the sponsor indicated the goal remains to forward it as a committee report the following week.
