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�_�p: Support- Just Cause Lvictions Urdinance <br />December 4, 2018 <br />0.2 . <br />This ordinance would only permit for tenants to be evicted for the following reasons: <br />1. Failure to Pay Rent <br />2. Breach of Lease <br />3. Nuisance <br />4. Illegal Purpose <br />5. Refusal to Execute New Lease <br />6. Failure to Give Access <br />7. Subtenant in Sole Possession <br />8. Owner Move -in <br />9. Necessary and Substantial Repairs Requiring Temporary Vacancy <br />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. Because Low- and moderate -income tenants cannot afford such sudden and <br />costly expenses, they often experience homelessness as a direct consequence of eviction, <br />which itself imposes further financial, social, health, and emotional costs. The severe <br />financial impacts of displacement on tenants pose a threat to the public health, and safety, <br />and 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 Eviction Ordinance. <br />Sincerely, <br />/s/ <br />Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson <br />Directing Attorney, Housing and Homelessness Prevention Unit <br /> <br />