The only thing I've said was outright unfair is laws that let people stay in property they are not paying for (baring previous contract violations on the part of the landlord, such as prolonged power loss). I never said laws requiring a certain amount of notice of eviction were unfair, just that they have consequences, such as landlords starting eviction proceedings earlier.

I believe some tenant protections are good, and that even the good ones can have negative consequences, and that people will trend towards overprotecting tenants because the costs of underprotecting are more obvious. I don't know exactly how far the law should go, especially because enforcement varies so widely. My gut sense is that SF and Seattle have gone too far, but I don't know about other municipalities, and there's a wide range of protection level that I don't think I'm competent to asses, because the signal is so noisy.