San Francisco Against Property Rights!
February 10, 2010
Supervisors advocating the expansion of San Francisco’s rent control ordinance were unable to muster the required eight votes to override the mayor’s veto of an ordinance proposed by Supervisor John Avalos that would have extended just cause eviction protections to tenants residing in units for which a certificate of occupancy was issued after the effective date of the city’s Rent Ordinance, June 13, 1979.
REALTORS® are urged to send a short note to Mayor Gavin Newsom and the four supervisors who prevented the Board of Supervisors from overriding the mayor’s veto—Supervisors Michela Alioto-Pier, Carmen Chu, Bevan Dufty, Sean Elsbernd. As a suggestion, you might say:
Thank you to for opposing the passage of Supervisor Avalos’ legislation to extend eviction protections to post-1979 construction from becoming law. If such legislation were to become law, it would have a chilling effect on the availability of financing for new housing development in the city.
The mailing and e-mail addresses for the mayor and the supervisors appear below.
Name of Office Holder
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102Mayor Gavin Newsom
Gavin.Newsom@sfgov.orgMichela Alioto-Pier
Michela.Alioto-Pier@sfgov.orgCarmen Chu
Carmen.Chu@sfgov.orgBevan Dufty
Bevan.Dufty@sfgov.orgSean Elsbernd
Sean.Elsbernd@sfgov.org
Although the proposed ordinance will not become law this time around, the Board of Supervisors could decide to put the proposed ordinance on the ballot and let the voters decide the issue either in June or November of this year. But Supervisor Avalos has offered to scale-down his proposed ordinance so that it would only offer eviction protection to tenants due to foreclosures. Mayor Newsom has proposed similar legislation.
While Avalos’ legislation is dead, at least for the time being, another tenants’ rights ordinance proposed by Supervisor Eric Mar has been passed by the Board of Supervisors with unanimous support. The ordinance, which Mayor Newsom is expected to sign into law, will prohibit, with limited exceptions, owner move-in evictions of families with a child younger than 18 years old when school is in session.
- San Francisco Association of Realtors
[Note: Laws like this are aimed at pandering to renters versus the property owners who pay the taxes and keep the City running!]
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