Judge blocks San Francisco law on huge compensation to tenants
He says it crosses line between legal government regulation and a money grab
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO'S first-in-the-nation law requiring property owners to pay evicted renters as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars to leave their units was struck down by a judge who said that it "crossed the constitutional line" between legitimate government regulation and a money grab.
In a city that faces an affordable housing crisis with average rents of US$3,100 for a one-bedroom apartment, the unprecedented ordinance would requi…
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