Item 16 - Affirmation and/or Amendment of Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance

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Ordinance No. NS - ____ Page 20 of 43 health, or safety laws, or threaten to do so, or violate or threaten to violate Civil Code section 789.3. A. ‘Interrupt, terminate, or fail to provide Housing Services’ in this provision does not include interruptions, terminations, or failure to provide Housing Services as a result of interruptions, outages, or terminations caused by events or actions outside of the Owner’s control, such as utility outages caused by natural disaster. Further, this provision does not include stoppages, outages, terminations, and interruptions properly noticed to Tenants as required by a signed Rental Agreement. 2) Take any of the following actions in bad faith: A. Fail to perform repairs and maintenance required by Rental Agreement or by federal, State, or local laws; B. Fail to exercise due diligence in completing repairs and maintenance once undertaken; C. Fail to follow appropriate industry repair, containment, or remediation protocols designed to minimize exposure to noise, dust, lead, paint, mold, asbestos, or other building materials with potentially harmful health impacts; D. Conduct elective renovation or construction of unit for the purpose of harassing a Tenant; E. Refuse to acknowledge or accept receipt of a Tenant's lawful Rent payment as set forth in a Rental Agreement, by usual practice of the parties, or in a notice to pay Rent or quit; F. Refuse to cash or process a Rent check or other form of acceptable Rent payment for over thirty (30) days after it is tendered; G. Fail to maintain a current address for delivery of Rent payments; H. Violate a Tenant's right to privacy without limitation, by requesting information regarding residence or citizenship status, protected class status, or social security number, except as required by law or in the case of a social security number, for the purpose of obtaining information for the qualifications for a Tenancy;