May 17, 2017 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
A recent tentative decision, in favor of the City of San Francisco and tenants, the Court found that landlord Anne Kihagi, and many of her LLCs, were acting in violation of the City’s laws and had wrongfully evicted a number of tenants. Kihagi was found to have...
Feb 3, 2017 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
The Hooshmand Law Group has obtained a judgment in excess of $460,000 for a public school teacher who was wrongfully evicted pursuant to the Owner and Relative Move-In (OMI/RMI) provision of the San Francisco Rent Ordinance (statute below). After a two-week trial the...
Sep 30, 2016 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
The Hooshmand Law Group recovered $1,000,000 for a tenant who had lived in his unit for more than 40 years before being falsely evicted pursuant to the owner move-in exception under San Francisco Law. The San Francisco law requires that an owner move-in eviction...
Sep 29, 2016 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
NOTICE OF CLASS SETTLEMENT On Sept. 15, 2016, the Court signed an order for preliminary approval of settlement of the Raised Rent Class in the Marymount class action case. A copy of the Notice of Settlement of Class Action can be found here .
Aug 15, 2015 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
Senior Associates Stephanie Foster and Jasna Veledar obtained a defense verdict for their client, accused of assault, battery, and elder abuse. Hooshmand Law Group previously represented the client in a landlord tenant jury trial in which they obtained a successful...
Jul 13, 2015 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
A very common type of eviction in San Francisco is one where a tenant is displaced so that an owner or owner’s relative can move into the unit. Under San Francisco Administrative Code Section 37.9(a)(8), subject to certain restrictions, a landlord can evict a...
Jun 26, 2015 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
If you live in an apartment or rental unit in San Francisco that is covered by the San Francisco Rent Control Ordinance, you may not be evicted by your landlord, even if your written lease with the landlord has expired. Instead, you have the right to continue your...
Jun 24, 2015 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
Section 8.22.360 of Measure EE specifies that a landlord can evict a tenant for the following reasons: Failure to pay rent; Breach of lease terms; Failure to sign a lease extension or renewal that contains materially the same terms as the current lease terms; Willful...
May 2, 2015 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
The concept of “Hacker Houses” or “Hacker Hostels” have become increasingly wide-spread in San Francisco. The owners or hosts of these Hacker Homes claim that their goal is to bring together communities of hackers to work and share ideas with one another under one...
Apr 28, 2015 | Hooshmand Law Group In the News
The San Francisco Rent Ordinance has a new section, added on March 7, 2015. Section 37.9E covers the very common tenant buyout agreement, where landlords offer cash buyouts to tenants in exchange for tenants vacating rental units. The ordinance specifies that the main...
