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California Courts of Appeal,
Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 12, 2017

State Ellis Act trumps local tenant-relocation ordinances

San Francisco landlords may breathe a sigh of relief -- tenant-relocation payments won't be dramatically increased when they evict under the Ellis Act.

C. Danny Wang

Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners P.C.

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The 1st District Court of Appeal recently handed another victory to San Francisco property owners and landlords after finding in their favor in Coyne v. City and County of San Francisco, 2017 DJDAR 2785 (March 21, 2017). This decision addressed two San Francisco ordinances sponsored by then-San Francisco Board of Supervisors member David Campos that dramatically increased the tenant-relocation payments owed under an Ellis Act eviction. Pursuant to a joint motion by the parties, th...

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