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Supervisors advance wide-ranging tenant protection ordinance; committee continues package to Dec. 1
Summary
The Land Use & Transportation Committee advanced a citywide Residential Tenant Protection Ordinance that would expand replacement-unit requirements, strengthen relocation payments and enforcement, and create a right of first refusal for qualifying tenants; supervisors adopted several sponsor amendments and continued final action to Dec. 1.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on Nov. 17 advanced a sweeping Residential Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO) sponsored by Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen designed to strengthen protections for tenants facing demolition, Ellis Act withdrawals and long-term renovation.
The ordinance would require replacement of demolished residential units, expand relocation assistance with larger payments for lower‑income households and create a right of first refusal for qualifying tenants to return to replacement units on the same site. The TPO also modifies the planning code's demolition definition, extends some look-back periods for prior occupancy, mandates tenant notification in multiple languages, and creates a private right of action…
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