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Page 2 of 9 <br />ATTY/ORD.456/RC RELOCATION ASSISTANCE <br />REV: 03-22-18 PR <br />Exhibit A <br />[Chapter 42 of the Redwood City Code is repealed and replaced to read as follows:] <br /> <br />Chapter 42 <br />Relocation Assistance <br />Sections <br /> <br />Section 42.1 Short Title, Authority and Applicability <br />Section 42.2 Purpose <br />Section 42.3 Definitions <br />Section 42.4 Requirement to Provide Relocation Assistance <br />Section 42.5 Relocation Assistance <br />Section 42.6 Relocation Assistance Payments <br />Section 42.7 Tenant Displacement Notices <br />Section 42.8 Landlord Submittal Requirements <br />Section 42.9 Alternate Mitigation <br />Section 42.10 Administrative Regulations <br />Section 42.11 Mitigation not Exclusive <br /> <br />42.1 Short Title, Authority, and Applicability <br />A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Relocation Assistance <br />Ordinance." <br />B. The requirements established pursuant to this Chapter are adopted under the <br />authority of California Constitution Article XI, Section 7, which provides: "A county <br />or city may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other <br />ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws," and in accordance <br />with the findings set forth in the ordinance codified in this Chapter. <br />C. This Chapter shall apply to the extent permitted by the statutes and laws of the <br />State of California. <br /> <br />42.2 Purpose <br />A. The primary purpose for relocation assistance is to minimize disruption to tenants <br />and their families caused by a need for relocation by addressing financial impacts. <br />Securing replacement housing generally requires a significant amount of money <br />for expenses related to a physical move, such as first and last month’s rent and <br />security deposits. Projects assisted with Federal and State funds are subject to <br />requirements to provide relocation assistance to households displaced by those <br />projects. There is currently no state mandate for landlords to assist displaced <br />8.A. - Page 17