TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Quinn Barrow, City Attorney
Alexandria Latragna, Policy & Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Introducing Ordinance No. 21-0008 Amending Urgency Ordinance No. 20-0012-U, as Subsequently Amended, to Rescind Residential Eviction Regulations
(City Attorney Barrow).
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 21-0008
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce Ordinance No. 21-0008 amending Urgency Ordinance No. 20-0012-U, as subsequently amended, to rescind certain regulations pertaining to residential tenants.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
On March 13, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 20-0039, proclaiming the existence of a local emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance No. 20-0012-U to provide temporary eviction protections to commercial and residential tenants in the City during the COVID-19 pandemic local emergency. The Council subsequently adopted Urgency Ordinance Nos. 20-0016-U and 20-0018-U to amend Urgency Ordinance No. 20-0012-U pertaining to commercial tenants but neither Ordinance changed provisions relating to residential tenants. (The Ordinances are referred to hereinafter and in the draft ordinance as the "2020 Eviction Ordinance.")
Ordinance No. 20-0012-U prohibited a landlord from evicting residential (and commercial) tenants in either of the following situations:
1. for nonpayment of rent if the tenant demonstrated that the tenant is unable to pay rent due to financial impacts related to COVID-19; or
2. for a no-fault eviction unless immediately necessary for the health and safety because of the existence of a hazardous condition affecting other tenants, neighbors, or the landlord, unrelated...
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