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All decisions

about 120 Board decisions about Ellis Act, in date order. Each links to its printed page.

  • Supervisor Becerril proposed raising Ellis Act relocation payments to low-income tenants; sent to Housing and Social Policy Committee.
  • Proposed rent control changes for Ellis Act evictions, with longer notice for elderly and disabled tenants, passed on first reading.
    1999passed first readingJournal 1999, p. 1404 ↗
  • Proposed ordinance would remove the Ellis Act eviction limit from San Francisco rent control rules and tighten notice requirements.
    1999outcome not readBoard minutes 1999 ↗
  • Proposed ordinance would drop the Ellis Act eviction limit from rent control rules and add tenant notice rules; sent to Housing committee.
  • Rent Board rules on Ellis Act evictions were tightened, extending tenant notice periods and the time to sue owners for violations.
  • Proposed ordinance would amend rent control rules for Ellis Act evictions and add Rent Board notice and register requirements; sent to committee.
  • Ellis Act notice and eviction rules sent to committee.
    28 Jun 1999pendingJournal 1999 ↗
  • Rent-control changes to Ellis Act evictions proposed; not yet voted.
    28 Jun 1999pendingJournal 1999 ↗
  • Proposed Ellis Act eviction rule changes for tenants; not yet voted.
    28 Jun 1999pendingJournal 1999 ↗
  • Proposed ordinance would raise relocation payments for low-income tenants evicted under the Ellis Act to a standard $4,500; passed first reading.
    15 Nov 1999passed first readingJournal 1999, p. 1444 ↗
  • Ellis Act eviction notice for elderly tenants stretched to a year
    7 Dec 1999outcome not readBoard minutes 1999 ↗
  • Finance and Labor Committee recommends raising Ellis Act relocation payments for low-income tenants to $4,500 per household.
    20 Dec 1999amendedBoard minutes 1999 ↗
  • Ordinance raising Ellis Act relocation payments for low-income tenants from $1,500-$2,500 to $4,500 passed finally.
  • Motion to meet in closed session on possible litigation over Ellis Act tenant relocation benefits was tabled.
  • Resolution urging state legislators to amend the Ellis Act to prevent evictions was referred for adoption at the next meeting.
  • Supervisors Daly, Ammiano, Gonzalez and McGoldrick urged state lawmakers to amend the Ellis Act to prevent evictions; referred to next meeting.
  • Resolution urging state changes to the Ellis Act to prevent evictions was referred to the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.
  • Resolution urging state Ellis Act amendments to prevent evictions was referred to the Housing, Transportation and Land Use Committee.
  • Board adopted a resolution urging the State Legislature to amend the Ellis Act to prevent evictions.
  • Board adopted a resolution urging state lawmakers to amend the Ellis Act to prevent evictions.
  • Resolution urging the Legislature to amend the Ellis Act was sent for adoption at the next Board meeting without committee reference.
  • Supervisor Hall proposed urging the State Legislature to amend the Ellis Act with an exception for military service members.
  • Supervisor Hall's resolution urging the State Legislature to amend the Ellis Act for military service members was referred to committee.
  • Supervisor Hall's resolution urging the State Legislature to amend the Ellis Act for military service members was referred to committee.
  • Passed final: city rent control rules conformed to state Ellis Act changes for new tenancies and relocation payments.
  • A proposed ordinance would conform city rent rules to state Ellis Act changes; it was sent to Land Use Committee under the 30-day rule.
  • Ordinance conforming city rent control rules to state Ellis Act changes passed on first reading.
    2003passed first readingBoard minutes 2003 ↗
  • Peskin proposed conforming San Francisco's residential rent ordinance to state Ellis Act amendments; sent to Land Use Committee.
  • Ordinance conforming San Francisco rent control rules to state Ellis Act amendments passed on first reading, covering tenant protections and relocation payments.
    29 Apr 2003passed first readingBoard minutes 2003 ↗
  • Board first approves tighter rent rules after Ellis Act withdrawals
    29 Apr 2003outcome not readBoard minutes 2003 ↗
  • Rent limits kept five years after landlords pull units from market
    6 May 2003passedBoard minutes 2003 ↗
  • Proposed ordinance would raise Ellis Act tenant relocation payments to $4,500 per tenant, up to $13,500 per unit, and bar some hotel withdrawals.
  • Proposed ordinance raises tenant relocation payments under the Ellis Act and bars withdrawing certain residential hotel units; referred to Land Use Committee.
