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Supes vote on Breed’s Rent Board appointee will be political test

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2019

The full Board of Supes will be voting Tuesday/23 on the appointment of a supporter of Mayor Breed who has little connection with the...

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Do we have to sue to get our deposit back?

Dave Crow - April 11, 2018

Editor’s note: It’s hard to be a renter in San Francisco these days; some landlords are constantly looking for ways to squeeze out more...

Tenant Troubles

Tenant Troubles: Our legal correspondent is here to answer your renter questions

Dave Crow - March 6, 2018

Editor's note: For years, tenant lawyer Dave Crow wrote a column for the SF Appeal on tenant issues. We are happy that he's back,...

News + Politics

Proposal calls for every renter facing eviction to have the right to a lawyer

Tim Redmond - November 1, 2017

A coalition of renters and advocates, led by Dean Preston, who ran for supervisor last year, filed the paperwork today for a ballot measure...

News + Politics

For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

David Bogachik - October 3, 2017

DIALOGUES FOR LIFE When I was studying to be a psychoanalyst, one of my teachers, Dr. Irma Birman, shared a recollection from her childhood...

News + Politics

Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2017

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office quietly showed up at the home of Iris Canada this morning at around 11:30 and changed the locks. Canada,...

The Agenda

The Agenda: LGBT history, high insurance rates, the leaning tower of Soma …

Tim Redmond - January 30, 2017

Phil Burton, the legendary politician who created the Golden Gate National Recreation Era and helped define the modern US Congress, lost his first race...

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Why the Chron is SO wrong about an eviction

Tim Redmond - October 27, 2015

Duboce Triangle artist isn't at fault here, no matter what C.W. Nevus says -- and tenants actually have a right to stay in their...

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Tenants planning 2014 agenda

Marke B. - January 12, 2014

Tenants packed the LGBT center to talk about how to fight back By Tim Redmond There had to be 250 people at the Castro Tenants Convention...

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Supes vote on Breed’s Rent Board appointee will be political test

Tenant Troubles: Do we have to sue to get our deposit back?

Tenant Troubles: Our legal correspondent is here to answer your renter questions

Proposal calls for every renter facing eviction to have the right to a lawyer

For seniors, eviction can be a death sentence

Sheriff evicts 100-year-old

The Agenda: LGBT history, high insurance rates, the leaning tower of Soma …

Why the Chron is SO wrong about an eviction

Tenants planning 2014 agenda

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