TITLE:
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 9 (LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS) OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER II (REGULATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES, ARTICLE 24 (JUST CAUSE RESIDENTIAL TENANT PROTECTIONS)
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
PRESENTED BY: NATE ROBBINS, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: NATE ROBBINS, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT MANAGER, (714) 754-5274
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council introduce and give first reading, waiving further reading, to Ordinance No. 23-XX Amending Title 9 (Licenses and Business Regulations) of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code by Adding Chapter II (Regulation of Certain Businesses, Article 24 (Just Cause Residential Tenant Protections) to support Costa Mesa renters facing no-fault just cause eviction.
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BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill 1482
On October 8, 2019, the Governor of California signed into law Assembly Bill 1482 (AB1482), otherwise known as the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. In summary, AB1482 prohibits owners of residential real property from evicting a tenant without just cause when said tenant has occupied a residential unit for a minimum of 12 consecutive months. AB 1482 further delineates just cause evictions into two separate categories: At-Fault and No-Fault. As their names imply, just cause at-fault evictions are triggered when a tenant performs or fails to perform specific actions that cause an owner to terminate a lease, whereas no-fault just cause evictions are actions taken by the owner to terminate a lease absent any wrongdoing by the tenant.
AB1482 allows owners to issue an at-fault just cause eviction for any of the following:
A. Failure to pay rent
B. Breach of a material term of the lease
C. Allowing or causing a nuisance
D. Committing waste
E. Failure to execute an extension upon expiration of the lease
F. Criminal activity
G. Subletting in violation of the lease
H. ...
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