They weren’t legal in NYC until 1982, I believe, but people lived in them anyway during the 60s and 70s. Fire marshals would knock on the door and kick people o

They weren’t legal in NYC until 1982, I believe, but people lived in them anyway during the 60s and 70s. Fire marshals would knock on the door and kick people out. The 1982 loft law provided a road map for these spaces to get a certificate of occupancy without screwing over the existing tenants. I suspect this kind of thing wouldn’t happen unless we saw a real drop in the value of office space in SF, and if it did, it wouldn’t be like NYC.