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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 19, 2017 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:17-335 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for an Ordinance Adding a Tenant Relocation Assistance <br />Program to the City of San Leandro Municipal Code to Require the Payment <br />of Tenant Relocation Assistance for Landlord-Caused Terminations of <br />Tenancy and to Require Additional Notice Prior to Termination of Tenancy <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />During the process to amend the City’s Rent Review Ordinance, which the City Council <br />adopted in February 2016, the City Council received public input on tenant displacement due <br />to rising rents. The City Council referred the issue to the City Council Rules Committee to <br />guide the development of a tenant relocation assistance program. Since April 2016, the City <br />Council’s Rules Committee has met five times to provide direction to staff, and seek public <br />input. At its May 22, 2017 meeting, the Rules Committee directed staff to bring the proposed <br />Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance forward for City Council consideration. <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance adding Chapter 4.37 <br />“Tenant Relocation Assistance” to the San Leandro Municipal Code. <br />BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS <br />An impetus for the City Council to create a tenant relocation assistance program was to <br />protect San Leandro renters, particularly long-term renters, from eviction based on factors <br />beyond their control such as substantial rent increases and landlords moving their families <br />into rental units. <br />Below are notable features of the proposed Ordinance based on the City Council’s Rules <br />Committee comments and public input over the last 12 months. <br />I. Eligibility <br />A. Tenants are entitled to relocation assistance if the termination of tenancy is due to <br />“landlord-caused termination.” The Ordinance defines a “landlord-caused <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/13/2017 <br />269