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and your landlord will be required to appear before the Board for a hearing on your rent dispute. After hearing from you and your landlord, the Board will make a non - binding recommendation for resolution of the rent dispute. To request review of your rent increase, please contact the Board through the Development Services Department of the City of San Leandro, 835 East 14` Street, San Leandro, CA 94577. Under Civil Code Section 1942.5, it is illegal for a landlord to retaliate against a tenant for lawfully and peaceably exercising his or her legal rights. ARTICLE 3. RENT REVIEW 4 -32 -300 REQUEST FOR RENT REVIEW. Either a landlord or a tenant may seek to have a rent dispute heard before the Board when the proposed rent increase 1) raises the rent to an amount more than ten percent (10 %) greater than the base rent, 2) increases the monthly rent by an amount greater than $75 per month, or 3) follows a prior rent increase imposed within the previous twelve -month period. The party seeking rent review must submit the hearing request in writing to the City Manager within fifteen (15) days of the tenant's receipt of a notice of rent increase. The hearing shall be scheduled before the Board within forty - five (45) days of the receipt of the hearing request, unless the landlord and the tenant consent to a later date. 4 -32 -305 NOTICE TO PARTIES. After determining that a proposed rent increase meets the criteria for initiation of rent review set forth in Section 4 -32 -300 above, the City Manager shall schedule a hearing of the rent dispute before the Board. The City Manager shall provide the landlord and the tenant notice of the hearing date and location at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing. The notice to the landlord shall encourage him or her to contact the tenant directly to seek a mutually satisfactory resolution of the rent dispute prior to the 5