There is a displacement crisis in the Opportunity Zone
Until the City adopts all feasible citywide tenant protections , as determined through Housing Element implementation, City Council must use its powers under State law to immediately pass a temporary ordinance in the Opportunity Zone to:
Substantial repairs should only
justify temporary displacement,
not eviction.
Rent increases should be limited
to 3% annually, in all units
permitted under State law.*
STOP UNJUST RENT HIKES
STOP UNJUST EVICTIONS
The City must take urgent and
immediate action in the Opportunity
Zone to prevent mass displacement
and gentrification.
Tesseract Capital Group bought the
400 Canal apartments, increased
rents and fees up to 10% for all units,
and evicted families in 21 units.
In 2023 the Camelot Apartment
owner increased residents’ rents
between 4.9% to 10%.
City of San Rafael Must Urgently
Pass Temporary Renter Protections
for Canal Neighborhood
Ordinance needed to protect Canal renters
* State law allows for rent caps on multi-unit rental properties (including duplexes that aren’t owner-occupied and ADUs) that were constructed before 1995 and on single family homes that are owned by a corporation. The statewide rent cap that applies to all such properties is equal to the consumer price index plus 5%.
The City must live up to its values of racial justice and economic justice by preventing these widespread predatory housing practices.
Map of the Opportunity Zone in the Canal