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ORDINANCE NO. 2942 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADDING CHAPTER 9.38 TO ARTICLE 9 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING THE TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES DUE TO DEMOLITION OR SUBSTANTIAL REMODEL WHEREAS, the California State Legislature adopted the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (California Civil Code § 1946.2) (the "Act"), and the Act became effective by its own terms as of January 1, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Act provides certain tenants of residential real property with just cause eviction protections under certain circumstances; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that a local ordinance adopted after September 1, 2019, requiring just cause for termination of a residential tenancy shall supersede the Act only if the ordinance is "more protective" than the Act; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt an ordinance with just cause termination of tenancy provisions that are more protective than the Act as it relates to no-fault just cause evictions for demolition or substantial remodel of a residential property; and, WHEREAS, housing instability threatens the public peace, health, and safety as eviction from one's home can lead to prolonged homelessness, increased residential mobility, loss of community, strain on household finances due to the necessity of paying rental application fees and security deposits, stress and anxiety experienced by those displaced, increased commute times and traffic impacts if displaced workers cannot find affordable housing within the city in which they work, and interruption of the education of children in the home. WHEREAS, eviction creates particular hardships for the disabled, senior citizens, and individuals and households of limited means, given the shortage of affordable housing within the City of Redlands and the region generally; and WHEREAS, the Act permits property owners to evict tenants based on the intent to demolish or substantially remodel their residential real property with no checks and balances to ensure that property owners are appropriately relying on this basis to evict tenants; and WHEREAS, renters facing eviction have alerted the City that some property owners may have abused this no-fault just cause ground for eviction by using it as a pretext to evict tenants. Based on similar reports, other cities in Southern California, including Long Beach, Ventura, Hermosa Beach and Duarte have adopted similar ordinances to prevent misuse of this allowable grounds for eviction; and, WHEREAS, to ensure that property owners' intent is genuine and that tenants are not evicted earlier than necessary or when the remodel does not reasonable require vacation of the units, the City Council finds that it is in the interest of the public welfare to require residential property owners to obtain all necessary approvals and permits to perform the proposed work IAOrdinances\Nos 2900-2999 in Word\2942 Ordinance Tenant Protections Substantial Remodel.2.doex