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File Number: 23-266 May 31, 2020, or 2) the expiration of the local emergency, or 3) the Governor's proclamation of a state of emergency. The Governor’s proclamation of a state of emergency and the City’s local emergency both terminated on February 28, 2023. Notwithstanding the end of the state of emergency and the local emergency, COVID-19 continues to be a threat to public health, with unpredictable impacts. In anticipation of the original eviction moratorium expiring, on February 21, 2023 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2023-001 extending the moratorium on residential evictions until February 28, 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic has persisted longer than the City Council anticipated when it initially enacted the eviction moratorium, and the City Council desired to prevent an abrupt ending of the Eviction Moratorium in order to promote stability within the residential rental market. The Eviction Moratorium only prevented evictions based on nonpayment of rent for tenants where the failure to pay rent was due to impacts from COVID-19. At the time the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2023-001, it directed staff to provide an update to the City Council every 90 days thereafter on the impacts of the moratorium on tenants and landlords in San Leandro and related relevant data. The purpose of these reports was for the Council to reevaluate whether the eviction moratorium continued to be necessary. The 90-day review of the eviction moratorium occurred on May 15, 2024. At that meeting staff presented the City Council with information regarding the impacts of the eviction moratorium on tenants and landlords within San Leandro, actions taken by other cities with eviction moratoria, the City’s outreach efforts, and related relevant data. Following consideration of staff’s presentation and public comment, the City Council, by a 6-1 vote, instructed staff to prepare an ordinance terminating the eviction moratorium effective July 31, 2023. Analysis The proposed ordinance will amend the eviction moratorium to terminate at the end of the day on July 31, 2023. If the proposed ordinance is adopted, if a tenant is unable to pay the rent due on August 1, 2023, the tenant may be subject to eviction. Some tenants may have accumulated unpaid rent during the period of the eviction moratorium (lasting from March 23, 2020 to June 30, 2023). Under the existing ordinance, landlords may seek repayment of outstanding unpaid rent that accumulated during the eviction moratorium 180 days after the end of the eviction moratorium. In addition to the 180 day repayment period contained in the City’s ordinance, the Alameda County Municipal Code provides additional protections for tenants with accumulated unpaid rent. Specifically, the County’s Code provides that unpaid rent that accumulated between M arch 24, 2020 and April 29, 2023 (the time period during which the County’s eviction moratorium was in effect) can never be the basis of an eviction. The County’s Code states that this provision applies in both unincorporated areas and Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/31/2023