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Title 4 — SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS›Chapter 80 — ANTI-BLIGHT ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE

San Francisco Administrative Code § 80.2 Legislative Findings

San Francisco Administrative Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · San Francisco

Cite as: San Francisco Administrative Code § 80.2 · Text as of 2026-10-19

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors finds and declares that:

(a) Properties that are in a condition of significant deterioration or disrepair or otherwise violate municipal code requirements attract vagrants, gang members and other criminal elements as prime locations to conduct their illegal criminal activities.

(b) Properties that are in a condition of significant deterioration or disrepair or otherwise violate municipal code requirements are a blight and cause general deterioration and instability in surrounding neighborhoods.

(c) Properties that are in a condition of significant deterioration or disrepair or otherwise violate municipal code requirements substantially endanger the health and safety of residents of the blighted properties and of the surrounding neighborhoods,

(d) Properties that are in a condition of significant deterioration or disrepair or otherwise violate municipal code requirements pose serious threats to the public's health and safety and therefore are declared to be public nuisances.

(e) Immediate abatement and rehabilitation of these properties is necessary and can be accomplished by using the judicial or administrative procedures found in this Chapter.

(Added by Ord. 256-08, File No. 081118, App. 11/7/2008)

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