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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
4
011575
Name:
Rent Ordinance Amendments
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
8/27/2001
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
4/8/2002
5/3/2002
Enactment date:
57-02
Enactment #:
Title:
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).
Sponsors:
Chris Daly
Attachments:
1. Legi_Ver1, 2. Leg_Ver2, 3. Leg_Ver3, 4. Leg_Ver4, 5. Leg_Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
8/27/2001
1
TRANSFERRED
President
2/1/2002
1
SUBSTITUTED
Board of Supervisors
3/18/2002
1
ASSIGNED
President
3/18/2002
2
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Health and Human Services
Committee
3/21/2002
3
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Health and Human Services
Committee
3/21/2002
2
CONTINUED
Board of Supervisors
4/8/2002
3
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Board of Supervisors
4/15/2002
3
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS
AMENDED
Board of Supervisors
4/15/2002
4
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
4/22/2002
4
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
5/3/2002
4