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File #: 250926    Version: Name: Planning, Administrative Codes - Tenant Protections Related to Residential Demolitions and Renovations
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 10/7/2025 In control: Clerk of the Board
On agenda: Final action: 1/8/2026
Enactment date: 1/8/2026 Enactment #: 003-26
Title: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to 1) require property owners seeking to demolish residential units to replace all units that are being demolished; 2) prohibit demolition permits for five years if a tenant vacated a unit in the building to be demolished due to harassment or under an improper buyout agreement, subject to certain conditions; 3) require relocation assistance to affected occupants of units being demolished and to former occupants of those units who vacated due to certain buyout agreements, owner move-ins, pursuant to the Ellis Act, or due to serious and imminent hazards, with additional assistance and protections for lower-income tenants; 4) modify the Planning Code definition of demolition; 5) modify the conditional use criteria that apply to projects to demolish residential units; amending the Administrative Code to 6) require landlords to provide additional relocation assistance to lower-income tenants who are being required to vacate temporarily due to capital improvements or rehabilitation work; 7) update the standards and procedures for hearings related to tenant harassment; 8) require additional disclosures in buyout agreements; 9) require an additional disclosure in notice of intent to withdraw units under the Ellis Act; 10) making various non-substantive changes and clarifications; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
Sponsors: Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, Shamann Walton, Connie Chan, Matt Dorsey, Danny Sauter, Stephen Sherrill, Myrna Melgar, Bilal Mahmood, Rafael Mandelman, Alan Wong
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CEQA PC 091825, 4. CEQA Det 100325, 5. Leg Ver2, 6. Leg Dig Ver2, 7. PC Transmittal 111325, 8. Comm Pkt 111725, 9. PLN Present 111725, 10. Leg Ver3, 11. Leg Dig Ver3, 12. Comm Pkt 120125, 13. Leg Ver4, 14. Leg Dig Ver4, 15. Comm Pkt 120825, 16. Comment Ltrs, 17. Leg Ver5, 18. Leg Dig Ver5, 19. Comm Rpt Rqst Memo 121025, 20. Comm Pkt 121525, 21. Board Pkt 121625, 22. Board Pkt 010626, 23. Leg Final
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
1/8/20265 Mayor APPROVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/6/20265 Board of Supervisors    Not available Meeting details Not available
12/16/20255 Board of Supervisors PASSED, ON FIRST READINGPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/15/20255 Land Use and Transportation Committee RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/8/20254 Land Use and Transportation Committee DUPLICATED  Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/8/20254 Land Use and Transportation Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/8/20255 Land Use and Transportation Committee CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/1/20253 Land Use and Transportation Committee AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/1/20254 Land Use and Transportation Committee CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/17/20252 Land Use and Transportation Committee    Not available Meeting details Video Video
11/17/20253 Land Use and Transportation Committee    Not available Meeting details Not available
11/13/20252 Planning Commission RESPONSE RECEIVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/7/20252 President SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/3/20251 Planning Department RESPONSE RECEIVED  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/18/20251 Clerk of the Board REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/9/20251 President ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE  Action details Meeting details Not available
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