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Ellis Act Evictions on the Rise in the Sunset; Artist Forced to Move

By Sunset Beacon on June 22, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

On Sept. 2, 1976, Linda Joy Johnson moved into a flat on 11th Avenue and has called it home ever since. But, this coming November, the 64-year-old woman might get evicted under the Ellis Act.

Ellis Act evictions hitting more west side tenants

By San Francisco Richmond ReView on October 3, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

The Ellis Act is a 1985 statewide law that allows landlords to evict tenants if they go out of the rental business. While it is difficult to know how many of the recent Ellis Act evictions are for legitimate reasons, the data strongly suggests that a significant proportion of them do not go out of the rental business.