San Francisco Apartment Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings came on for hearing before this court on September 30, 2015. Plaintiffs appeared by their counsel James R. Parri-nello and Christopher E. Skinnell, and defendant appeared by its counsel Assistant San Francisco City Attorney Jeremy M. Goldman. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, the court hereby GRANTS the motion as follows.

BACKGROUND

On October 21, 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors enacted Ordinance No. 225-14 (“the Ordinance”), which became operative on March 7, 2015, and imposes requirements on the process of negotiating tenant buyouts.

The Ordinance amended the San Francisco Administrative Code to add § 37.9E,

Ord. No. 225-14. The Ordinance also amended § 1396 of the San Francisco Subdivision Code to “prohibit buildings from entering the condominium conversion lottery if the owners of the building have entered certain tenant buyout agreements.” Id.

The stated purpose of the Ordinance is to “increase the fairness of buyout negotiations and agreements by requiring land *917 lords! 1 ] to…