This ordinance allows tenant rights organizations in San Francisco to enforce rules that prevent landlords from using algorithms to determine rents or manage occupancy in residential units. It aims to protect tenants from potentially unfair pricing and occupancy practices.
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to authorize tenant’s rights organizations to enforce the prohibition against landlords’ use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy levels for residential dwelling units located in San Francisco.
How it got here
The legislation originated from concerns about the use of algorithmic devices by landlords in San Francisco to set rents, leading to potential price-fixing and market manipulation.
The Board of Supervisors received a proposed ordinance (File No. 240766) to prohibit the sale or use of algorithmic devices for setting rents or managing occupancy levels in San Francisco.
The committee reviewed and amended the ordinance, which aimed to address the destabilization of rental markets caused by algorithmic devices.
The ordinance was adopted by the Board of Supervisors as Ordinance No. 224-24, prohibiting the use of algorithmic devices in San Francisco.
The committee recommended amendments to the existing ordinance to authorize tenant's rights organizations to enforce the prohibition against algorithmic devices.
The amended ordinance was finally passed by the Board of Supervisors, allowing tenant's rights organizations to enforce the prohibition against algorithmic devices.
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