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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for July 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the July 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin explored some of the problems landlords face in the gray area between “housing services” and “nuisance eviction” when a tenant insists upon a particular use of the property that is incompatible with health and safety law (in this case, blocking fire egress with off-street moped parking).


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for June 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the June 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin explained how to avoid the “intergenerational rent-controlled tenancy” (when children grow up and attempt to start paying rent in their parents’ rent-controlled apartment), as well as the use of a new California law regulating “third-party payments” as an estoppel tool to prevent a Costa-Hawkins waiver.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for May 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the May 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin explored various ways a landlord can impose limits on the number of occupants in a rental unit, even though San Francisco has made it more difficult over the years for landlords to enforce limitations in lease agreements.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for April 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the April 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Section 37.9(e) of the Rent Ordinance prevents tenants from waiving rights under the Rent Ordinance (with limited exceptions). In the April SFAA Q&A, Justin explored options when a tenant induces a landlord to enter a lease with an unenforceable promise by the tenant to move out when the landlord is ready to move into their home.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for March 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the March 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin explained the minefield of seeking to use non-residential space (like parking or storage) to construct an Accessory Dwelling Unit, when that space is already being used by a tenant.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for February 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the February 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin navigated a landlord’s ability to enforce a lease and the law when a tenant unlawfully lists a room on a short term hosting platform. Hosting platforms have largely been unsuccessful in challenging residential unit conversion regulations in California, but many cities do allow registered use within reasonable limits. Landlords do their best to maintain their residential buildings as residential by considering multiple approaches to policing vacation rentals.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for January 2019

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the January 2019 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin explored a landlord’s options when a tenant installs an electric vehicle charging station, without the landlord’s approval, seemingly to take advantage of an “all utilities included” lease agreement. Justin also notes for readers of Costa-Hawkins.com that landlord-tenant law moves quickly, and sometimes the submission deadline for a print magazine can be far enough out that the law changes in the meantime. Starting January 1, 2019, state law actually requires landlords to allow charging stations (with some conditions).

Justin also wrote a feature article for the January 2019 issue, titled “A Fair Fight”, where Justin predicted the future of San Francisco landlord-tenant law in a post-Proposition F era, based on his experience with San Francisco’s existing, well-funded, legal aid clinics.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for December 2018

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the December 2018 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin discussed liability “what happens next” after a landlord unwittingly enters an agreement with their tenant to vacate, without realizing that San Francisco now heavily regulates this conversation.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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Justin Goodman Featured in SF Apartment Magazine Legal Q&A for November 2018

Justin Goodman was featured in the Legal Q&A for the November 2018 issue of SF Apartment Magazine – the official publication of the San Francisco Apartment Association.

Justin discussed potential liability for a landlord “waiting too long” to rent an available apartment when he is only receiving applicants enrolled in the Section 8 program, as well as how the recent opinion CCSF v. Post (2018) changed the rules on “source of income discrimination” in San Francisco.


SFAA is dedicated to educating, advocating for, and supporting the rental housing community so that its members operate ethically, fairly, and profitably. SFAA’s is a trade association whose main focus is to support rental owners by offering a wide variety of benefits that address all aspects of rental housing industry.

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