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ATTY/ORD.0011/CC ORD TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE REV: 10-07-25 LF Page 3 of 23 2. This Chapter provides additional tenant protections that are not prohibited by any other provision of law, because it provides for higher relocation assistance amounts for eligible residential households than those available to tenants covered by Civil Code Section 1946.2, provides a right to return to tenants subject to no-fault evictions in certain circumstances, and requires certain minimum lease terms that are not otherwise required by Civil Code Section 1946.2 and that are intended to protect tenants during the first twelve (12) months of tenancy before they become eligible for just cause protections. 3. The protections of this Chapter are intended to remain in effect after the expiration of Civil Code Section 1946.2. B. Purpose. The primary purposes of this Chapter include the following: 1. Minimum lease term requirements are intended to provide more stability for tenants through the encouragement of longer lease terms, provide flexibility for the tenant and the landlord (when they can agree on an alternative time-frame for renting the rental unit), and ensure there are no constraints on landlords raising rents at the end of the lease agreement and each time the lease agreement is renewed, other than those imposed by State law. 2. Just cause for eviction protections are intended to promote housing stability for tenants by limiting arbitrary evictions to the greatest extent allowable under the law and to avoid displacement of tenants subject to no- fault evictions by providing a right to return to the rental unit in certain circumstances. 3. The requirement to provide relocation assistance is intended to minimize disruption to tenants and their families caused by a need to relocate by addressing financial impacts. Securing replacement housing generally requires a significant amount of money for expenses related to a physical move, such as first month’s rent and security deposits. Projects assisted with Federal and State funds are subject to requirements to provide relocation assistance to households displaced by those projects. The Housing Crisis Act of 2019 provides lower income tenants with relocation assistance consistent with Government Code Sections 7260 et seq., in the event of displacement due to development of the property. The Tenant Protection Act of 2019, also known as Assembly Bill (AB) 1482, requires that, for no-fault evictions, landlords provide tenants with either a waiver of their last month of rent or relocation assistance equal to one month of the tenants’ rent (Civil Code Section 1946.2(d)). While the State law sets a minimum amount of relocation assistance, it is not sufficient to properly support and assist lower income and special-circumstances households, as