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ORDINANCE NO. 2687 (N.C.S.)
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2663, ORDINANCE NO. 2681, ORDINANCE NO. 2682, AND ORDINANCE NO. 2683
City Attorney Impartial Analysis
This ordinance repeals Ordinance No. 2663, codified at Article I of Chapter 17 of the Salinas Municipal Code (Residential Rental Registration); Ordinance No. 2681, codified at Article IIA of Chapter 17 of the Salinas Municipal Code (Rent Stabilization); Ordinance No. 2682, codified at Article IIB of Chapter 17 of the Salinas Municipal Code (Tenant Protection and Just Cause Eviction); and Ordinance No. 2683, codified at Article IIC of Chapter 17 of the Salinas Municipal Code (Tenant Anti-Harassment).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF SALINAS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 2663, codified at Article I of Chapter 17 of the Salinas Municipal Code and titled “Residential Rental Registration” is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 2681, codified at Article IIA of Chapter 17 of the Salinas Municipal Code and titled “Rent Stabilization” is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 2682, codified at Article IIB of the Salinas Municipal Code and titled “Tenant Protection and Just Cause Eviction” is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 2683, codified at article IIC of the Salinas Municipal Code and titled “Tenant Anti-Harassment" is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances and all resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause a summary of this ordinance to be published once in a newspaper published and circulated in Salinas within fifteen (15) days after adoption. (Salinas Charter Section 11.9)
SECTION 7. CEQA Compliance. The City Council’s adoption of this ordinance is not a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it would not have a significant effect on the environment.
Additionally, the City Council’s adoption of this ordinance is exempt because it does not meet the definition of a “project” under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(1) and 15378(a), because it has no potential to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable physical change in the environment.
SECTION 8. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Docusign Envelope ID: BC4F7A39-C084-42E6-870F-BCF8A860E400 Page | 2
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re maining portions of this ordinance. The Salinas City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and every section, subsection, clause, and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 9. Effective Date. This ordinance will take effect thirty (30) days from and after its adoption.
This Ordinance was INTRODUCED on the 13th day of May 2025, and was PASSED AND ADOPTED on the 3rd day of June 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Barajas, D’Arrigo, De La Rosa, Salazar, and Mayor Donohue NOES: Councilmembers Barrera and Sandoval
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Christopher A. Callihan, City Attorney
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