Real Estate
Sep. 8, 2000
Regulation or Ransom?
By Michael M. Berger. The city made an error by assuming that its professed good intentions would shield it from constitutional liability.
When the owners of a small, 62-unit, three-story hotel decided they wanted to cater to San Francisco's tourist trade, rather than long-term, low-income residents, the city told them they could do so - but it would cost them $567,000 for the privilege.
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