Landlord plans to appeal ruling blocking evictions, fines of more than $2.4M

[yuiyoshida]

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A landlord accused of harassing and illegally evicting tenants in rent-controlled buildings plans to appeal a ruling that blocks her from evicting tenants and orders her to pay millions in fines, defense attorneys said today.

A tentative ruling issued Tuesday by Superior Court Judge Angela Bradstreet found that Anne Kihagi and two associates had engaged in a campaign of harassment, retaliation and fraudulent evictions of tenants at seven rent-controlled buildings in San Francisco.

The ruling included a five-year injunction that orders Kihagi to pay more than $2.4 million in penalties, prohibits further contact with tenants, requires her to hire an independent management firm, prohibits
further litigation or evictions without the approval of the management firm and halts all evictions in progress as of Jan. 12, 2017.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who filed suit against Kihagi in June of 2015, called the ruling a "resounding victory for San Francisco tenants and the rule of law."

"I've gone after a lot of lawless landlords in my time, but Anne Kihagi has a special place reserved for her in San Francisco's abusive landlord hall of fame," Herrera said. "Her cruelty is stunning."

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[benld74]

1. Well she sounds like another

Hard working American who is being harassed by government entities thereby preventing her from increasing her income. /nt

[yuiyoshida]

2. Her civil rights are being violated...she wants permission

to harass, evict and show these squaters who's boss. I am surprised she hasn't thrown anyone down the stairs yet, or physically assaulted a tenant yet, damn them for not letting her cheat her tenants out of her CASH MONEY!!!

I hope the city makes her pay everyone of those fines!!!

[LeftyMom]

4. Seems like baeria landlords have been skipping the harassment and heading straight to arson.

She's behind the times.

[RandySF]

5. Know your rights. Contact the San Francisco Tenants Union.

Tenants Rights Bootcamp, May 4, 5 pm, 209 Golden Gate Ave

Learn your tenant rights at our bootcamp, Thursday, May 4, 2017, 5pm at 209 Golden Gate Ave at Leavenworth (Unite HERE Office).


https://www.sftu.org

[meow2u3]

6. On a side note: an unfortunate web address if there ever was one

stfu.org?

Looks as if that lawless landlord thinks their tenants should stfu.com