Committee reenacts temporary ban on rent increases during COVID, sends item to full Board
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Summary
The San Francisco Land Use and Transportation Committee on Aug. 24 reenacted Emergency Ordinance No. 6,820, extending a 60‑day moratorium on rent increases tied to the COVID‑19 emergency and sending the item to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration Sept. 1. The committee voted 3–0 to forward the measure.
Chair Aaron Peskin moved the Land Use and Transportation Committee to reenact an emergency ordinance temporarily barring rent increases during the COVID‑19 emergency and sent the item to the full Board of Supervisors with a committee recommendation.
"As the title of this measure indicates, this is a 60 day reenactment," Chair Aaron Peskin said, urging colleagues to forward the item. The clerk, Erica Major, had described the item as a reenactment of "Emergency Ordinance No. 6,820 to temporarily prohibit rent increases that would otherwise be permitted under administrative code due to the COVID‑19 pandemic." The committee held the meeting remotely due to the pandemic.
Vice Chair Safaei raised a constituent concern that some landlords have been sending tenants notices that their annual rent was increasing and asked whether the reenactment provides a mechanism to address those notices. Peskin responded that landlords may send letters, "but that rent increase will not be effective until after this legislation is terminated," and that the city reenacts the emergency measure every 60 days while emergency powers remain in effect. He added that alleged violations of the moratorium can be enforced by the Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board of the City and County of San Francisco.
With public comment opened but no callers in the queue, Peskin made a motion to forward the measure to the full Board as a committee report. The clerk called the roll: Supervisor Dean Preston, after a brief technical issue, recorded an "aye;" Vice Chair Safae cast "aye;" and Chair Peskin recorded "aye." The clerk announced "You have 3 ayes," and Peskin declared the motion approved. Peskin said items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda for Sept. 1.
The committee took no other business and adjourned.
Votes at a glance Emergency Ordinance No. 6,820 (reenactment — temporary prohibition on rent increases during COVID‑19 emergency): Motion to send to full Board with committee recommendation — mover: Chair Aaron Peskin; second: not specified; vote: 3 ayes, 0 noes; outcome: approved and sent as committee report. Next step: scheduled for Board of Supervisors agenda, Sept. 1.
