ORD 2023-008 Termination of Eviction Moratorium

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO.2023-008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.2023-001 TO TERMINATE THE CITY'S EVICTION MORATORIUM EFFECTIVE JULY 31, 2023 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, the eviction moratorium enacted by Ordinance No. 2020-003 was set to expire upon the expiration of the later of the Governor's proclamation of a state of emergency or the City Council's termination of the local emergency, both of which occurred on February 28, 2023; and WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2023-001 extending the moratorium on residential evictions due to nonpayment of rent for tenants where the failure to pay rent is from income resulting from COVID-19 until February 28, 2024 based on findings contained in Ordinance No. 2023-001; and WHEREAS, at the time the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2023-001 it directed staff to provide an