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For continual updates on San Francisco's moratorium on evictions, effective 3/23/20, see
https://sf.gov/news/about-citys-temporary-moratorium-evictions
On that page is the following:
Information and resources
For additional tenant assistance, please contact Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco at 415-703-8644, Chinatown Community Development Center at 415-984-2728, or the San Francisco Tenants Union at 415-282-6622.

For additional landlord assistance, please contact the San Francisco Apartment Association at 415-255-2288.

For more information on this guidance, please contact MOHCD at eviction.moratorium [at] sfgov.org

Mayor Breed also issued a proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency which contains the temporary moratorium on evictions.

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Please remember to provide the landlord with written notice as soon as possible that you cannot pay the rent because of the coronavirus crisis.

There are also links in Chinese, Spanish and Filipino. The first page is at https://sf.gov/ which is a new website for the City & County of San Francisco that combines lots of things with lots of updates on the response to the coronovirus crisis.

Also check the San Francisco Tenants Union for updates at
https://www.sftu.org/
On the page, there is the 3/25/20 link as follows:
https://www.sftu.org/2020/03/25/updated-mayors-order-for-covid-19s-impact-on-tenants/
Updated Mayor’s Order for COVID-19’s Impact on Tenants
The Mayor has issued another order which adds:

Clarity that it also applies to affordable housing providers who are exempt from the Rent Ordinance because their rent is controlled or regulated by the City. (1(a))
A step before the landlord can just start a non-payment proceeding after 30 days:
“If the tenant does not pay the rent at that time, the landlord must inform the tenant of the breach in writing, and the landlord and tenant shall then attempt to discuss the matter in good faith in order to develop a payment plan for the tenant to pay the missed rent.” (1(c))
“During the six-month period, a landlord may request documentation of the tenant’s ongoing inability to pay, and the tenant shall pay if able to do so, but under no circumstances shall a tenant’s failure to timely respond to a follow-up request for documentation invalidate the six-month extension period (1(e))
A re-set on the 30 days clock from March 23, 2020 (1(d))
No more no-fault evictions (2), including Ellis Act evictions if Governor lifts that preemption, applies to anything within 2 months of end of order.
The Rent Board is directed to make a form that landlords have to include with an eviction notice to explain these protections. (1(g))
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The Board of Supervisors is urging the State of California to enact a permanent moratorium on back rent and mortgage payments. See
https://www.sftu.org/2020/03/25/san-francisco-supervisors-back-rent-and-mortgage-payment-moratorium/