3781283 - Administrative, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Nonprofit Organizations’ First-Right-to-Purchase Multi-Family Residential Buildings

San Francisco

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to confer upon certain nonprofit organizations a first-right-to-purchase, consisting of both a right of first offer and a right of first refusal, over all multi-family residential buildings (and related construction sites and vacant lots) in the City, for the purpose of creating and preserving rent-restricted affordable rental housing, and to establish related procedures for the selection of such nonprofits, the preservation of rent-restricted affordable housing, and other implementation and enforcement; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to exempt rent-restricted affordable housing created under this ordinance from increased rates of transfer tax; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.