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SF supervisors to propose stricter criteria for 'nuisance' evictions
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According to The San Francisco Standard: Supervisors Myrna Melgar and Jackie Fielder plan to unveil a proposal at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting that would significantly narrow what qualifies as a nuisance eviction. The legislation would require that nuisance-like activity be severe in nature, or must be continuing and recurring, according to Melgar's office. The update would allow for tenants who may have caused damage through an honest mistake to avoid a nuisance claim if they have tendered the reasonable repair costs or ceased the activity they are being accused of. The legislation, modeled on similar laws in Berkeley and Oakland, would remove the word 'nuisance' from the legal code to reduce subjectivity.
The SF Rent Board's annual report released in February states that nuisance evictions increased 41% year over year, from 288 to 405. More than 1,000 evictions were filed in San Francisco in 2026, putting the year on pace for the most evictions in a decade.
Asian Law Caucus, Eviction Defense Collaborative, Legal Assistance to the Elderly, and other tenants advocacy groups helped write the legislation.
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