TITLE:
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING, REPLACING AND AMENDING TITLE 9 (LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS) OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER II (REGULATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES), ARTICLE 24 (JUST CAUSE RESIDENTIAL TENANT PROTECTIONS)
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DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER
PRESENTED BY: NATE ROBBINS, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: NATE ROBBINS, 714-754-5274
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduce and give first reading to Ordinance No. 2026-xx repealing, replacing and amending Title 9 (Licenses and Business Regulations) of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code, Chapter II (Regulation of Certain Businesses), Article 24 (Just Cause Residential Tenant Protections).
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BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill 1482
On October 8, 2019, the Governor of California signed into law Assembly Bill 1482 (AB-1482), otherwise known as the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. In summary, AB-1482 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 in the absence of any wrongdoing by the tenant.
AB 1482 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. Tenant's refusal to allow the owner to enter the real property
I. Using the property for an unlawful purpose
J. An employe...
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