Controversial measure probable on Nov. 5 ballot
By Andrew Chow
AsianWeek Staff Writer
As a child in India, the “big thing” for Sarosh Kumana was learning about San Francisco’s “Summer of Love.”
“I dreamed of living in the Haight, with no thought that it would ever happen,” said Kumana, now 48, who “just got lucky” in owning a home and a property-management company in the storied neighborhood.
But many city residents aren’t so lucky. They’re caught in a “war” between landlords and tenants, Kumana said — a war in which tenants can’t afford to buy even a starter home in the city, and landlords are stuck with multi-unit buildings that are more hassle than they’re worth...
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