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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: December 18, 2023 <br />Agenda Number: 5.l. <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />File Number: 23-501 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Motion to Accept the FY 2022-2023 Annual Review of the Rent Review Ordinance and Tenant Relocation <br />Assistance Ordinance <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Housing and Homelessness <br />·Community Engagement and Outreach <br />SUMMARY <br />The City of San Leandro's (City) Rent Review Ordinance (RRO) and Tenant Relocation <br />Assistance Ordinance (TRO) require the Community Development Director to prepare and <br />submit an Annual Review (Attachment A) to the City Council. The Rent Review Board (RRB) <br />reviewed this item at its October 24, 2023 meeting and continued it until the November 28th <br />meeting where no action was taken. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The Annual Review is a report that assesses the effectiveness of the RRO and TRO programs <br />and recommends changes as appropriate. Staff recommends that the City Council review and <br />accept the Annual Review. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City adopted the RRO in April 2001, San Leandro Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 4-32, to <br />provide a public forum for both property owners/managers and tenants to mutually resolve <br />proposed rent increases. The RRO was amended in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015, and 2016. <br />The program is utilized by the community as a rent dispute forum for tenants and property <br />owners/managers and is applicable to rental housing units on parcels that contain at least 2 <br />tenant-occupied housing units that receive a rent increase greater than 7% within a 12-month <br />period. The City has experienced a decrease in rent review cases since AB 1482 was adopted <br />in 2019. That law prohibits landlords from raising the rent for most rental units by more than 5% <br />+CPI, up to a maximum of 10%. <br />The City adopted the TRO in September 2017, San Leandro Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter <br />4-37, to mitigate the impacts of displacement (adverse health, safety and economic) from a <br />“landlord-caused termination” of tenancy or by a rent increase of greater than 12% within a <br />12-month period. Under such circumstances, the tenant is entitled to a relocation payment from <br />the landlord of up to $7,000. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />Attachment A- FY 2022-2023 RRO & TRO Annual Review <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/13/2023