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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

S.F. Apartment Ass'n v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 124 (2018)

Citation
S.F. Apartment Ass'n v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 124 (2018)
Parent Document
S.F. Apartment Ass'n v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 229 Cal. Rptr. 3d 124 (2018)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2018-02-14

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The Property Owners contend the Ordinance is procedural because, unlike substantive defenses to eviction, it "is wholly unrelated to the merits or substance, and simply restricts when the landlord may recover possession." But this is also the case for other defenses to eviction which the Property Owners concede are "substantive" for preemption purposes. For example, landlords are precluded from certain evictions when the tenant is a member of a protected group, such as being catastrophically ill, or when a comparable unit owned by the landlord is vacant and available. (S.F.