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Tenant ousters reach 12-year high as market gets increasingly tight
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
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Evictions from San Francisco homes have increased to levels not seen since the early 2000s, while the cost to rent continues to climb. There were 1,757 eviction notices filed with the San Francisco Rent Board from March 1, 2012, to Feb. 28, 2013, a
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Condo conversion compromise in the works despite Realtors' resistance
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Jane Kim and Board President David Chiu, who has been mediating the dispute, will introduce compromise amendments that have the support of the San Francisco Tenants Union. Details are still being hammered with advocates and the City Attorney's Office,
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Plan C, and the C stands for Condo conversions
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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No politically savvy San Franciscan has ever really bought the rhetoric espoused by the so-called moderate political action group Plan C that it's all about finding middle ground between what its website calls a 'downtown' machine, and a far-left,
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San Francisco expands smoking restrictions to include outdoor public events
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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Examiner The Board of Supervisors passed two new smoking restrictions Tuesday, joining a national trend toward discouraging smoking. San Francisco's anti-smoking laws intensified Tuesday with the passage of a law banning smoking at outdoor public
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Disclosing Smoking in San Francisco Apartments
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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San Francisco may require property owners to reveal whether smoking is allowed in apartment units. The smoking disclosure policy, which was recommended at a supervisors meeting on Monday, would give prospective renters the right to know before they
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Proposal would require landlords to designate non-smoking apartments
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Chris Campbell smokes in his Mission apartment. A proposed law would give property owners the power to outlaw smoking. Although they often butt heads, landlords and tenant advocates have joined forces in support of a proposed new ordinance that
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Landlord 'nightmare' in eviction attempt
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Janet Sluizer knew she was taking a bit of a chance when she turned to Craigslist this summer to find a tenant for her apartment in the Mission. What she didn't expect was that she'd be spending thousands of dollars in a struggle to evict a roommate
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Renters get boot with big rate hike
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Dana-Lee Smirin has rented a house in San Francisco's Dolores Park neighborhood since 2008 and considered it "a haven of stability" as she battles Hodgkin's lymphoma and the aftermath of a car accident. So she was distressed when her landlady
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Airbnb: Beds and breakfasts and S.F. bureaucracy
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 12 months ago
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More Opinion San Francisco's Airbnb, an online service for short-term housing in private residences, is a success story: Since its launch in 2008, the company has booked more than 5 million overnight stays. But in San Francisco, at least, it's
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Wood brings property rights background to board
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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As the new president of the San Francisco Association of Realtors, you have a unique background as a property rights attorney. What is the value of that in the San Francisco real estate market? A: My installation as president of the San Francisco
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