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Committee advances 'Union at Home 2' amendments to clarify good-faith negotiations and add translation time
Summary
The Rules Committee unanimously advanced Supervisor Connie Chan’s ‘Union at Home 2’ amendments to the full Board, adding language to clarify landlords’ obligation to confer in good faith and a provision to provide adequate time for translation services for limited-English tenants; public commenters and tenant advocates expressed broad support.
The Rules Committee voted unanimously on Sept. 18 to forward amendments to the Administrative Code that clarify tenant-association rights and landlords’ obligation to confer in good faith and add a requirement that adequate time be provided for translation services.
Supervisor Connie Chan, the item’s sponsor, framed the measure as a follow-up to last year’s tenant-organizing law. Chan said the changes clarify what “good faith” means, require landlords to provide responsible personnel who can negotiate, and add a specific translation-time…
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