Tenant & Housing Issues In The News 

May 02 Statewide Day of Actions
For Tenants Rights
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Visualize Landlords In Jail

  DA Terence Hallinan is prosecuting a landlord on criminal charges for doing a phony OMI eviction and then re-renting the apartment for 4 times the rent allowed (under the OMI law, units can only be re-rented for the same rent the evicted tenant was paying). The law says the rent could not exceed $650—the landlord rented the apartment for $2,700, raking in over $25,000.
Chronicle Article

Gentrification and Ellis Evictions
Legislation Proposed To Bring TICs Under Condo Law—SF Examiner Article 9/14/99

Lola McKay and Landlord Settle Eviction Case—SF Chronicle Article 9/14/99
         (Tenants Try To Stop Eviction of 84 year old by Realtor—SF Examiner Article 7/1/99)

Gentrification of the Mission District—NY Times Article 1/21/99
                                                      —Boston Globe Article 7/13/99

Bierman Ellis Legislation Passes Full Board    —SF Examiner Article 3/2/99
                                                                    —SF Chronicle Article 3/2/99

Bierman Ellis Legislation Passes Committee      —SF Examiner Article 2/24/99
                                                                       —SF Chronicle Article 2/23/99

Ellis Act Evictions —SF Examiner Article 1/14/99

Proposition G Lawsuit
Proposition G Upheld—SF Examiner Article 7/30/99
          (Landlords & Realtors File Lawsuit Seeking To Overturn Prop G—SF Examiner Article 3/17/99)

Roommate Replacement Evictions
Supervisors Finally Move on Roommate Replacement Legislation—SF Examiner Article 8/4/99
                                                                                                  —SF Chronicle Article 8/4/99
            (Supervisors Stall on Roommate Replacement Legislation—SF Examiner Article 7/8/99
                                                                                                                —SF Chronicle Article 7/8/99)

Capital Improvement Rent Increases
Capital Improvement Legislation Could End Up On Ballot—SF Chronicle Article 6/11/99

Capital Improvement Rent Increases Often Huge—SF Examiner Article 5/7/99

Katz Introduces Legislation To Cut Capital Improvement Rent Hikes—SF Examiner Article 3/9/99

Katz Capital Improvement Legislation On Hold—SF Bay Guardian Article 5/19/99

Miscellaneous
Landlords Trying To Hold Laguna Honda Hostage—SF Examiner Article 6/99

Landlord Prosecuted For Illegal Eviction—SF Chronicle Article 6/99

Brown Wants Rent Control For Treasure Island—SF Chronicle Article 3/15/99

City Will Rent Treasure Island Units Without Rent Control—SF Chronicle Article 3/7/99
 
 

Tenants Push For Community Land Trust—SF Bay Guardian Article 1/20/99