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File Number: 17-481 <br />Public present: Leo T. West; Maria Luisa Penaranda; David Stark, Tom Silva, John Sullivan. <br />1. B. Announcements <br />City Manager, Chris Zapata- Community Development has selected a new Housing Specialist <br />who will be announced August 1, 2017. <br />City Attorney, Rich Pio Roda - Alex Mog is from the Sacramento office and has relocated to the <br />Bay Area. Alex will be working as part of the City Attorney’s Office. <br /> 2. DISCUSSION ITEMS <br />2. A.Proposed Tenant Relocation Assistance Program <br />Deputy Community Development Director Tom Liao highlighted the following: <br />· At the July 3rd meeting, the City Council directed staff to return the proposed Tenant <br />Relocation Assistance Program to the Rules Committee for further consideration and <br />discussion <br />·Issues for consideration: Coyne case assessment and impact on the San Francisco <br />ordinance and San Leandro proposed ordinance; additional time allowed for <br />relocation payment; regulation of properties with 4 units or less under single <br />ownership; and program funding needs/administration of the program. <br />3.PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />There were 5 speakers on this item: David Stark, Tom Silva, John Sullivan, Maria Luisa <br />Penaranda, Leo West. <br />4.COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS <br />Mayor Cutter stated the purpose of the program is to provide tenant protections and <br />restated the points of emphasis for the committee to discuss, which included identifying <br />the applicable unit size, defining just cause evictions vs no just cause eviction, whether the <br />City’s proposed tenant relocation assistance program will be able to withstand legal <br />scrutiny and closing of loopholes, if any. <br />City Attorney Rich Pio Roda indicated that Council received the City Attorney’s memorandum <br />analyzing the Coyne Case (Coyne v. City and County of San Francisco (2017)) vs the City of San <br />Leandro ordinance. Pio Roda emphasized that the proposed ordinance as it stands is a true <br />tenant relocation program providing payment to tenants who have been either evicted or <br />constructively evicted through rent increase because of actions taken by a landlord as <br />enumerated in the ordinance. The payment is in-line with current law and requirements. This <br />ordinance passes muster under the law including the Coyne case. <br />Mayor Cutter stated her understanding that the ordinance is a tenant assistance as opposed to <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/28/2017 <br />246