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Tenants of their rights and of opportunities to involve themselves in <br />their project in common areas, including lobby areas and bulletin <br />boards. <br />16)Threatening or intimidating a Tenant based on their immigration or <br />citizenship status or otherwise disclosing a Tenant's immigration or <br />citizenship status in violation of California Civil Code section <br />1940.35(a) and California Code of Civil Procedure section 1161.4, as <br />may be amended. <br />DIVISION 3. — RENT STABILIZATION <br />Section 8-3140 — Prohibited Increases. <br />(a) Increases in Rent on Residential Real Property or Mobilehome Spaces in <br />the City of Santa Ana in excess of three percent (3%), or eighty (80%) of <br />the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, and more than <br />one Rent Increase in any twelve (12) month period, are prohibited, unless <br />expressly exempt under the Costa -Hawkins Rental Housing Act codified in <br />California Civil Code section 1954.50, et seq., or the Mobilehome <br />Residency Law codified in California Civil Code sections 798, et seq. If <br />the change in the Consumer Price Index is negative, no Rent Increase is <br />permitted. The term Consumer Price Index means, at the time of the <br />adjustment calculation completed by the City pursuant to subsection (b), <br />the percentage increase in the United State Consumer Price Index for all <br />Urban Consumers in the Los Angeles -Long Beach -Anaheim Metropolitan <br />Area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted, <br />for the most recent twelve (12) month period ending prior to the City's <br />calculation pursuant to subsection (b). A violation of this section occurs <br />upon the service of notice or demand for a prohibited increase in Rent. <br />(b) No later than June 30 each year, beginning with the year 2022, the City <br />shall announce the amount of allowable Rent Increase based on <br />subsection (a) herein, which shall be effective as of September 1 of that <br />year. <br />Section 8-3141 — Reasonable Rate of Return. <br />This ordinance allows for an annual adjustment of Residential Real Property or <br />Mobilehome Space Rent of up to three percent (3%), or eighty (80%) of the change in <br />the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less. A Consumer Price Index -based increase <br />is found and determined to provide a just and reasonable return on an Owner's <br />property, and has been adopted to encourage good management, reward efficiency, <br />and discourage the flight of capital, as well as to be commensurate with returns on <br />Ordinance No. NS-3027 <br />Page 23 of 43 <br />