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<br />amount more than twelve percent (12%) greater than the base rent at any time during a twelve <br />(12) month period and the tenant elects to not remain in the residential property, the landlord <br />shall pay one half of the relocation assistance no later than five business days following receipt <br />of written notice that the tenant intends to vacate the residential property and one half of the <br />relocation assistance no later than the last day of tenancy for which the landlord has received <br />rentfive days after the tenant has vacated the residential property. If the tenant ultimately fails to <br />vacate the residential property following a landlord-caused termination where a landlord <br />provides a proposed rent increase that raises the rent, or proposed multiple rent increases that <br />cumulatively raise the rent, to an amount more than twelve percent (12%) greater than the base <br />rent at any time during a twelve (12) month period, the tenant shall reimburse relocation <br />assistance to the landlord. <br /> (c) Nothing provided herein prohibits a landlord and a tenant from agreeing to <br />relocation assistance different than as provided in this section. A landlord shall not attempt to <br />influence a tenant to agree to relocation assistance different than as provided in this section in <br />bad faith by means of fraud, intimidation, or coercion (including, but not limited to, threats based <br />on immigration status). <br /> <br />4-37-315 Notice of termination and notice of entitlement to relocation assistance. <br /> Landlord shall provide a written notice of termination to all tenants subject to termination <br />of tenancy from a residential property required by State law at least ninety (90) days prior to the <br />date a tenant must vacate the residential property for landlord-caused terminations. Written <br />notice of tenant’s entitlement to relocation assistance shall be provided by the landlord at the <br />same time that the landlord provides notice of termination of tenancy from a residential property. <br />For landlord-caused terminations where a landlord provides a proposed rent increase that raises <br />the rent, or proposed multiple rent increases that cumulatively raise the rent, to an amount more <br />than twelve percent (12%) greater than the base rent at any time during a twelve (12) month <br />period and the tenant elects to not remain in the residential property, the landlord shall provide a <br />written notice of tenant’s entitlement to relocation assistance at the same time that the landlord <br />provides notice of a rent increase. Such notice of entitlement to relocation assistance shall be <br />posted on the door to the residential property and sent certified mail or first class mail, or <br />personally served upon tenant, and shall be provided in the three (3) predominant languages <br />spoken in the City. The City Manager or his designee shall determine the predominant <br />languages spoken in the City. <br /> <br />4-37-320 Text of notice. <br /> The notice of entitlement to relocation assistance shall state: <br /> <br /> NOTICE: Under Title 4, Chapter 37 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, a landlord must <br />provide tenants that have occupied residential property under a valid lease or rental agreement <br />with a landlord with ninety (90) days’ notice prior to termination of tenancy. At the same time <br />the landlord provides a qualifying tenant with notice of termination of tenancy, the landlord must <br />provide this notice of the tenant’s entitlement to relocation assistance. Qualifying tenants are <br />entitled to the following forms of relocation assistance: (a) A relocation fee which shall be the <br />cash equivalent of three times the most current Fair Market Rents as published annually by the <br />U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) for the Oakland-Fremont, <br />California HUD Metro FMR Area in the Federal Register, or three times the monthly rent that