SF Mayor Lee Lets New Tenant Protections Stand, Saying Housing Crisis ‘Acute’ » MissionLocal
October 9, 2015 6:38 pm A new proposal designed to give San Francisco tenants increased protections against evictions became law Friday afternoon when Mayor Ed Lee returned the legislation unsigned, despite earlier fears that he would veto it. “The [housing] crisis is so acute, and the anxiety and reality of eviction and displacement real for so many, that we must take unprecedented steps to help,” said Mayor Lee in a letter sent to the Board Friday evening. “This is why I am allowing this legislation to become law, despite a provision that I believe creates a significant intrusion into certain fundamental rights of small property owners.” That provision, which passed unanimously at the Board of Supervisors two weeks ago , prohibits landlords from evicting tenants for adding roommates up to the legal limit. The law also prevents evictions for nuisance violations like hanging laundry and for living in illegal units, forbids raising rent on units for following any no-fault eviction,Read full article from SF Mayor Lee Lets New Tenant Protections Stand, Saying Housing Crisis ‘Acute’ » MissionLocal
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