Ord 2021-011 Urgency Ord nonpmt of rent

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO.2021-011 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.2020-003 TO CHANGE THE TERMINATION DATE OF THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT FOR COMMERCIAL TENANTS WHERE THE FAILURE TO PAY RENT IS FROM INCOME LOSS RESULTING FROM THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) The City Council of the City of San Leandro does FIND as follows: WHEREAS, a severe outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus named "SARS-CoV-2," and the disease it causes has been named "coronavirus disease 2019," abbreviated COVID-19 ("COVID-19"); and WHEREAS, on March 1, 2020, the Health Officer of Alameda County declared a public health emergency throughout the County of Alameda due to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of California proclaimed a state of emergency throughout California related to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, due to an escalating increase in the number of cases in Alameda County, under San Leandro Municipal Code section 3-4-124, the Director of Emergency Services proclaimed a local emergency and a state of emergency related to COVID- 19; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, at its regular meeting the San Leandro City Council ratified the Director of Emergency Services' proclamation of a local emergency and a state of emergency related to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-28-20 suspending any provision of state law that would preempt or otherwise restrict a local government's exercise of its police powers to impose substantive limitations on residential or commercial evictions related to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2020-003 as an urgency ordinance on March 23, 2020 to establish a moratorium on residential and commercial evictions due to nonpayment of rent for tenants where the failure to pay rent is from income loss resulting from COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on June 11, 2021, the Governor issued Executive Order N-08-21 that extended the portions of Executive Order N-28-20 concerning commercial evictions only until September 30, 2021; and WHEREAS, the suspension of any provision of state law that would preempt or otherwise restrict the City's exercise of its police power to impose substantive limitations on