Fighting Premature Evictulation

SFist today covers the 'Supes passage of two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing evictions. The mayor, however, still has veto power...

"Yesterday, the Board of Supervisors passed two measures proposed by Chris Daly to fight the current wave of condo conversion evictions currently sweeping the city. Well, not all evictions, mainly "bad evictions," something we didn't realize existed in that we never really thought there was such thing as a "good eviction." Or at least to the person being evicted. Anyways, a "bad eviction" is classified as an eviction involving someone either disabled or elderly. As for anyone not disabled or old, screw 'em."

"The other measure called for a change in rules concerning public hearings for condo conversions. Currently the law stipulates that if the building in question has more than five apartments involved, a public hearing must be called. The new measure would call for the law to be changed to two. Opponents said the measure would make it more difficult and time consuming to covert a condo and have you been to one of those public hearings? It's a madhouse. Supporters said the measure would make it more difficult and time consuming to covert a condo and have you been to one of those public hearings? It's a madhouse."

The thing that the 'Supes tend to forget is that nothing proposed by Daly with regards to housing has ever survived the courts. Hopefully the Mayor will see clear to veto this silliness before he costs the taxpayers a ton of money while they have to defend bad legislation...