In bizarre twist, lawyer Karen Uchiyama now simultaneously suing and defending Kihagi LLC Anne Kihagi, the notorious landlord who has been successfully sued by the city and a bevy of […]
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Anne Kihagi, city’s ‘cruelest landlord,’ has last of her known San Francisco properties wrested from her control
Five Mission District properties placed into receivership Another domino this week fell in the bizarre case of Anne Kihagi, the woman who quickly and ruthlessly laid claim to the title […]
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Anne Kihagi’s appeal denied by state Supreme Court — city will move to collect millions from San Francisco’s ‘cruelest landlord’
The strange and terrible saga of Anne Kihagi, the city’s cruelest landlord, hit an inflection point Wednesday when the California Supreme Court spurned her appeal. This relegates her case back […]
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Anne Kihagi: Court roundly rejects appeal brought by San Francisco’s ‘cruelest landlord’ — affirms hefty fine
Court of Appeal affirms $2.7M judgment for city — which has accrued nearly $500K in interest since last year alone The 1st District Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed a hefty […]
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Anne Kihagi: Bank forecloses on building owned by San Francisco’s ‘cruelest landlord’ — auction scheduled
Well-heeled bidders should head to City Hall’s steps on Oct. 17 to buy one of Kihagi’s properties Anne Kihagi’s brazen wave of tenant evictions and documented persecution earned her the […]
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Court-appointed receiver angling to eject notorious landlord Anne Kihagi’s family from apartment
Turnabout, they say, is fair play. Anne Kihagi is getting a taste of this. Kihagi, who beat out serious competition to earn a reputation as this city’s cruelest landlord, exhibited […]
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Most-read stories of 2019 — and what it feels like to be playing with a Steph Curry
Watching the Golden State Warriors of yesteryear, I always wondered how a guy like Shaun Livingston felt playing next to prodigious scorers like Steph Curry and Kevin Durant. Now I […]
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The most-read Mission Local stories of 2018
This year, Mission Local’s coverage broadened to cover citywide issues and further inform the hottest conversations in the neighborhood. New managing editor Joe Eskenazi — the main culprit for the […]
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Now 40 years old, Legal Assistance to the Elderly is bigger than ever — and more necessary
“Forty-four feet,” blurts out Sheila Hembury, anticipating the imminent question. “And nine inches.” So that’s how long the hallway is. There’s enough wall space between the kitchen and the distant […]
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Anne Kihagi, landlord faced with choice of paying city $125K or jail, pays up
Contempt charge purged for city’s ‘cruelest landlord’ after her check clears Renegade landlord Anne Kihagi’s dance with the city has taken some wild twists and turns, but last week she was […]
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Anne Kihagi, city’s ‘cruelest landlord,’ found in contempt: Judge says pay SF $125K in rent in seven days or go to jail
The strange and terrible saga of Anne Kihagi, arguably this city’s cruelest landlord, reached an inflection point today. Judge Lynn O’Malley Taylor found her in contempt, and ordered her to […]
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Publicist who guided media charm offensive for notoriously cruel SF landlord says she stiffed him $2K
Anne Kihagi, the city’s most infamous landlord, recently launched a charm offensive, hiring a publicist to seed positive stories in local media. That required quite a bit of cheek, considering […]
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SF goes after city’s cruelest landlord, snatching away her rent payments
Anne Kihagi’s tenants are now writing their rent checks directly to the city — to the tune of perhaps $120,000 a month [dropcap]Dale [/dropcap]Duncan is trying to be a nice guy. […]
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Notorious landlord Anne Kihagi fined millions by city (SFGate)
According to reports from the San Francisco Chronicle, a landlord notorious for using both legal and illegal means to evict long-term tenants in properties she acquired in San Francisco and […]
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SF tenants win record-setting award in jury trial against landlord
Two tenants who took notorious landlord Anne Kihagi to court over their eviction from an apartment on Hill Street have been awarded more than $3.5 million by a jury. Over […]