    10 Aug 2004referredBoard minutes 2004 ↗
  • Tenants displaced by Ellis Act withdrawals get larger relocation payments, with extra money for seniors and disabled tenants; finally passed.
  • Resolution urging state Legislature to expand tenant relocation payments when landlords withdraw units from the rental market under the Ellis Act.
    2005outcome not readBoard minutes 2005, p. 041 ↗
  • Board passed an ordinance raising tenant relocation payments when landlords withdraw units under the Ellis Act, and limiting hotel removals.
    4 Jan 2005passedBoard minutes 2005 ↗
  • Tenants relocated when landlords stop renting get $4,500 to $13,500.
    4 Jan 2005pendingBoard minutes 2005 ↗
  • Resolution commends [name withheld] for barring its agents from representing owners who used the Ellis Act to evict tenants.
  • Proposed resolution urges the Sheriff's Department to record Ellis Act evictions on its eviction form; referred for adoption.
  • A measure on enforcement of and assistance with Ellis Act evictions, sponsored by Supervisor Mirkarimi, has no outcome printed here.
    2006outcome not readBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff not to enforce Ellis Act evictions was referred for adoption without committee reference.
  • Proposed resolution urging the Sheriff to record Ellis Act evictions on its forms was continued to August 1, 2006.
  • Resolution commending [name withheld] for restricting agents from representing owners who used the Ellis Act to evict tenants; referred for adoption.
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff not to enforce Ellis Act evictions and the Rent Board not to assist them was referred for adoption without committee.
  • A resolution urging the Sheriff's Department to count Ellis Act evictions it enforces was referred to the Land Use Committee.
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff to count Ellis Act evictions sent to Land Use and Economic Development Committee.
  • Proposed resolution urging the Sheriff and Rent Board to stop assisting Ellis Act evictions was continued to August 1, 2006.
  • Asks sheriff to stop enforcing Ellis Act evictions.
    18 Jul 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Asks sheriff to count Ellis Act evictions it enforces.
    18 Jul 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Continued to August 1, 2006, a resolution urging the Sheriff to record Ellis Act evictions it enforces.
    25 Jul 2006continuedBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Request to stop helping Ellis Act evictions put off to August 1.
    25 Jul 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Continued to August 1, 2006, a resolution urging the Sheriff and Rent Board not to assist Ellis Act evictions.
    25 Jul 2006continuedBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Asks sheriff to track Ellis Act evictions; put off to August 1.
    25 Jul 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Ellis Act eviction tracking request put off to August 1.
    25 Jul 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Asks sheriff, rent board to stop helping Ellis Act evictions; put off.
    25 Jul 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff's Department to track Ellis Act evictions was referred to committee.
    1 Aug 2006referredBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff not to enforce Ellis Act evictions was referred to committee.
    1 Aug 2006referredBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Asks sheriff to track Ellis Act evictions; sent to committee.
    1 Aug 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff not to enforce Ellis Act evictions was continued, then referred to the Land Use Committee.
    1 Aug 2006referredBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Asks sheriff, rent board to stop helping Ellis Act evictions; in committee.
    1 Aug 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Sheriff asked to log Ellis Act evictions it enforces; not yet decided.
    1 Aug 2006pendingBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff's Department to record Ellis Act evictions was referred to the Land Use Committee.
    1 Aug 2006referredBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution urging the Sheriff and Rent Board not to assist Ellis Act evictions was referred for adoption without committee reference.
    1 Aug 2006referredBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • [name withheld] is commended for barring agents from representing landlords who used the Ellis Act to evict tenants.
    15 Aug 2006passedBoard minutes 2006 ↗
  • Resolution supporting state bill SB 464 to discourage Ellis Act abuse by [name withheld] speculators was adopted.
  • Resolution supporting state bill SB 464 against Ellis Act evictions by speculators was referred to committee.
  • City backs state bill to curb speculators' abuse of Ellis Act.
    5 Jun 2007passedBoard minutes 2007 ↗
  • Board adopted a resolution backing state bill SB 464 to stop speculators misusing the Ellis Act to evict tenants.
  • Proposed: Ellis Act-evicted tenants get priority for affordable homes.
  • Proposed ordinance would give evicted Ellis Act tenants preference for city-funded affordable housing; sent to committee.
  • Housing preference for Ellis Act evictions sent to committee
    5 Nov 2013outcome not readBoard minutes 2013, p. 727 ↗
  • Emergency help for Ellis Act-displaced tenants proposed.
