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Attachment 1
COMPARISON OF LOCAL TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCES
City Just Cause
Ordinance
Rent
Control Managed By Relocation Assistance Owner Move-in
Requirement
Substantial Rehab
Definition
Written
Notice
Requirement
Right of Return
and First Right
of Refusal
Exceptions
Tenant
Protection/
Harassment
Berkeley 13.76.130 Yes
Rent
Stabilization
Board
Standard relocation for
residents who have occupied
unit for more than one year:
$16,341 and an additional
$5,447 to low-income
households, disabled, elderly,
families with children, or if
residents have occupied the
unit since before 1/1/1999.
Relocation fees are to be
divided among residents.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family for at least 36
months.
Rehab must be required
for code compliance or
tenant safety and cannot
be completed while the
tenant resides on the
premises.
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Former tenant
must be
offered the
same unit for
the same price
if it is returned
to the market.
Rentals owned by
government agency,
hotels, section 8,
hospital rentals, rooms
rented in owner's
home, dorms.
13.76.140 -
Defines 5 types of
retaliation.
East Palo
Alto
14.04.160
Rent
Stabiliza
tion
Rent
Stabilization
Board
Ellis Act requirements only and
"powers reserved to the city
council" (14.04.220)
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family for at least 12
months.
Rehab must be required
for code compliance or
tenant safety and cannot
be completed while the
tenant resides on the
premises. Repairs must
not cost less than 10
times the monthly rent
and unit must be
uninhabitable for more
than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Former tenant
must be
offered the
same unit for
the same price
if it is returned
to the market.
Hotels, care facilities,
nonprofit housing, units
shared with the
landlord.
14.04.170 -
Defines 7 types of
tenant
harassment.
Prohibits 5 types
of retaliation.
Glendale 9.30.010 No N/A
Landlord must pay two times
HUD fair market rent plus
$1,000. Fee is prorated among
occupants. One half to be paid
five days after notice is given,
then one half paid five days
after tenant vacates residence.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family. Timeline
unspecified.
Repairs must not cost less
than 8 times the monthly
rent and unit must be
uninhabitable for more
than 30 days
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Former tenant
must be
offered the
same unit for
the same price
if it is returned
to the market.
Hotels, temporary
homeless housing,
hospitals, religious
facilities, extended care
facilities, dorms,
nonprofit senior living,
schools, rental
properties with two or
fewer unites.
9.30.060 - Defines
5 types of
retaliation.
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City Just Cause
Ordinance
Rent
Control Managed By Relocation Assistance Owner Move-in
Requirement
Substantial Rehab
Definition
Written
Notice
Requirement
Right of Return
and First Right
of Refusal
Exceptions
Tenant
Protection/
Harassment
Long
Beach
8.99 No N/A
Owner must pay relocation
equal to one month or waive
final month's rent. Payment
must be made within 15 days of
notice
No specified timing for
owner or owner family
residency.
Rehab must be required
for code compliance or
tenant safety and cannot
be completed while the
tenant resides on the
premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more
than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Not detailed in
city ordinance.
Hotels, nonprofit
hospitals, dorms, rooms
rented in owner's
home, ADUs, housing
with a certificate of
occupancy in the last 15
years.
(8.101.030) -
Defines 13 types
of tenant
harassment.
Los
Angeles
151.09 &
151.30 Yes
LA Housing
and
Community
Investment
Department
Qualified tenants can receive
between $14,000 and $19,700
with additional costs paid to
other tenants. The amount
varies depending on the
number of units in the complex
and owners property portfolio.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family, or taken off
market for at least 24
months.
Rehab must be required
for code compliance or
tenant safety and cannot
be completed while the
tenant resides on the
premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more
than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Former tenant
must be
offered the
same unit for
the same price
if it is returned
to the market.
Unless the unit
is re-offered
more than two
years later.
Rental properties with
two or fewer units,
hotels, nonprofit
housing cooperative,
hospitals, LA Housing
Authority housing.
151.33 - Defines
17 types of tenant
harassment.
Oakland 8.22.300
Rent
Adjustm
ent
Progra
m
Rent Board
$6,500 for studios and one
bedroom apartments. $8,000
for two bedrooms, $9,875 for
units with three or more
bedrooms. Payment is divided
equally among tenants. Low-
income tenants, elderly,
disabled tenants, and tenants
with children are entitled to an
additional $2,500.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family for at least 36
months.
Rehab must be required
for code compliance or
tenant safety and cannot
be completed while the
tenant resides on the
premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more
than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Elderly and
disabled
tenants who
give written
notice of
extension
within 60
days of
eviction
notice can
extend up to
one year.
Former tenant
must be
offered the
same unit for
the same price
if it is returned
to the market.
Unless the unit
is re-offered
more than five
years later.
Hospitals/health
facilities, nonprofit
housing for short term
substance treatment or
homeless services.
(8.22.600) -
Defines 22 types
of tenant
harassment.
Prohibits
retaliation,
differential
treatment, and
enacting late
payment fees.
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City Just Cause
Ordinance
Rent
Control Managed By Relocation Assistance Owner Move-in
Requirement
Substantial Rehab
Definition
Written
Notice
Requirement
Right of Return
and First Right
of Refusal
Exceptions
Tenant
Protection/
Harassment
Santa Ana NS-3010 Yes Rent Board
For no fault, owner has option
to waive final three months
rent or pay three months rent
to each occupant within 15
days.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family, or taken off
market for at least 24
months.
Rehab must be required
for code compliance or
tenant safety and cannot
be completed while the
tenant resides on the
premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more
than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120
day notice
requirement.
Former tenant
must be
offered the
same unit for
the same price
if it is returned
to the market
within six
months.
Hospitals, dorms,
hotels, ADUs, rooms
rented in owner's
home, owner occupied
duplex, housing with a
certificate of occupancy
in the last 15 years.
NS-3010 Section 8
1996 - Defines 15
types of tenant
harassment.
Prohibits three
types of
retaliation.