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Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance <br />September 21, 2021 <br />Page 6 <br />2 <br />1 <br />2 <br />6 <br />to someone else; and, any other provisions of the MRL addressing exemptions, as <br />applicable. <br />Just Cause Eviction Ordinance <br />The Housing Ad Hoc Committee recommends the adoption of an urgency ordinance <br />requiring just cause evictions (Exhibit 3 or 4). The Just Cause Eviction Ordinance <br />incorporates AB 1482 as a local Ordinance in the Santa Ana Municipal Code and adds <br />additional tenant protections. Specifically, AB 1482 provides that a local ordinance <br />adopted after September 1, 2019, requiring just cause for termination of a residential <br />tenancy shall supersede AB 1482 only if the ordinance is “more protective.” The <br />Ordinance therefore adds the following additional tenant protections that are not already <br />available to Santa Ana residents under AB 1482: <br />1. Reduces the prior occupancy requirement from 12 months to 30 days before <br />qualifying for protections; <br /> <br />2. Adds notice of termination of tenancy requirements, including: <br />a. The owner must serve a written notice to the tenant that states that, in <br />addition to any information required by federal or state law, the owner will <br />terminate the tenancy, and that indicates at least one at-fault or no-fault just <br />cause reason as provided in the Ordinance; and <br />b. The owner is not allowed to accept rent for use of property beyond the <br />termination date; and <br />c. The owner qualifies the termination as at-fault or no-fault just cause, as <br />specified in the Ordinance; and <br />d. A copy of the owner’s Notice of Termination of Tenancy sent to the tenant <br />must be provided to the City within five (5) days after service of the Notice <br />of Termination to the tenant. <br />e. The owner must provide the notice in the language that the owner and <br />tenant used to negotiate the terms of the lease. <br /> <br />3. Adds a requirement that the owner must provide written notice to tenants and/or <br />mobilehome residents of their rights under the Ordinance on a form prescribed by <br />the City in the language that the owner and tenant used to negotiate the terms of <br />the tenancy. <br /> <br />4. The following violations of leases or rental agreements shall not be grounds for <br />evictions: <br />a. The obligation to limit occupancy, provided that the additional <br />tenant/resident who joins the occupants of the unit thereby exceeding the <br />limits on occupancy set forth in the rental agreement is a dependent under <br />18, or is a replacement tenant/resident who moved in after an approved <br />tenant/resident vacated the rental unit, so long as the addition does not <br />exceed the Uniform Housing Code.