Uncategorized and SF Politics and California Politics and SF Life and HousingPosted by Robert at 26 Apr 2007 12:44 pm
All three resolutions passed at the DCCC last night: Night life fights back, police reform, and an emergency resolution on behalf of Ellis Act reform. Click here to read the resolutions.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
The Ellis Act provides legislative confirmation of an important and fundamental right: the right of a person to go out of a business in which he or she no longer is interested in engaging. To force a person, by legislative edict, to continue to keep a property in rental service for any length of time when the person’s desire is otherwise is tantamount to involuntary servitude and is totally outrageous.
The reason the Ellis Act is used to create ownership housing injurisdictions like San Francisco is
because there is almost a total lack of ownership opportunities available through other means. As you probably know, only 200 condominium conversions are allowed in San Francisco each year andthat number is now subject to limitations that put further pressures on theownership housing market here.