PROPOSED URGENCY TENANT PROTECTION
ORDINANCE - SUBSTANTIAL REHABILIATION
REQUIREMENTS AND RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE
City Council
September 12, 2023
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
AB 1482 STUDY SESSION RECAP
Community members have voiced concerns
regarding impact of evictions and application
of AB 1482
AB 1482 provides some just cause eviction
protections, but ambiguity with the “intent to
renovate” language in the law
Under AB 1482, for no-fault evictions, landlords
must provide relocation assistance in the
amount of one-month’s rent
2 AB 1482 STUDY SESSION RECAP – Cont.
AB 1482: Just cause protections to tenants who
have resided in their unit for at least 12 months
(or 24 months for new tenant is added to the
rental agreement)
Just causes are divided into at-fault evictions
(nonpayment of rent, breach of lease, etc.) and
no-fault evictions (owner move-in, substantial
renovation, etc.)
Does not prohibit a city from passing a more
protective just cause for eviction ordinance. 3
SHORT-TERM
COUNCIL DIRECTION
More protective local eviction control provisions
and tenant protections to mitigate tenant
displacements from “substantial remodel”
evictions.
Address “substantial renovations” “loop-hole”
in AB 1482.
Increase the relocation amount from AB 1482’s
one month’s rent.
4 NECESSITY FOR URGENCY ORDINANCE
Allow protections to become effective
immediately upon adoption.
Necessary to help mitigate additional no-fault
evictions that may occur before the effective
date of a “regular” ordinance.
Urgency Findings have been made. Necessary
for the preservation of the public peace, health,
safety and welfare.
5 HOUSING PUZZLE-
Code Amendments
Proposed Tenant Protection
Ordinance would:
Fall under the Affordable
Housing Puzzle to address
housing needs
Assist in protecting and
building neighborhoods
Short-term solution to
address needs
6 PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL
REHABILITATION REQUIREMENTS
7 1. Secure building permits for a substantial remodel
or demolition permits, and/or any required
abatement permits;
2. Plan check submittal to the City’s Building Division, if required;
3. Provide copies of the building, demolition, and/or
hazardous material abatement permit(s) to Tenant;
4. Provide Tenant with a written, detailed account of
the scope of work along with additional narrative
as required in the ordinance.
RELOCATION PAYMENT COMPARISON
Proposed Tenant Protection Ordinance:
Enhanced, long-term solution to Relocation
assistance for no-fault evictions paid by landlords
Compared to:
City Renter Relocation Program: Approved for
Fiscal Year 2023-2023 as Interim Program.
Described in the next two slides.
8 INTERIM RENTER RELOCATION
PROGRAM PARAMETERS
Received a no-fault notice as of April 1, 2023;
Burbank resident for one-year;
Extremely-low to Moderate-Income;
Two Times the median rent for moderate-
income Households;
Three times the median rent for extremely low,
very low- and low-income households.
https:/ /www.burbankca.gov/renterrelocation.
9 PROPOSED ENHANCED
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
Owner to provide relocation assistance in the
amount of three (3) months of the tenant's rent
that was in effect when the owner issued the
notice to terminate the tenancy.
If adopted this evening, no-fault notices to
vacate given September 12, 2023, and later, fall
under the Tenant Protection Urgency
Ordinance.
10 INTERIM PROGRAM END
No-fault notices to vacate from April 1, 2023,
to September 11, 2023, would fall under the
City’s Renter Relocation Program.
Home Again L.A. will continue to process
applications for eligible households who
received a no-fault notice to vacate from
April 1, 2023 – September 11, 2023.
11 MOM AND POP
LANDLORD INFO.
Possible
exemption
Less than 5 units
or less than 10
units
Other figure per
Council direction
12 PROPERTIES WITH 10 OR LESS MULTI-FAMILY UNITS
NUMBER OF UNITS NUMBER OF PROPERTIES
2 881
3 399
4 415
Subtotal: Less than 5 Units 1695
5 145
6 126
7 48
8 111
9 51
Subtotal: Less than 10 Units 2176
10 85
Total 10 or Less Units 2261
Urgency Ordinance – Effective
immediately if adopted
Second Item Tonight – Introduction of an
ordinance; requires a second reading and
becomes effective 31 days after the date
of adoption
EFFECTIVE DATE
13 Education and Outreach via
Printed and Social Media
Workshops
Landlord Tenant Commission
Failure to comply renders the notice of
termination of tenancy void.
Utilize the proposed ordinance as an affirmative
defense to an unlawful detainer action in civil
court.
Visit www.burbank.gov for Housing Resources
OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT
14 Adopt the Urgency Ordinance as presented in
materials to the City Council this evening,
imposing heightened tenant protections for just
cause evictions for certain residential tenancies in
the City of Burbank; Requiring Permits for
Demolition/Substantial Remodel and Increasing
the Relocation Assistance Payment to Three
Months’ Rent
RECOMMENDATION
15 QUESTIONS? CONTACT:
Maribel Leyland
Housing Authority Manager
(818) 238-5158
[email protected]
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