Relocation payments in San Leandro: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the San Leandro Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What San Leandro's code says

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Extra for protected tenants	$1,000. Applies: Landlord-caused move-outs; households with someone 62 or older, a disabled member, or dependent minor children; 1 payment per residential property. § 4-37-305 · code text One thousand dollars for special-circumstances households. A tenant is only entitled to claim a specialcircumstances household payment of One thousand dollars per residential property.
Amount	3 times the current HUD Fair Market Rent for Oakland-Fremont, or 3 times the tenant's monthly rent, whichever is greater. Applies: Landlord-caused move-outs; the tenant's rent is measured when the termination notice is delivered. § 4-37-305 · code text Three times the most current Fair Market Rents as published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") for the Oakland-Fremont, California HUD Metro FMR Area in the Federal Register, or three times the monthly rent that the tenant(s) is paying at the time the notice of the landlord-caused termination is delivered, whichever amount is greater. The total relocation assistance cannot be more than $7,000. Applies: Landlord-caused move-outs. § 4-37-305 · code text The landlord shall provide relocation assistance, in a total amount not to exceed Seven thousand dollars, where required by Section 4-37-300, to an eligible tenant in the following amounts:
When it is paid	Half within 5 business days after the notice is served; the rest within 5 days after the tenant moves out. Applies: Landlord-caused move-outs. § 4-37-310 · code text the landlord shall pay one-half of the relocation assistance no later than five business days following service of the notice to a tenant of landlord-caused termination and one-half of the relocation assistance no later than five days after the tenant has vacated the residential property. Half within 5 business days of the tenant's written notice to move; the rest within 5 days after moving out. Applies: The tenant chooses to leave after rent increases of more than 12% above base rent within any 12 months. § 4-37-310 · code text the landlord shall pay one-half of the relocation assistance no later than five business days following receipt of written notice that the tenant intends to vacate the residential property and one-half of the relocation assistance no later than five days after the tenant has vacated the residential property.
When relocation is owed	When the landlord causes the tenancy to end. § 4-37-300 · code text No landlord shall effectuate a landlord-caused termination without paying relocation assistance in accordance with this Chapter. Tenant chooses to leave when proposed increases, alone or combined, exceed 12% above base rent in any 12 months. Applies: This counts as a landlord-caused move-out. § 4-37-310 · code text For landlord-caused terminations where a landlord provides a proposed rent increase that raises the rent, or proposed multiple rent increases that cumulatively raise the rent, to an amount more than 12% greater than the base rent at any time during a 12 month period and the tenant elects to not remain in the residential property

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. No-fault eviction relocation assistance: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)). Relocation under California's just-cause law — the full state rule →

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Does a San Leandro landlord have to pay relocation?

For landlord-caused move-outs, the city requires 3 times HUD Fair Market Rent or 3 times monthly rent, whichever is greater, up to $7,000 total.

Relocation payments in San Leandro

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