Rice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ALLISON BARTON RICE, Case No. 19-cv-04250-LB

ORDER DENYING THE CCSF

Plaintiff,

SUMMARY JUDGMENT, GRANTING

SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO THE

v.

INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS, AND

GRANTING THE PLAINTIFF

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS FRANCISCO, et al., FOR FOUR DEFENSES 15 Defendants. Re: ECF Nos. 132, 135 16 INTRODUCTION The narrow issue at summary judgment is whether there are triable issues of fact about whether the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) violated the Fair Housing Act when it denied the plaintiff’s request to have a rent-paying roommate in his below-market-rate condominium. The purchase agreement allowed leasing only with the CCSF’s written permission. The CCSF denied him permission. Triable issues of fact exist about whether the CCSF understood the request to be for a paying roommate and whether the accommodation was necessary or …