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10/28/2019 A. Housing, particularly affordable housing, is difficult to procure in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Redwood City. The rental increases and evictions without just cause occurring in advance of the effectiveness of AB 1482 destabilize the housing market and can result in the loss of affordable housing. B. For the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the City Council finds that it is necessary to adopt an ordinance regulating rental rate increase and just cause evictions, for all of the reasons set forth in the recitals above, which are hereby incorporated by reference. C. Without the imposition of this urgency ordinance, rental rate increases and evictions without just cause may result in the displacement of residential tenants who would be forced to find new housing in an ever -more expensive housing market before a non- urgency ordinance or AB 1482 would become effective, and would significantly increase the risk of residential tenants becoming homeless. D. There is a current and immediate threat to the public peace, health, and safety of the City and its community due in part to the adoption of AB 1482 which increases the risk of tenant displacement prior to the effective date of the bill, thereby necessitating the immediate enactment of this urgency ordinance in order to ensure that tenants are not turned out of their homes without just cause. SECTION 3. Urgent Need. Based on the foregoing recitals and findings, all of which are deemed true and correct, this ordinance is urgently needed for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. This urgency ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption in accordance with the provisions set forth in Government Code Section 36937. SECTION 4. Just Cause Eviction Protections. The City Council of the City of Redwood City hereby adopts the Just Cause Eviction Protections provided in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. SECTION 5. Rent Rate Limit Provisions. The City Council of the City of Redwood City hereby adopts the Rental Rate Limit Provisions provided in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated by reference. SECTION 6. Enforcement An owner's failure to comply with any requirement of this ordinance is a complete affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer or other action brought by the owner to recover possession of the rental unit. A Tenant may bring a civil suit in the courts of the state alleging that an owner has violated any of the provisions of this ordinance including that the owner has demanded, accepted, received, or retained a payment or payments in excess of Rental Rate Limit Provisions. Page 3 of 12 ATTY/ORD.505/CC URGENCY ORDINANCE RENTAL ORDINANCE NO. 2468 REV: 10-28-19 VR MUFF NO. 305