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Committee advances emergency ordinance limiting construction that leaves tenants without water or power without alternatives
Summary
After extensive public comment from tenants and industry, the committee placed proposed amendments into the record and voted 3–0 to send an emergency ordinance to the full Board that would require property owners to provide alternative water or power (sufficient to power Internet) for residential tenants when construction requires shutting utilities, set notice thresholds, and create DBI enforcement with warning and subsequent citations.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee advanced an emergency ordinance Aug. 10 intended to protect tenants during the COVID‑19 pandemic by temporarily prohibiting construction projects in residential buildings that require suspending water or electricity service to tenants unless alternative resources are provided.
Chair Supervisor Aaron Peskin outlined amendments that would exempt affordable housing meeting specific affordability and term conditions, require alternative water (for example,…
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