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Page 8 of 15 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />Summary of Tenant Protection Ordinance <br />Policy Action ADS Amendment Update in Ordinance and Rationale <br />Modification <br />to existing <br />City policy <br />5. Streamline the <br />RAO’s noticing and <br />payment process so <br />that it’s easier for <br />rental property <br />owners, managers, <br />and tenants to <br />understand and <br />access. <br />When adopted in 2018, the City’s RAO required a complicated <br />process involving a third-party relocation agency, payments to <br />an escrow account, filing of relocation assistance claims, <br />income eligibility determination, phased payments to the <br />tenants, and several types of notices. <br />Under the proposed TPO, the process has been streamlined by <br />requiring landlords to first provide tenants with relocation <br />assistance equal to one month of the tenant’s current rent, as <br />required under the TPA. Tenants who are low income or part <br />of a special circumstances household may then submit an <br />application to the City. City staff (or a third-party consultant) <br />will determine the tenant’s eligibility for additional relocation <br />assistance. If a tenant is deemed eligible, the landlord must <br />provide a direct payment equal to three to four months of <br />FMR, minus the one month of relocation assistance (based on <br />the tenant’s current rent) already provided under the TPA <br />requirement. <br />Modification <br />to existing <br />City policy <br />which <br />exceeds <br />State law <br />6. Reduce the <br />minimum lease <br />term requirements <br />by only requiring <br />landlords to offer <br />12-month leases for <br />the initial lease <br />period <br />When the MLTO was originally adopted, it required landlords <br />to offer tenants a 12-month lease at initial lease-up and at <br />each lease renewal. Under the TPA and with the proposed <br />TPO, tenants that have resided in their unit for more than one <br />year are eligible for just cause eviction, relocation assistance, <br />and rent increase protections. Requiring landlords to offer a <br />12-month lease at initial lease up is still critical tool to help fill <br />the gap before those additional protections take effect, but <br />once those protections are in effect, requiring a 12-month <br />lease past the first year is not necessary. <br />Under the Requirement to Offer Minimum Lease Terms – the <br />language was amended so that landlords are only required to <br />offer a 12-month lease for the initial lease period. <br />Modification <br />to existing <br />City policy <br />which <br />exceeds <br />State law <br />7. Expand the <br />property eligibility <br />for the MLTO from <br />buildings with 3 or <br />more units to <br />include 2-unit <br />buildings occupied <br />by tenants which <br />would align with <br />State law and the <br />proposed changes <br />to the RAO <br />The ordinance has been updated to expand the property <br />eligibility to align with State law (TPA). As already noted above <br />under recommendation #4, the provisions of the updated TPO <br />apply to all rental properties, except for the following: <br />•Institutional or shared housing <br />•New construction <br />•Single-family homes and condominiums <br />•Deed-restricted affordable housing <br />•Short term housing <br />•Mobilehome spaces <br />9.A. - Page 8 of 84 <br />113