Supervisor Myrna Melgar is introducing legislation Tuesday that would protect tenants who are unfairly portrayed as troubled by landlords seeking their evictions. The ordinance would amend the San Francisco city code to create a clearer definition of what constitutes a “nuisance” for the purposes of eviction.
Melgar said the city’s current language is too vague and invites abuse. She drew inspiration for the ordinance after six seniors who live at a building at 1120 Jackson St. in Chinatown received nuisance eviction notices for allegedly having too many belongings in their apartments, as reported by the San Francisco Standard, allegedly dangerously cluttering the units.
“When I read about Sue Yeng I cried in the office,” said Melgar…