San Francisco Rent Board
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The San Francisco Rent Board is a city agency that administers and enforces San Francisco’s rent control and eviction protection laws, mediates landlord-tenant disputes, and provides related information and services to the public.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| San Francisco Rent Board canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T773181 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: San Francisco Rent Board Context triple: [Government of San Francisco, hasAgency, San Francisco Rent Board]
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A.
San Francisco Department of Building Inspection
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection is the city agency responsible for enforcing building codes, issuing permits, and overseeing construction safety and compliance within San Francisco.
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B.
San Francisco Administrative Code
The San Francisco Administrative Code is the body of local laws and regulations that organizes and governs the structure, procedures, and operations of San Francisco’s city government and its agencies.
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C.
Government of San Francisco
The Government of San Francisco is the consolidated city-county administration that manages local legislative, executive, and municipal services for San Francisco, California.
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D.
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving San Francisco, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters for the county.
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E.
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department
The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department is the municipal agency responsible for operating and maintaining the city’s public parks, recreational facilities, and open spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Francisco Rent Board Target entity description: The San Francisco Rent Board is a city agency that administers and enforces San Francisco’s rent control and eviction protection laws, mediates landlord-tenant disputes, and provides related information and services to the public.
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A.
San Francisco Department of Building Inspection
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection is the city agency responsible for enforcing building codes, issuing permits, and overseeing construction safety and compliance within San Francisco.
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B.
San Francisco Administrative Code
The San Francisco Administrative Code is the body of local laws and regulations that organizes and governs the structure, procedures, and operations of San Francisco’s city government and its agencies.
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C.
Government of San Francisco
The Government of San Francisco is the consolidated city-county administration that manages local legislative, executive, and municipal services for San Francisco, California.
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D.
San Francisco Office of the City Attorney
The San Francisco Office of the City Attorney is the municipal law office that provides legal counsel, representation, and services to the City and County of San Francisco and its officials.
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E.
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco is the trial court of general jurisdiction serving San Francisco, handling civil, criminal, family, probate, and other state law matters for the county.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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municipal agency ⓘ rent control board ⓘ |
| administers |
San Francisco eviction protection laws
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San Francisco rent control laws ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco Municipal Code
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| aimsTo |
ensure landlords receive fair returns
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promote housing stability in San Francisco ⓘ protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforces |
San Francisco eviction protection laws
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San Francisco rent control laws ⓘ |
| excludesFromJurisdiction |
most single-family homes exempt under state law
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newer construction exempt under state law ⓘ |
| governs | most multi-unit residential rental properties in San Francisco ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
adoption of rent board regulations
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determination of allowable rent increases ⓘ determination of tenant housing service reductions ⓘ interpretation of San Francisco Rent Ordinance ⓘ investigation of alleged rent ordinance violations ⓘ maintenance of rent-controlled unit records ⓘ processing of landlord petitions ⓘ processing of tenant petitions ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://sfrb.org ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
City and County of San Francisco
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linked to:
San Francisco County
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| languageOfService |
Chinese
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English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ Spanish ⓘ other languages via interpretation services ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 37
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linked to:
San Francisco Administrative Code
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| locatedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
City and County of San Francisco
ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco County
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| providesService |
arbitration of rent disputes
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counseling to landlords ⓘ counseling to tenants ⓘ forms and petitions for rent and eviction matters ⓘ hearing of landlord-tenant petitions ⓘ information on eviction protections ⓘ information on rent control laws ⓘ mediation of landlord-tenant disputes ⓘ public access to rent board decisions ⓘ public hearings on rent control issues ⓘ public outreach and education ⓘ |
| regulates |
certain residential evictions in San Francisco
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residential rent increases in San Francisco ⓘ |
| sector |
housing
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landlord-tenant relations ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
San Francisco Rent Ordinance
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linked to:
San Francisco Municipal Code
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: San Francisco Rent Board Description of subject: The San Francisco Rent Board is a city agency that administers and enforces San Francisco’s rent control and eviction protection laws, mediates landlord-tenant disputes, and provides related information and services to the public.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.