Brightline and ALRP File Rent Control Petition

On Monday, Feb. 3, residents of Midtown Park Apartments, joined by civil rights nonprofit Brightline Defense, legal services provider AIDS Legal Referral Panel and over 50 supporters, filed the biggest rent control petition in the history of the City and County of San Francisco. The petition requests protection against unlawful rent increases and evictions for 139 low- and moderate-income Western Addition households, representing approximately 300 tenants, after their landlord, the City and County of San Francisco, terminated their lease on Friday, Jan. 31.

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