RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS

May 2006

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First District Finds San Francisco’s Relocation Assistance Landlord—Tenant Ordinance Does Not Violate the Ellis Act
Pieri v. City and County of San Francisco

The First District Court of Appeal recently reversed a trial court’s judgment and held there was no facial conflict between the Ellis Act, codified at Government Code § 7060, et seq., and a San Francisco relocation assistance ordinance that requires landlords to provide relocation assistance to their tenants when they remove property from the rental market.