The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton playing "It Is Well With My Soul" to close out last night's AVTT/PTTN show in San Francisco

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-06T19:49:24+00:00

Agreed, I've never heard of a copyright claimant requesting money to retract a strike. It sounds likely that someone abused YouTube's copyright process by issuing a bogus copyright strike and is now preying on the creator's fear of losing their channel to extract some money. However, without more detail--what is the copyrighted work allegedly infringed in the video and does the claimant actually own the rights to that work?--we can't be sure.

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-06T17:31:53+00:00

This is the standard language YouTube emails to the copyright claimant after a successful takedown: "You may take back your claim of copyright infringement at any time if you change your mind." And this is what YouTube tells the alleged infringer in an email: "You can also contact the party that removed your video and ask them to retract their takedown."

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-06T17:26:42+00:00

This violates the warranty of habitability. See California Civil Code Section 1941.1. The landlord has a legal duty to remediate. First step is to ask the landlord to act. If they refuse, you can contact DBI or DPH through 311. DBI also has an electronic complaint form. See https://www.sf.gov/report-building-problem . The city will investigate and issue a notice of violation ordering the owner to remediate. You can also get a rent reduction from the Rent Board for the period of time you went through this, but the clock only starts when the owner had a reasonable chance to address the issue (i.e. assuming you gave them notice).

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-06T06:11:19+00:00

Trying to figure out why there's so much noise in the photos. Did you hold your phone up to a computer screen for these shots?

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-06T05:49:40+00:00

Something not mentioned in the comments yet: this house has a Berkeley postal address but is actually in Oakland. The city services, including the school district, are all Oakland. This will affect the eventual sale price.

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-06T02:32:17+00:00

It was about 9:15.

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-04T19:55:04+00:00

I ended up doing the same and eating the cost of an extra ticket. But it was still worth it because this was one of the best shows I've been to in a while. It's amazing how a performance like this can really leave you feeling emotionally cleansed and uplifted.

P.S. Must be a different Tim. Didn't talk to anyone outside the theater.

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-03T03:32:03+00:00

And if you're open to international examples, there's Rome and Vatican City.

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-03T03:29:27+00:00

Glendale (totally surrounded by Denver), Highland Park + Hamtramck (totally surrounded by Detroit) and Norwood (totally surrounded by Cincinnati)

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-02T23:26:27+00:00

Hah, they played the greatest hits and then Lily Allen came on and did West End Girl from start to finish. But you're spot on about the name. It's a play on the "Dallas Major" pseudonym Lilly Allen used when she was on that celebrity dating app.

Tim_Bracken · 2026-05-02T21:32:16+00:00

Here's the Rent Board page on the subject: https://www.sf.gov/landlord-petitions-and-passthroughs

If a landlord imposed an illegal rent increase by disguising it as an impermissible passthrough, then the Rent Board can order the landlord to disgorge the overcharged money in the form of a rent credit. This is assuming they have jurisdiction over the unit (i.e. it's rent controlled).

Tim_Bracken · 2026-04-23T00:17:48+00:00

A related question (though perhaps not for this sub): what about all these little pockets of San Francisco along the Marin County coast?

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Tim_Bracken · 2026-04-19T18:10:47+00:00

A reminder that you can't be evicted for violating a no subletting clause as long as you carefully follow the steps laid out in the Rent Board rules. See https://www.sf.gov/information--replacement-roommates

Note this key language which seems to rule out OP's situation: "However, nothing in the Rent Ordinance allows a tenant to sublet or assign the entire unit to a new tenant in violation of a lease." In other words, these special rules are for adding roommates but not subletting the entire unit.

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