Item 21 - Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances

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Ordinance No. NS - ____ Page 23 of 44 15) Interfere with the right of tTenants to organize as tTenants and engage in concerted activities with other tTenants for the purpose of mutual aid and protection; provide property access to tTenant organizers, advocates, or representatives working with or on behalf of tTenants living at a property; convene tTenant or tTenant organization meetings in an appropriate space accessible to tTenants under the terms of their rRental aAgreement; or distribute and post literature informing other tTenants of their rights and of opportunities to involve themselves in their project in common areas, including lobby areas and bulletin boards. 16) Threatening or intimidating a tTenant based on their immigration or citizenship status or otherwise disclosing a tTenant’s immigration or citizenship status in violation of California Civil Code section 1940.35(a) and California Code of Civil Procedure section 1161.4, as may be amended. DIVISION 3. – RENT STABILIZATION Section 8-3140 – Prohibited Increases. (a) Increases in rRent on rResidential rReal pProperty or mMobilehome sSpaces in the City of Santa Ana in excess of three percent (3%), or eighty (80%) of the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, and more than one rRent iIncrease in any twelve (12) month period, are prohibited, unless expressly exempt under the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act codified in California Civil Code section 1954.50, et seq., or the Mobilehome Residency Law codified in California Civil Code sections 798, et seq. If the change in the Consumer Price Index is negative, no rRent iIncrease is permitted. The term Consumer Price Index means, at the time of the adjustment calculation completed by the City pursuant to subsection (b), the percentage increase in the United State Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim Metropolitan Area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted, for the most recent twelve (12) month period ending prior to the City’s calculation pursuant to subsection (b). A violation of this section occurs upon the service of notice or demand for a prohibited increase in rRent. (b) No later than June 30 each year, beginning with the year 2022, the City shall announce the amount of allowable rRent iIncrease based on subsection (a) herein, which shall be effective as of September 1 of that year. EXHIBIT 1