Planning Commissioner Gilbert Williams summed up Thursday everything that is wrong with state Sen. Scott Wiener’s housing laws and the terrible position that Sacramento has left San Francisco.

He was speaking at a hearing on a measure by Sup. Chyanne Chen that seeks to add what limited protections the state will allow to existing tenants whose homes may be destroyed in the name of new luxury development.

Chen’s legislation is a trailer to Mayor Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan, which would allow the demolition of rent-controlled buildings of two or fewer units.

The new legislation seeks to add tenant protections to the law, and in many ways it does: New rules requiring the Rent Board to hold hearings for renters reporting landlord harassment were long priorities for tenant groups.

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