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San Francisco's attempt to extort landlords denied…again

March 23, 2017 | By CALEB TROTTER

Last week we announced that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected San Francisco’s attempt to undo PLF’s victory on behalf of San Francisco landlords in the Levin case. In that case, landlords who wished to remove their property from the rental market under California’s Ellis Act were subject to a San Francisco ordinance ...

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San Francisco still trying to force landlords to pay for tenants' high rent

June 22, 2016 | By CALEB TROTTER

In 2014 PLF successfully asked a federal court to strike down a San Francisco ordinance that required landlords to pay their tenants the difference between the rent they charged (often low due to rent control policies) and the current market rent for two years if the landlord removed their property from the rental market under … ...