Nonpayment Eviction Rent Threshold

At a glance

• What: Administrative Code ordinance barring a landlord from evicting a residential tenant for unpaid rent below the local HUD fair market rent standard for an equivalent-sized unit.
• Where it stands: Passed on first reading October 20, 2026, 9-0.
• Next: Second reading and final passage.

Details

• File No. 260962; Land Use and Transportation Committee recommendation.
• Deletes various obsolete provisions.
• At public comment on October 6 one speaker raised concerns about the legislation on evictions for nonpayment of rent (position not detailed in the minutes).

Sources

• Board of Supervisors minutes (draft), October 20, 2026: https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1456063&GUID=0A30E5F1-D311-43A1-853E-C5E13B727FFB
• Board of Supervisors minutes (draft), October 6, 2026: https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1452949&GUID=6CA19DD5-BB90-4C0E-A6E9-BD06EE6528FE

Log

2026-10-20 - Board of Supervisors

PASSED ON FIRST READING, 9-0.

2026-10-06 - Board of Supervisors

Public comment: one speaker raised concerns about the nonpayment eviction legislation.

2026-10-27 - Board of Supervisors

FINALLY PASSED, 11-0 (file 260962).

2026-10-05 - Land Use and Transportation Committee

• Sent to the full Board with a positive recommendation, 3-0.