Resolution Aims to Stop Enforcement of Ellis Act EvictionsCasey Millsbyline‚ Jul. 25‚ 2006The Board of Supervisors will consider today another way to end the steady stream of Ellis Act evictions sweeping San Francisco in recent months. The resolution urges the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, the agency in charge of physically removing evicted tenants who refuse to leave their homes, to stop helping landlords extract those tenants evicted by the Ellis Act. Taking a cue from recent legislation passed by the Board forbidding city employees from helping INS investigate the immigrant status of San Francisco residents, tenant activists hope the resolution will play two roles: as a last-ditch way for Ellis Act victims to keep their homes, and as a way to send a message to the state and nation that the city will not enforce unjust laws. |