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File Number: 17-458 <br />reading of the proposed ordinance to create a Tenant Relocation Assistance Program. <br />There were 11 public comments: 3 from renters/renter advocates and 8 from <br />landlords/realtors. The City Council voted 6-1 to revise the Ordinance with the 4 following <br />changes listed below and bring back the Ordinance for first reading on July 3, 2017: <br />1) Decrease the rent increase threshold from greater than 15% to greater than 12% of <br />current rent, <br />2) Exempt rental properties of 4 units or less from the proposed Ordinance, <br />3) Allow landlords to deduct tenant relocation assistance payments required under <br />California Health and Safety Code Sections 17975-17975.10 from the relocation <br />assistance payment imposed by the City’s Ordinance. The deduction relates to State <br />law that allows local building officials to issue enforcement orders for uninhabitable <br />residential rental properties (e.g., red-tagging), which triggers payment of relocation <br />expenses for the displaced tenants, and <br />4) Allow landlords to deduct from the final tenant relocation assistance payment the <br />tenant-caused damages not covered by a security deposit. <br />·On July 3, 2017, the City Council reviewed the proposed Ordinance and received 19 <br />public comments: 4 renters/renter advocates and 15 landlords/landlord advocates/realtors. <br />The City Council voted 5-2 to return the matter to the Rules Committee for further <br />discussion. <br />Committee Review and Actions <br />·The City Council Rules Committee was the primary legislative body for the proposed <br />Tenant Relocation Assistance Program. The Rules Committee met on the following dates <br />to initiate and refine the proposed measures and text in the proposed Ordinance: <br />o April 13, 2016 <br />o July 24, 2016 <br />o February 27, 2017 <br />o March 27, 2017 <br />o May 22, 2017 <br />o July 24, 2017 <br />Applicable General Plan Policies <br />The proposed Ordinance complies with the following under the current Housing Element <br />component of the 2035 General Plan: <br />·Policy 56.07 Landlord-Tenant Relations: Provide assistance to landlords and tenants in <br />resolving conflicts…Maintain measures that discourage the displacement of San Leandro <br />renters as a result of sudden or steep increases. <br />Environmental Review <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/28/2017 <br />414