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San Francisco’s rent control rules are strict, but there are ways for landlords to legally raise rents beyond the standard 1.4% annual bump. Our latest guide breaks down the 3 key categories.

Rent Increases Without the Backlash: Meet the team at Rent Board Passthroughs

Designing the Future of California Living: Inside OpenScope Studio

There is a LOT of legislation under review now, with potentially major impacts for the entire city. Here are a few other important SF Ordinances in the pipeline that may affect you.

To make space for 82,000 units in SF, buildings will have to get taller and more dense. The plan to achieve our housing goals is under review now. Learn more here.

The Mayor is insisting on 100-day sprints to introduce new legislation and make procedural changes until the permitting system in SF is "fixed." So for Day 200, there's a new batch of legislation heading to the City. Learn more here!

All 7 pieces of legislation introduced by Mayor Lurie as part of the PermitSF Initiative are now approved. Here's the update!

This ordinance would make the graffiti abatement pilot program permanent. Public Works would be able to perform graffiti abatement on private properties at no cost to property owners, upon request.

This ordinance would reduce restrictions on Formula Retail uses to permit more retail uses throughout the city.

This ordinance would waive the inclusionary Housing fee outside of the Priority Equity Geographies SUD in exchange for owner's agreement to subject all units to rent control.

This ordinance modifies dates for permit expiration during plancheck and also during construction.

This ordinance would allow affordable housing projects to defer payment of administrative fees to the permit issuance.

This ordinance would allow Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to be converted to Cannabis Retail uses without conditional use or mandatory discretionary review.

This ordinance would require conditional use when a legacy business is replaced with another commercial use in most NCD / Commercial Districts and within the Chinatown Mixed Use District.

This ordinance would reduce mechanical requirements for projects within Article 38 air quality zones. This is part of the PermitSF initiative program.

This ordinance would eliminate local requirements for commercial lighting, rooftop mechanical penthouses, driveway/sidewalk load limits, and the Slope Protection Act. This is part of the PermitSF initiative program.

This ordinance would require buildings in San Francisco undergoing "major renovations" to convert to all-electric.

This ordinance would allow larger commercial uses within North Beach, Polk Street, Pacific Avenue, Castro, and RCD districts.

This ordinance would require project applicants to disclose the presence of any unauthorized dwelling units and would impose steep penalties to parties found to have submitted misleading plans.

This ordinance would create programs for financial support of small businesses impacted by the rezoning program.

This ordinance makes administrative corrections to the requirements for sale of Below Market Rate (BMR) units in San Francisco.

This ordinance would eliminate limitations on the number of unrelated people living together previously limited to 5 people.

This ordinance would allow certain administrative fees for ADU projects to be deferred until the issuance of the Certificate of Final Completion (CFC), or within 24 months of permit approval.