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Hot Topics in San Francisco Landlord-Tenant - 2025
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This Course
This seminar will cover recent amendments to the San Francisco Rent Ordinance including Section 37.10C regarding prohibitions against use and sale of algorithmic devices that sets rents or occupancy levels, new state laws including limits on the security deposit and the 10 days summons. Panelists will also discuss important 2024 landlord/tenant cases.
Topics
- Update on new State Laws including the 10 day summons for UDs
- Important 2024 Landlord/Tenant Cases
- New Rent Ordinance amendments
About the Presenters
Ora Prochovnick, Esq.
Eviction Defense Collaborative
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant (+ 2 other areas)
Ora Prochovnick is the Director of Litigation and Policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC), the lead agency for the Tenant Right to Counsel Program in San Francisco. Ora has over 40 years of experience in tenant advocacy and prior to coming to the EDC she was the Director of Clinical and Public Interest Law Programs and professor of law at John F. Kennedy University. She has a distinguished history of community service and pro-bono activities and has received many awards from the State Bar and local bar associations in recognition of her expertise and legal assistance, particularly to the ...
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Nils Rosenquest, Esq.
Rosenquest & Associates
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant (+ 3 other areas)
Nils Rosenquest has practiced housing, landlord-tenant, real estate, and business law for more than 35 years on behalf of individual landlords and tenants, small businesses, and community organizations. AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, he practices in all state and federal courts in California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is also admitted to the United States Court of Claims and the United States Tax Court. In addition to helping private individuals and companies in housing and community matters, he represents non-profit subsidized housing developers and non-profit live-work communities. Apart from his law practice, he ...
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David Wasserman, Esq.
Rent Board Landlord Commissioner
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant (+ 1 other areas)
David P. (“Dave”) Wasserman has been representing landlords since he was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1994. He has also been a licensed real estate broker since 1996. In 2020, he completed his master’s degree in real estate from Georgetown University.Dave opened a law office in 1995. From 1997 through 1999, he served on the Code Advisory Committee for the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection. In 2000, Dave was elected to the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Apartment Association, the largest landlord advocacy group in San Francisco. He became the Board’s vice president in 2004 ...
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Andrew Westley, Esq.
Signature Resolution
Practice Area: Landlord Tenant (+ 5 other areas)
Andrew Westley is a full-time mediator who brings forty years of legal and dispute resolution experience to his work helping parties resolve complex landlord-tenant, business, and employment disputes. Known for his calm presence, careful preparation, and ability to balance empathy with objectivity, he creates a mediation environment that allows parties to be heard, respected, and understood. Andrew believes that meaningful resolution comes from listening and identifying the human and practical interests beneath every dispute. His approach is rooted in patience, insight, and a steady focus on helping parties find clarity and common ground.Andrew’s mediation practice draws on decades of litigation ...
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Kavita Sharma, Esq.
Sharma Law Group
Practice Area: Real Estate (+ 2 other areas)
After graduating from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, Kavita was admitted to the California Bar in 2005. She soon began practicing law with established firms in San Francisco, learning the ins and outs of Bay Area real estate law. In 2017, Kavita stepped out on her own, founding Sharma Law Group. She has since represented landlords, homeowners, property managers and others to settle a wide range of legal real estate issues including landlord/tenant disputes, HOA disputes, commercial leasing, buyer/seller disputes and many others. Her understanding and familiarity with the notoriously complex real estate laws of the ...
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