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10. Withdrawal of the Unit Permanently from Rental Market <br />11. Government Order <br />12. Vacating an Unpermitted Rental Unit <br />This ordinance would establish specific reasons for which a tenant can be evicted. It will allow <br />for landlords to evict their tenants when there is a just reason and it will protect tenants from <br />unjust evictions such as retaliatory evictions in response to requests for repairs to their unit and <br />Code Enforcement inspections. Tenants who are displaced by landlord actions such as evictions <br />are faced with unfair burdens. Landlords often require that prospective tenants pay the equivalent <br />of three months' rent up front to secure a lease—generally representing the first and last month's <br />rent, and a security deposit. The total accumulated cost imposed on a displaced household <br />generally exceeds $10,000 and can frequently reach $20,000 or greater. Tenants who are seniors, <br />persons with disabilities, or have children incur even higher costs due to their particular <br />circumstances. Low- and moderate -income tenants cannot afford such sudden and costly <br />expenses, and they often experience homelessness as a direct consequence of eviction, which <br />itself imposes further financial, social, health, and emotional costs. The severe financial <br />impacts of displacement on tenants pose a threat to the public health, and safety, and <br />welfare of the residents in the City of Santa Ana. <br />There is an immediate need for tenant protections from unjust evictions. We strongly urge the <br />City Council to support its tenants through the immediate adoption and implementation of <br />a Just Cause Evictions Ordinance. <br />"Cuando la cultura muere, la gente muere... <br />