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WHEREAS, nothing in this ordinance relieves a tenant or mobile home owner of liability for the unpaid accumulated rent; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that extending the time period for tenants to repay outstanding rent that accumulated during the eviction moratorium and declared state and local emergencies serves the public peace, health, welfare and safety. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council of the City of San Leandro finds that all of the above Recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. Moratorium on Eviction for Nonpayment of Rent During the COVID-19 Emergency A. No landlord shall endeavor to evict a residential or mobile homeowner tenant for nonpayment of rent, including but not limited to any such provision under Civil Code sections 798.56 et seq., 1940 et. seq., or 1954.25 et. seq., if the tenant, or mobile homeowner demonstrates that the inability to pay rent is: 1. Due to, or arising out of a substantial decrease in household or business income (including but not limited to the circumstances described in subsections i. and ii.) or substantial out-of-pocket medical expenses; and 2. The decrease in household or business income, or out-of-pocket medical expenses, was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or by any local, state, or federal government response to COVID-19, and is documented in writing. For the purposes of this Ordinance, mobile homeowner also means recreational vehicle (RV) owner. i. “Substantial decrease in household income” includes but is not limited to income loss caused by COVID-19 illness or caring for a household or family member with COVID-19 illness, work closures, layoffs, job loss, a reduction in the number of compensable hours or other economic or employer impacts of COVID-19, missing work due to a minor child’s school or day care closure, compliance with government health authority orders, or other similarly-caused reason resulting in loss of household income due to COVID-19, substantiated with written documentation or other objectively verifiable proof of same. ii. “Substantial decrease in business income” includes, but is not limited to, income loss caused by work closures, reduction in staff reporting to work, reduction in opening hours, or reduction in consumer demand, compliance with government health authority orders, or other similarly-caused reason resulting in loss of business income due to COVID-19, substantiated with written documentation or other objectively verifiable proof of same.