Tenants gain some rights in San Francisco



Tenants scored a victory last Friday night when Mayor Gavin Newsom allowed legislation preventing landlords from severing services from a rental unit to become law. The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, did not receive the necessary eight votes at the Board of Supervisors to override a mayoral veto, but Newsom decided to allow the measure to take effect. As a result, landlords can no longer remove parking spaces, laundry facilities, and a variety of other amenities from tenants at will. The new law eliminates one of the most common means for landlords to force tenants out of their homes, and Newsom’s approval of it reveals the way the passage of Proposition B last month may have altered the city’s political landscape.

Story is a repost from IndyBay.
Written by Casey Mills, Beyond Chron