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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

S.F. Apartment Assn. v. City & County of S.F. (2022)

Citation
S.F. Apartment Assn. v. City & County of S.F. (2022)
Parent Document
S.F. Apartment Assn. v. City & County of S.F. (2022)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2022-01-24

Full Text

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We here reject an attempt by landlord interest groups to preclude the
City and County of San Francisco (the city) from thwarting bad faith efforts
to circumvent the city’s lawful restrictions on the right to evict residential
tenants whose rent the city cannot regulate.
       The Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, Civil Code section 1954.50
et seq. (Costa Hawkins) generally exempts newly constructed residential
units, single family homes and condominiums from local rent increase
limitations. (Civ. Code, § 1954.52, subd. (a).) 1 The San Francisco Rent