  • Proposed ordinance would give tenants evicted under the Ellis Act preference for city affordable housing; passed on first reading.
    26 Nov 2013passed first readingBoard minutes 2013, p. 11 ↗
  • Priority for Ellis Act evictees in affordable housing passes first reading
    26 Nov 2013passed first readingBoard minutes 2013, p. 770 ↗
  • Tenants evicted under Ellis Act get priority for affordable homes.
  • Ellis Act evicted tenants get priority for affordable homes.
  • Bigger moving payments for Ellis Act evicted tenants; outcome not shown.
    25 Mar 2014outcome not readBoard minutes 2014, p. 6 ↗
  • Ellis Act tenant payment change postponed to April 8.
  • Ordinance on tenant relocation payments after Ellis Act evictions was continued to April 8, 2014.
    25 Mar 2014continuedBoard minutes 2014, p. 6 ↗
  • Ellis Act tenant payment change amended; not final yet.
  • Proposed ordinance on tenant relocation payments after Ellis Act evictions was continued to April 8, 2014.
    1 Apr 2014continuedBoard minutes 2014, p. 6 ↗
  • Bigger payments proposed for tenants when landlords leave the rental market
  • Ellis Act tenant payment rule carried over from last meeting.
  • Board amended a proposal raising relocation payments for tenants evicted under the Ellis Act; the ordinance continues beyond this page.
    8 Apr 2014outcome not readBoard minutes 2014, p. 3 ↗
  • Tenants evicted under Ellis Act to get bigger relocation pay.
  • Ellis Act tenant payment rule passed first vote, not final.
  • Bigger payments to tenants when landlords leave rentals; vote not shown here.
    15 Apr 2014passed first readingBoard minutes 2014, p. 236 ↗
  • Bigger payments to tenants evicted when homes leave rent, proposed
    15 Apr 2014passed first readingBoard minutes 2014, p. 6 ↗
  • [name withheld] naming on Turk Street taken up separately
  • Bigger payments to tenants evicted when homes leave rent
  • First vote on Ellis Act tenant payments rescinded and retaken.
    22 Apr 2014outcome not readBoard minutes 2014, p. 255 ↗
  • Campos and others propose larger relocation payments for tenants whose homes are withdrawn under the Ellis Act; sent to committee.
  • Short-term rentals banned in units cleared by Ellis Act evictions
  • Nonprofits may sue over rule breaches in Ellis Act units
  • Resolution supporting State Senate Bill 364 to restore local control over Ellis Act evictions was referred for adoption.
  • Planning Commission gets 30 more days to decide on rules barring short-term rentals of units cleared by Ellis Act evictions.
  • Board approved, as amended, a 30-day extension for Planning Commission review of an ordinance on short-term rentals of Ellis Act evicted units.
  • Resolution backing state Senate Bill 364 to return local control over Ellis Act evictions to San Francisco was adopted.
  • Evicted tenants and neighbourhood residents get priority for affordable homes
  • Ellis Act relocation payments for occupants of any age proposed
    11 Apr 2017outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Ellis Act relocation payments to cover all ages, proposed
    13 Jun 2017outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Ellis Act eviction payments now cover occupants of any age
    13 Jun 2017passedBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Settlement follows an Ellis Act challenge to a 2013 ordinance
    25 Jul 2017outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • $110,000 settlement over an Ellis Act challenge awaits final passage
    5 Mar 2019outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Governor urged to halt evictions, including Ellis Act evictions
    24 Mar 2020passedBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Support urged for a five-year wait before Ellis Act evictions
    6 Apr 2021outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Public comment supports a state bill to reform the Ellis Act
    6 Apr 2021outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • City backs state Ellis Act reform with five-year wait
    6 Apr 2021passedBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Higher relocation payments for Ellis Act evictions referred
    5 Apr 2022outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Support for an Ellis Act eviction reform bill put forward
    26 Apr 2022outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • City backs state bill to curb speculator evictions of tenants
    3 May 2022passedBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Board backs a state bill to curb Ellis Act evictions
    3 May 2022outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Higher payments for Ellis Act evictions passed on first reading
    24 May 2022outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Bigger relocation payments for tenants evicted under Ellis Act
    7 Jun 2022passedBoard minutes (PDF) ↗
  • Bigger relocation payments proposed for tenants evicted under the Ellis Act
    7 Jun 2022outcome not readBoard minutes (PDF) ↗