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Eviction Ban Extended: Facts For Landlords/Tenants [2021]

How federal and state eviction moratoriums apply in San Francisco The CDC has extended the federal eviction ban until June 30, 2021, offering more relief for st...

California State Rent Registry: 5 Important Facts [2021]

What's happening with California rent control laws. The “Public Landlord-Tenant Registry” bill (AB-1188) establishes a California state rent registr...

Don’t get sued for denying Section 8 applicants

Understanding the perspectives of both landlord and tenant is essential while practicing landlord-tenant law in San Francisco. Lately, many different housing di...

Lawsuits Based on Section 8 Denials on the Rise

Enterprising attorneys are bringing lawsuits against landlords in San Francisco for discrimination based on Section 8 vouchers. A single tenant may uncover doze...

Owner Move-In MAY proceed with trustee owners

In 2019, Rimma Boshernitsan and Mark Vinokur filed an unlawful detainer action. This action intended to evict tenants Belvia Bach and her four children. This ac...

Applying for COVID-19 Rental Debt Assistance

According to census data from 2019, approximately 45% of households are renting. That’s an extremely high number of landlords to manage these properties, ...

SF Commercial Eviction Moratorium: What it means for your business

It has been over a year since the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic that has taken over our lives and seemingly the entire world. As several vaccines have b...

Buy-Out Policy

The Real Estate Attorneys of Steven Adair MacDonald & Partners, P.C. quite literally wrote the book on landlord-tenant law in San Francisco. Steven Adair Ma...

SB 91

California’s COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act Extended On January 28, 2021 the California Legislature passed SB 91. This bill intends to compensate tenants and ...

Federal Eviction Moratorium

According to this February 2nd declaration, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky determined that the eviction of tenants could contribute to the spread of COVID-1...

Squatter's Rights

California is the single most populated state in the country. Because of this, many people tend to take residency in places that technically do not belong to th...

San Francisco Extends the Eviction Moratorium

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation extending the current eviction moratorium on residential evictions in San Francisco until Ma...