ORD 2023-008 Termination of Eviction Moratorium

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update to the City Council every 90 days thereafter on the impacts of the moratorium and related relevant data; and WHEREAS, the purpose of these reports was for the Council to evaluate whether the eviction moratorium should continue; and WHEREAS, on May 15, 2023, 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; and WHEREAS, after considering the presentation by staff and comments from the public, the City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance terminating the eviction moratorium; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to terminate the eviction moratorium effective July 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, nothing in this ordinance or Ordinance No. 2023-001 relieves a tenant or mobile home owner of liability for the unpaid accumulated rent; and WHEREAS, landlords may seek repayment of unpaid rent that accumulated during the eviction moratorium one hundred eighty (180) days after the end of the eviction moratorium, subject to any restrictions contained in state or otherwise applicable law; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish a date for terminating the moratorium on residential evictions first adopted in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and provide notice to residential tenants and landlords of the planned termination of the moratorium. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings The City Council of the City of San Leandro finds that all Recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. Ordinance The City Council hereby makes the findings contained herein and hereby amends uncodified Ordinance No 2023-001 to read as follows (with additions underlined): Section 1. Moratorium on Eviction for Nonpayment of Rent to Address the Effects of COVID-19 after the Lifting of the Local State of Emergency A. During the term of this Ordinance, no landlord shall endeavor to evict a residential tenant and mobile homeowner 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: