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Committee advances emergency SRO protections and eviction ban to full Board after advocates press for testing and hotel rooms
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted to send two COVID‑19 emergency ordinances — one mandating public‑health protocols and reporting for SROs and another banning certain evictions and fees — to the full Board of Supervisors, after advocates and tenants described outbreaks in shared residential hotels and urged urgent testing, isolation and rent relief.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use & Transportation Committee voted May 18 to forward an emergency package of protections for single‑room‑occupancy (SRO) residents to the full Board for a May 19 hearing, after a lengthy presentation and dozens of public comments from tenants and service providers.
Sponsor Supervisor Aaron Peskin said the ordinances (items 2 and 3) would require the Department of Public Health to carry out culturally competent SRO contact notification, case investigation, community education, testing, and isolation and quarantine support. The package also includes eviction protections, rent relief and a right to return to…
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