1993

Inspectors Trashed Reports, Activist Says

The San Francisco City Attorney’s office is called in to sort out a dispute between the city’s Bureau of Building Inspection (BBI) and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, who accused the BBI of throwing away public documents related to unsafe rental property.

1993

Tenderloin Tenants Convention

The Tenderloin Tenants Convention gets several resolutions passed to helps low income people living in residential hotels.

1993

City is Losing Fight Against Slumlords

Buildings and units with significant code violations or those erected illegally are found to remain unabated by the Bureau of Building Inspection for years. 

1993

Turk St. Tenants Win Big Lawsuit against Landlord

A poorly cared for residential hotel doesn’t listen to the residents demands for issues to be addressed.

The tenants then brought up a lawsuit against the Landlord and won a $185,000 settlement.

 

 

1993

Inspectors Admit System Has Failed

In response to lack of housing code enforcement in apartments and low-income hotels the Code Enforcement Coalition (CEC) – has banded together in a campaign to oust the BBI’s Superintendent, Larry Litchfield, and reform the Bureau.