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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
3
041151
Name:
Ellis Act amendments by California Legislature:
expand residential tenant relocation payment
eligibility where units are withdrawn from rental
market under Ellis; prohibit owner withdrawal of
specified residential hotel units from rental market
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
8/10/2004
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
1/21/2005
Enactment date:
21-05
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance implementing recent California State Legislature amendments of the Ellis Act (California
Government Code §§7060 et seq., see §§7060 and 7060.1), by amending the San Francisco
Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37) at Sections
37.9(a)(13) and 37.9A(e) to provide that: when residential units are withdrawn from the rental market
pursuant to the Ellis Act, each tenant who is relocated is entitled to a payment of $4,500 up to a
maximum total per unit of $13,500 (37.9A(e)), for tenants who reside in their units on or after August
10, 2004, with these payment amounts to increase annually commencing March 1, 2005 according to
the "rent of primary residence" expenditure category of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the
preceding 12 months; and, owners may not withdraw defined residential hotel units from the rental
market pursuant to the Ellis Act if the hotel’s occupancy permit was issued prior to January 1, 1990,
and if the hotel did not file a notice of intent prior to January 1, 2004 to withdraw the units from the
rental market (Section 37.9(a)(13)). Also amending Section 37.9A(e) to provide that the existing
additional relocation payment of $3,000 to each senior (62 or older) or disabled tenant displaced when
residential units are withdrawn from the rental market pursuant to the Ellis Act will likewise increase
annually commencing March 1, 2005 according to the "rent of primary residence" expenditure
category of the CPI for the preceding calendar year (see Section 37.9A(e)(3)(D)).
Sponsors:
Aaron Peskin, Tom Ammiano, Jake McGoldrick, Matt Gonzalez, Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi
Attachments:
1. Leg_Ver1, 2. Leg_Ver2, 3. Leg_Ver3, 4. Leg_Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
8/10/2004
1
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Land Use Committee
11/8/2004
1
Pass
SUBSTITUTED
Supervisor(s)
11/23/2004
1
ASSIGNED
President
11/23/2004
2
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Land Use Committee
12/13/2004
2
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Land Use Committee
12/13/2004
3
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
1/4/2005
3
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
1/11/2005
3
Pass
RETURNED UNSIGNED
Mayor
1/21/2005
3