PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL EVICTION MORATORIUM
EXTENSION
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
HOUSING SERVICES DIVISION
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
TIMELINE OF
EVENTS
IMPACTING
CITY EVICTION
MORATORIUM
March 1, 2020 – Alameda County Health Office
declares public health emergency due to COVID-19
March 4, 2020 – Governor Newsom proclaimed state
of emergency
March 16, 2020 – City Council declared local
emergency
March 23, 2020 – City Council adopts urgency
ordinance establishing residential & commercial
eviction moratorium due to nonpayment of rent for
tenants related to income loss from COVID-19
February 14, 2023 – City Council to consider
Ordinance extending eviction moratorium to Feb 2024
(1st reading)
February 21, 2023 - City Council to consider
termination of local state of emergency on February
28, to coincide with end of State of California state of emergency.
2 Emergency
Rental
Assistance
Programs
During the
Pandemic
City ERAP ($1.1 million)
Approx. 250 renter applicants
148 renters awarded
Alameda County Housing Secure ($74
million)
Over 13,000 applicants and over 5,000
renters awarded County-wide
For San Leandro, over 1,700 renters applied
(for $36 million)
656 SL renters approved (for $9.5 million)
San Leandro received 4th highest grants after
Hayward, Berkeley & unincorporated County
San Leandro had 2nd highest funding amount
per capita after Hayward
3 City Eviction
Moratorium
Covered residential and commercial renters, and
mobilehome/RV owners
Prohibited evictions due to nonpayment of rent
related to COVID-19
Upon expiration of the moratorium, tenants and
mobilehome owners have a maximum of 180 days
to repay unpaid rent that accumulated due to
income loss related to the COVID-19 emergency.
Note: City Council ended eviction moratorium for
commercial renters in Fall 2021
4 Alameda
County
Eviction
Moratorium
Adopted in 2020 and covered unincorporated
and incorporated cities, including San
Leandro
Broader application than City’s eviction
moratorium
Prohibited evictions of any kind except due to
government enforcement (e.g., red tag),
owner move in (Ellis Act) & 3) imminent
health or safety concern
Required repayment of late rent within 12
months of when rent was due, not from end of
the moratorium
Back due rent is consumer debt and may not
be used as basis for eviction
5 County-wide Eviction Moratorium Status
Survey Results
6 • City of Berkeley – still in effect
• City of Dublin – none
• City of Emeryville – ended September 30, 2020
• City of Fremont – still in effect but ends Feb 28, 2023. Set-aside $260,000 in emergency rental assistance funding for post-eviction moratorium period.
• City of Hayward –ended on Sept 30, 2020. Provides mediation services to assist landlords and tenants.
• City of Livermore – none
• City of Newark – ends on Feb 28, 2023
• City of Oakland – still in effect & under litigation. • City of Piedmont – none
• City of Pleasanton – none
• Alameda County – still in effect & under litigation
Note: Union City did not respond to the survey along with the County & Oakland Current
Demographics
Total City Population: 90,025 (2019)
Total Occupied Housing Units: 31,434
Total Renter-Occupied Housing Units:13,872 (44%)
Total Owner-Occupied Housing Units:17,562 (56%)
Sources: Census Bureau, 2015-2019 American Community
Survey, Census Bureau & Chapter 2, Housing Element
Update 2023-2031
7 Impacts on
Renters
8 Since April 1, 2020, there were 111 San Leandro
residents who had an unlawful detainer (UD) or
notice of termination of tenancy during the pandemic:
70 residents sought services with Centro
Legal for written notice of termination of
tenancy, some multiple times
21 residents sought services with CL for
verbal threats of eviction, some of them
multiple times
20 residents sought services with CL for a UD
Source: Central Legal de la Raza
Threat of Displacement Analysis for
San Leandro Renters (2019-2022)
9 2019 2020 2021 2022
Threat of displacement
# cases
with threat
% cases
with threat
# cases
with threat
% cases
with threat
# cases
with threat
% cases
with threat
# cases
with threat
% cases
with threat
Impacted by covid-19 0 0% 12 31% 50 52% 19 19%
Landlord harassment 7 16% 9 23% 37 38% 36 35%
Notice of termination of tenancy 20 44% 11 28% 50 52% 29 28% Rent increase 5 11% 5 13% 10 10% 41 40%
Repairs necessary for health or safety 6 13% 13 33% 19 20% 17 17% Unable to pay rent 0 0% 7 18% 10 10% 23 23%
Unfair or illegal behavior by landlord 11 24% 9 23% 29 30% 29 28% Unlawful Detainer 19 42% 9 23% 8 8% 9 9%
Total cases 45 39 97 102
Source: Centro Legal de La Raza
Eviction Filing
Data
Source: Alameda County Superior Court
10 For unincorporated and incorporated San Leandro,
312 evictions filed per year from 2016-2019 (prepandemic) During the pandemic, some evictions continued:
2020 - 75 unlawful detainers (UDs) filed (24% of prepandemic averages) 2021 - 31 UDs filed (10% of pre-pandemic averages)
2020 and 2021 data may reflect the positive effect of the eviction moratorium on lowering UDs
Impact on Landlords
Data on negative impacts not easily or publicly accessible General impacts to landlords facing unpaid rents during moratorium include:
financial hardship due to inability to pay their mortgages and utility bills
inability to make necessary capital improvements
11 Existing City
Renter
Assistance
Programs
Tenant-landlord counseling and legal aid
services
Annual City funding to nonprofits Centro Legal de la
Raza & ECHO Housing to administer these
programs
City added $40K from federal American Rescuse
Plan Act funding to meet increased renter
needs/services
Fair Housing Services
Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance
Mobilehome Rental Stabilization Ordinance
Rent Review Board Program
12 For City Council
Consideration
An Ordinance to Extend the City
Residential Eviction Moratorium
to February 28, 2024
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