March News

Supervisors Unanimously Approve Banning OMI Evictions of Children During School Year

Newsom Vetoes Just Cause Eviction Protections For All

Supervisors Approve Legislation Banning OMI Evictions of Households With Children During School Year

Legislation prohibiting the evictions of households with children during the school year (roughly September until the end of June) for the purposes of a landlord or relative moving in to the apartment was approved by the Board of Supervisors on January 26. The legislation was adopted by a unanimous vote after Mayor Newsom said he would sign the legislation into law. Originally, the legislation would have banned OMI evictions of children, just as landlords cannot do OMI evictions on tenants who are senior, disabled or terminally ill. While a majority of the Supervisors would have passed that legislation, the Mayor promised to veto it and the votes to override the veto weren't there. The legislation is similar to legislation former Sup. Jake McGoldrick was unable to get adopted: he proposed banning all no-fault evictions of children during the school year (a common practice in Europe). OMI evictions make up over 75% of all no-fault evictions in San Francisco so Mar's legislation comes close to what McGoldrick had tried to do.

Legislation Extending Just Cause Eviction Protections To All Tenants Vetoed By Mayor Newsom

Avalos "Duplicates" Measure & Legislation Giving Just Cause Eviction Protections To All Tenants in Foreclosed Properties Will Be Voted on by Board of Supervisors on February 9

Legislation extending just cause eviction protections to all tenants was passed by the Board of Supervisors by a 7-4 vote on January 12, As promised, though, Mayor Newsom has vetoed the measure and there will not be the 8 votes needed to override the veto as Sup. Bevan Dufty has voted against extending just cause eviction protections to everyone. As a backup, though, Avalos "duplicated" the file and amended the duplicate to give all tenants living in foreclosed property just cause eviction protections, meaning that if a bank forecloses then tenants will be protected from eviction. That measure will be voted on by the Board on February 9.