SF supervisors propose tighter limits on nuisance evictions
Supervisors Myrna Melgar and Jackie Fielder propose narrowing nuisance-based evictions as city records show notice filings rose 41%; the proposal is not an enacted protection.
Myrna Melgar and Jackie Fielder want San Francisco to narrow when a landlord can evict a tenant for nuisance.
Reporting by the Standard and Mission Local describes a proposal requiring a nuisance to be severe, or both continuing and recurring. It would also allow tenants to remedy certain accidental damage. [1][2]
The Rent Board recorded 405 nuisance eviction-notice filings from March 2025 through February 2026, up from 288 in the preceding reporting year. That is a 41% increase in notices, not a count of completed evictions or proof that particular claims were abusive. [3]
The distinction for renters is immediate: a proposed rule does not change a current notice or suspend a response deadline. No adopted ordinance or confirmed legislative docket was established in this review. The reported proposal deserves scrutiny as a possible change in the threshold for eviction, while its final wording and passage remain unresolved. [1][2]
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Reporting sources
- The San Francisco Standard · October 5 proposal reporting
Original local reporting identifies the two supervisors and reported nuisance/remedy changes; no enacted ordinance established.
- Mission Local · Proposed nuisance eviction limits
Independent local reporting, originally October 5 and updated October 6, corroborates the proposal and distinction between severe and continuing/recurring nuisance.
- San Francisco Rent Board · 2025–26 eviction-notice report
Original April 8, 2026 report: 288 and 405 nuisance notices for successive March–February reporting years. These are filed notices.
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San Francisco Rent Board nuisance eviction-notice filings for two reporting years, with a common zero baseline: 288 and 405. The increase is 117 notices, or 40.6% rounded to 41%. Notices are not completed evictions and these counts do not establish improper landlord conduct.
Euangelion · original explanatory figure · Source · Usage terms