Renters at the 215 Main St. waterfront apartment complex Portofino Riviera said they’re vexed and confused about the evictions, which were announced via door notices on Aug. 15.
Many renters could be in peril if they haven’t sought assistance and don’t pay April rent. Housing experts now expect a flood of evictions to hit courtrooms around the state in mid-April.
Lawyer tries to persuade IRS it doesn t owe him $285K
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Lawyer Todd Rothbard of Santa Clara, California, tried to reach the Internal Revenue Service after it told him in a Jan. 4 letter that he miscalculated his 2019 taxes, and he is due more than $284,000.
He was unable to reach the IRS at an 800 number on the letter, and he received a check for slightly more than $285,000 apparently because interest was included, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
Rothbard said he double-checked with his accountant, and they agreed that the lawyer is not entitled a refund.
“I’m pretty scrupulous,” Rothbard told the newspaper. “There’s no way I’d miss $285,000.”
Crystal Chen is marketing manager at Zumper, an online rental platform. I was born and raised in San Francisco and it s crazy to see, Chen said. All I ve seen is rents go up and up. This is the first time I ve ever seen rents go down this much.
Chen said that some of the largest declines are in the tech-heavy Peninsula and the South Bay, in cities like Menlo Park, Mountain View and Santa Clara. We ve seen the pandemic shift the demand for rentals away from really expensive markets toward more affordable cities, Chen said.
Zumper s rental report for the San Francisco Bay Area metro showed that some of the cities with the most expensive rent San Francisco, Mountain View, Cupertino, Palo Alto and Menlo Park have seen huge declines compared to the same time last year. Rents have been steadily declining in major cities during the pandemic.