San Francisco rent control laws under attack

Bay City News

November 14, 2007

City leaders who oppose a June 2008 ballot measure that would repeal the city's current rent control laws will meet today to discuss the measure further, according to the San Francisco Tenants Union.

Mayor Gavin Newsom and Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, will appear at a noon press conference in the Civic Center Plaza at Polk and McAllister streets in San Francisco.

Opponents argue the Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property measure could displace 180,000 residents living in rent-controlled residences.

"If this measure were to pass, thousands of San Franciscans would be forced out of the city," said Ted Gullicksen of the San Francisco Tenants Union. "Seniors especially would be hard hit if they lost their rent control protections."

The union contends that if passed, the measure would make it illegal for the city to use eminent domain to acquire land for public water projects. Public Utilities Commission Director Susan Leal will speak on possible water effects at the press conference.

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