Renting in San Pablo: the rules that apply

A direct payment equal to two months' rent;

A rent waiver for the final two months of tenancy, provided the tenant is not in arrears;

A combination of direct payment equal to one month's rent and a rent waiver for the final month's tenancy.

The relocation benefits required hereunder shall be payable within ten days after the date the order to vacate is first mailed to the owner and posted on the premises, or at least twenty days prior to the vacation date set forth in the order to vacate, whichever occurs later.

If there are fewer than ten days between the first posting and mailing of the order to vacate and the vacation date, the relocation benefits shall be payable within twenty-four hours after the notice is posted or mailed.

Relocation benefits shall be payable immediately in cases in which the conditions on the premises require the building official or designee to order the premises vacated immediately.

Any tenant household subject to a no-fault eviction shall be entitled to relocation assistance. No-fault evictions, for purposes of this section, shall be those no-fault just causes for eviction enumerated in Civil Code Section 1946.2(b)(2), as amended.

Any tenant who is displaced from any unit or structure which is leased, rented or occupied for habitable dwelling purposes as a result of an order issued by an authorized city official under this chapter, or any other applicable provision that the structure is to be vacated due to unsafe or hazardous living conditions, shall be entitled to receive relocation benefits from the owner as specified in this chapter.

The just cause reason for termination of the tenancy, as set forth in either Section 9.70.050 or Section 9.70.060;

an explanation of the right to and amount of relocation assistance payments;

A copy of the permit(s);

A detailed scope of work;

An estimated timeline for completion;

A statement of the tenant's right of first refusal to return to the unit upon completion of the remodel.

It shall be unlawful for a Housing Provider to retaliate against a Tenant in response to a Tenant exercising any of Tenant's rights under this Chapter or any other laws, including but not limited to filing or participating in a complaint regarding unsafe living conditions, requesting repairs, reporting building code violations to the City or any other governmental agency, pursuing legal action, or forming, joining, or participating in a Tenant organization.

For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to, and shall pay a tax in the amount of twelve percent of the rent charged by the operator.

The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel at the time the rent is paid.

That the subdivider shall provide moving expenses of one and one-half times the monthly rent plus the difference between the current and new security deposit, to any tenant who relocates from the building to be converted after receipt of notification from the applicant of his intention to convert, except when the tenant has given notice of his intention to move prior to receipt of notification from the applicant of his intention to convert.

Any nonpurchasing tenant who is over the age of sixty-two, handicapped or other tenants with demonstrated problems, such as students wanting to complete a school term or families with several minor children, will be given an additional six months in which to find suitable replacement housing;

Up-to-date information on comparable apartments within the city of San Pablo and the surrounding areas;

Transportation assistance, in and around the East Bay Area of the San Francisco—Oakland Metropolitan Statistical Area, to tenants in finding alternate housing.

Such notice shall be mailed to each tenant at least sixty days prior to the filing of the tentative map, and shall state the following:

D. A statement certifying that all tenants have been notified in writing of the intent to apply for conversion at least fifteen days prior to the actual submission of tentative map. Notice to the tenants shall be sent by certified mail.

The right shall run for a period of not less than ninety days from the date of issuance of the subdivision public report or commencement of sales, whichever is later, unless the applicant receives prior written notice of the tenant’s intention not to exercise the right.

In the event that the rental vacancy rate falls below five percent, the city may deny approval of the condominium conversion project proposal if the city finds that the conversion will significantly reduce the availability of rental units and therefore, the conversion will conflict with the goals and policies contained in the housing element of the general plan.

If the rental vacancy rate is found to be below three percent, the application for conversion shall be denied, unless the applicant, for a period of fifty-nine years as outlined in Sections 15.44.050 (H)(7) and 15.44.090 (D), agrees to sell and provide for the maintenance of, at affordable prices, forty percent of the units to low and moderate income households, with a minimum of twenty percent being affordable to households earning less than eighty percent of the San Francisco SMSA median income;