Use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy prohibited
San Francisco Rent Ordinance § 37.10CCity law
A person may not use an algorithmic device to set rents or manage occupancy levels for residential units in San Francisco. The described device analyzes nonpublic competitor rental data to recommend a rent for a vacant unit.
Answers the question “Can rent-setting software be used on my rent?”
The source
… algorithmic devices used to set rents in San Francisco Rent Board New law prohibits the sale or use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy levels for residential units in San Francisco. October 16, 2024 Legislation adding Section 37.10C to the Rent Ordinance went into effect on October 14, 2024. The law prohibits the sale or use of algorithmic devices to set rents or manage occupancy levels for residential units in San Francisco. The term “algorithmic device” means a device such as a software program that uses algorithms to analyze nonpublic competitor rental data for the purposes of providing a landlord recommendations on what rent to charge for a vacant unit. The law prohibits the sale or use of such algorithmic devices and allows a tenant…
- Official law
- Open the official source
- Document
- D081, retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Dates
- In force since Oct 14, 2024
- Status on Oct 1, 2026
- In force
What it depends on
- Covers
- Residential units in San Francisco.
- What you can do next
- Read the law at its official source
Audit trail
The model reads the law; code decides who it covers. The line between them stays visible.
Extracted by the model
What the model read from the source text, checked by code (the quote must appear word for word).
- Category
- Rent-setting software
- Requirement
- A person may not use an algorithmic device to set rents or manage occupancy levels for residential units in San Francisco. The described device analyzes nonpublic competitor rental data to recommend a rent for a vacant unit.
- Key value
- none
- Effect
- protection_or_duty
- Quote found in source
- yes
- Confidence
- 90%
reasoning boundary
Decided by code
Deterministic: same rules, facts and date give the same answer.
- Jurisdiction: listed only for addresses whose state or legal city is CA-SAN-FRANCISCO.
- Dates: in force from 2024-10-14; before that, not yet in force.
- Coverage: no building condition the data can test; conditions in words stay with the text.
As of Oct 1, 2026Engine run
Sources retrieved Oct 1, 2026.
Which buildings it reaches
All 250 sample addresses in California on Oct 1, 2026.
- 80 applies
- 170 not covered
Every dot is the rule engine’s result for that address. The larger dots are the example addresses listed below. 2 addresses have no coordinates and are counted but not drawn.
Decided by code for the example addresses
On Oct 1, 2026. Rules that don’t apply are left out.
- 3515 Fillmore St, San Francisco: Applies. Citywide San Francisco rule in force since October 14, 2024 (San Francisco Rent Ordinance § 37.10C); no building condition in it excludes this address.
- 145 Taylor St, San Francisco: Applies. Citywide San Francisco rule in force since October 14, 2024 (San Francisco Rent Ordinance § 37.10C); no building condition in it excludes this address.
- 140 Portola Dr, San Francisco: Applies. Citywide San Francisco rule in force since October 14, 2024 (San Francisco Rent Ordinance § 37.10C); no building condition in it excludes this address.