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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 21, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-712 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.D. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Rich Pio Roda <br />City Attorney <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2015-015 <br />Amending Title 4, Chapter 32 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to <br />the Rent Review Ordinance <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff and the City Attorney’s Office recommend that the City Council review and determine <br />whether to waive a full reading, conduct a second reading and adopt an Ordinance Amending <br />title 4, Chapter 32 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to the Rent Review <br />Ordinance. The City Council conducted a first reading and introduction of the amendments to <br />the Rent Review Ordinance on December 7, 2015 with the following changes: 1) the eligibility <br />threshold for a rent review hearing is an increase in rent of greater than 8%, or greater than <br />$75, or more than two rent increases within a twelve month period; 2) the definition of <br />residential property is expanded to include all housing units for rent within the City; 3) a tenant <br />shall have thirty days to request a rent review hearing from the date of notice of a rent <br />increase; and 4) landlords are required to provide tenants notice of availability of rent review in <br />the three predominant languages spoken within the City. The Ordinance as amended passed <br />with four votes in favor, two abstentions, and one vote against. If adopted, the Ordinance <br />would become effective in thirty days. <br />BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY <br />On December 7, 2015, following staff presentation, public comment and deliberation, the City <br />Council conducted a first reading and introduction of an Ordinance Amending title 4, Chapter <br />32 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to the Rent Review Ordinance (the <br />“Ordinance”). <br />The Ordinance, as presented by staff and including comments and suggestions from the Rent <br />Review Board as part of the Rent Review Board’s annual review, included the following <br />amendments: <br /> <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/15/2015