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Community Development Agency <br />santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 26 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />September 6, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Long-Term Implementation Plan for the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause <br />Eviction Ordinances <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Long-Term Implementation Plan for the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction <br />Ordinances <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt the Long-Term Implementation Plan for the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause <br />Eviction Ordinances. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to begin drafting amendments to the <br />Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinances based upon the Long-Term <br />Implementation Plan. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 19, 2021, City Council adopted the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (“RSO”) <br />(Ord. No. NS-3009) and the Just Cause Eviction Ordinance (“JCEO”) (Ord. No. NS-3010). <br />These two ordinances became effective November 19, 2021. The City’s RSO limits rent <br />increases to a maximum of 3%, or 80% of Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, per <br />year for certain residential rental units and mobilehome spaces in the City. The City’s <br />JCEO provides “just cause” eviction protections for most tenants that continuously and <br />lawfully occupy a residential real property or mobilehome space for at least 30 days. The <br />JCEO also defines what causes are allowable for a landlord to seek eviction of a tenant. <br />During the adoption of these two new ordinances, City Council also adopted a Resolution <br />(No. 2021-054) that directed staff to “conduct further study of the additional regulatory <br />framework and infrastructure necessary to implement residential rent stabilization, just <br />cause eviction, and other protections for Santa Ana residents facing housing instability. <br />These measures are to include the creation and operation of a Rent Board or similar <br />body, a rental registry, and the related costs thereof.” This Resolution is attached as <br />Exhibit 1. In order to conduct this further study, the City retained RSG, Inc. (“RSG”) to <br />complete the following tasks: