by Chris Roberts
Eleven tenants of a mid-Market Street apartment building embroiled in an eviction struggle have filed a lawsuit against their landlord. The residents of 1049 Market St. — a six-story building of live-work lofts that has captured the attention of Mayor Ed Lee as well as tenant advocates — charge that the building’s owner is using a 2007 notice of violation as an excuse to evict them in order to capitalize on The City’s skyrocketing rental market, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court.…[ Read more ]