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<br /> <br />WHEREAS, nothing in this ordinance relieves a tenant or mobile home owner of liability for the <br />unpaid accumulated rent, and <br />WHEREAS, nothing in this ordinance prevents a tenant from being evicted for breach of <br />contract, endangerment of life or property, the Ellis Act (Govt. Code Section 7060 et seq.), or <br />reasons other than accumulated unpaid rent due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that extending the time period for tenants to <br />repay outstanding rent that accumulated during the eviction moratorium and declared state <br />and local emergencies due to COVID-19 serves the public peace, health, welfare and safety in <br />San Leandro. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN <br />AS FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. Findings <br />The City Council of the City of San Leandro finds that all Recitals are true and correct and <br />incorporated herein by reference. <br />SECTION 2. Ordinance <br />The City Council hereby makes the findings contained herein and hereby adopts this uncodified <br />Ordinance to read as follows. <br /> Section 1. Moratorium on Eviction for Nonpayment of Rent to Address the Effects <br /> of COVID-19 after the Lifting of the Local State of Emergency <br /> A. During the term of this Ordinance, no landlord shall endeavor to evict a <br /> residential tenant and mobile homeowner for nonpayment of rent, including but not <br /> limited to any such provision under Civil Code sections 798.56 et seq., 1940 et. seq., or <br /> 1954.25 et. seq., if the tenant, or mobile homeowner demonstrates that the inability to <br /> pay rent is: <br /> <br /> 1. Due to, or arising out of a substantial decrease in household or <br /> business income (including but not limited to the circumstances described in <br /> subsections B and C) or substantial out-of-pocket medical expenses; and <br /> <br /> 2. The decrease in household or business income, or the substantial <br /> out-of-pocket medical expenses, was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or by <br /> any local, state, or federal government response to COVID-19, and is <br /> documented in writing. <br /> <br /> For the purposes of this Ordinance, mobile homeowner also means recreational vehicle <br /> (RV) owner.