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Subcommittee forwards $52 per‑unit fee for 1–2 unit rentals to fund housing inspections after broad tenant testimony
Summary
After hours of department briefings and repeated testimony from tenants and SRO advocates, the Budget and Finance Subcommittee voted 2–1 to send a proposed $52 annual fee on one‑ and two‑unit rental dwellings to the full Board with recommendation; sponsors said proceeds will fund complaint‑driven housing inspections and related outreach.
The San Francisco Budget and Finance Subcommittee voted on June 3 to forward to the full Board a proposed ordinance that would assess a $52 annual fee on one‑ and two‑unit rental dwellings to recover the cost of housing code enforcement.
Supervisor David Campos, the measure's sponsor, told the committee the fee is intended to address a shortfall identified in a 2008 Department of Building Inspection (DBI) fee study and to spread costs more fairly. "The increase that has been proposed is a fee of $52 per rental dwelling for 1 and 2 rental units," Campos said, arguing the charge mirrors fees already applied to buildings with three or more units and would prevent owners of larger properties from subsidizing inspections of smaller properties.
DBI Chief Housing Inspector Rosemary Boskey said the fee would pay for complaint intake, recordkeeping, the inspection and reinspection process, translation and outreach services, and the…
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