On March 27th, Governor Newsom issued a statewide Order related to evictions. Although this Order has been described as a moratorium on evictions, it is not. The Order only applies to evictions for non-payment of rent, and even then only applies if the tenant meets certain strict requirement. For this limited set of evictions, the […]
El Cerrito Passes Just Cause for Eviction and Tenant Harassment Ordinance
UPDATE (8/6/2019): The El Cerrito City Council has repealed the just cause ordinance. El Cerrito has adopted new tenant protections. On May 22, 2019, El Cerrito added Chapter 10.300 to its Municipal Code, titled “Just Cause for Eviction and Prohibition on Harassment of Tenants”. The new ordinance will provide just cause eviction protections and protection […]
San Francisco Rent Ordinance Amended to Limit Evictions by Bad Faith Rent Increase
Effective February 25, 2019, the San Francisco Rent Ordinance has been amended to prohibit a landlord from attempting to evict a tenant by imposing a bad faith rent increase with the intent to defraud, intimidate, or coerce the tenant into vacating his or her unit. This amendment is included in Section 37.10B of the San […]
San Francisco Rent Board Announces Next Year’s Annual Allowable Rent Increase Will Be 2.6%
The San Francisco Rent Board announced the annual allowable rent increase for rent increases that go into effect between March 1, 2019 and February 29, 2020. The annual allowable rent increase for rent-controlled San Francisco tenants will be 2.6%. This amount is calculated as 60% of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers in […]
What damages can you get for tenants in wrongful eviction cases?
The most important measure of damages in a wrongful eviction case is the value of a lost rent-controlled unit. So, if a tenant has been residing in a rent-controlled unit for 20 years, and was paying below market rate rent, they can’t just move to another apartment at the same rent down the street. If […]