The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today approved Sup. Chiu’s legislation to allow landlords to voluntarily seek legalization of certain illegal in-law units. We discussed the legislation previously here.

The legislation increasing Ellis Act relocation payments passed out of the Land Use and Economic Development Committee yesterday and will get a vote from the full Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 1st. The legislation would increase Ellis Act relocation payments to the greater of (1) the current relocation payment, or (2) the difference between […]

This time the PBS Newshour highlights the issue of tech-worker displacement of long-term tenants here.

Sup. David Chiu’s proposed legislation would be a great step forward for San Francisco tenants in illegal units. The measure would allow a building owner to legalize an existing unit without having to meet certain requirements for open space, rear yards and density. Once a unit is legalized, the landlord would not be able to […]

New York City is experiencing a rental crisis similar to San Francisco with the same political tug-of-war.