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Title:
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Ordinance amending the Rent Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37, Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance) by amending Sections 37.9, 37.9B and 37.10A to provide additional protections to tenants, and to conform to state law regarding misdemeanor violations, as follows: (1) Require the Rent Board to record owner move-in eviction notices with the County Recorder; (2) Require eviction notices to be in writing and filed with the Rent Board; (3) Subject vacated units to the future use restrictions stated in the Rent Ordinance, regardless of any agreement made between the landlord and the vacating tenant; (4) Require a tenant to be represented by independent counsel in a court-supervised settlement agreement, in order to waive any tenant rights under the Rent Ordinance; (5) Prohibit settlement agreement clauses that bar an evicted tenant from cooperation with a governmental investigation or proceeding; (6) Require the seller of a property to give written notice to the buyer disclosing the legal ground(s) for the termination of the tenancy for each residential unit to be delivered vacant at the close of escrow; and (7) Conform misdemeanor provisions to state law ($1,000 fine plus possible imprisonment in County Jail for up to six months).
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