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ATTY/ORD.0011/CC ORD TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE <br />REV: 10-07-25 LF <br />Page 2 of 23 <br />Exhibit A <br /> <br />[Chapter 42 and 42A of the Redwood City Code is repealed and replaced to read as follows:] <br /> <br />Chapter 42 <br />Tenant Protection Ordinance <br />Sections <br /> <br />Section 42.1 Short Title, Authority and Applicability <br />Section 42.2 Findings and Purpose <br />Section 42.3 Definitions <br />Section 42.4 Requirement to Offer Minimum Lease Terms <br />Section 42.5 Just Cause for Eviction Protections <br />Section 42.6 Requirement to Provide Relocation Assistance <br />Section 42.7 Administrative Regulations <br />Section 42.8 Tenant Remedies <br />Section 42.9 Enforcement <br /> <br />42.1 Short Title, Authority, and Applicability <br /> <br />A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tenant Protection <br />Ordinance.” <br /> <br />B. The requirements established pursuant to this Chapter are adopted under <br />the authority of California Constitution Article XI, Section 7, which provides: “A <br />county or city may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and <br />other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws,” and in <br />accordance with the purpose set forth in the Ordinance codified in this Chapter. <br /> <br />C. This Chapter shall apply to the extent permitted by the statutes and laws of <br />the State of California. <br /> <br />D. Pursuant to Civil Code Section 1946.2(i)(2), a rental unit shall not be subject <br />to both a local ordinance requiring just cause for termination of a residential <br />tenancy and Civil Code Section 1946.2. Therefore, to the extent a rental unit is <br />covered by this Chapter, such rental unit will not be subject to Civil Code Section <br />1946.2. <br /> <br />42.2 Findings and Purpose <br /> <br />A. Findings. Pursuant to Civil Code Section 1946.2(i)(1)(B)(iii), the City Council <br />finds that this Chapter is more protective than the provisions of Civil Code Section <br />1946.2 because: <br /> <br />1. The just causes for termination of a residential tenancy under this <br />Chapter are consistent with Civil Code Section 1946.2.