Item 25 - Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances

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Ordinance No. NS - ____ Page 23 of 46 15) Interfere with the right of tenants to organize as tenants and engage in concerted activities with other tenants for the purpose of mutual aid and protection; provide property access to tenant organizers, advocates, or representatives working with or on behalf of tenants living at a property; convene tenant or tenant organization meetings in an appropriate space accessible to tenants under the terms of their rental agreement; or distribute and post literature informing other tenants 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 tenant based on their immigr ation or citizenship status or otherwise disclosing a tenant’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. Section 8-1997 – Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provision of the ordinance. The violation of any provision of this ordinance shall first be punished through the use of an administrative citation, as provided in Santa Ana Mun icipal Code section 1-21, et seq., prior to prosecution as a misdemeanor or infraction, as provided in Santa Ana Municipal Code section 1-8. DIVISION 53. – RENT STABILIZATION Section 8-1998.13140 – Prohibited Increases. (a) Increases in rent on residential real property or mobilehome spaces 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 rent increase 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 rent increase 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 rent. EXHIBIT 2