Eviction and just cause in Sonoma County

A default in the payment of rent shall be an "at-fault just cause" for termination pursuant to Civ. Code Section 1946.2 (b)(1) and this article only when the amount due and owing as the basis of the default exceeds one month's rent for the rental unit.

If a default in the payment of rent of an amount greater than one months' rent occurs two times in a calendar year, any subsequent default in such calendar year shall be an "at-fault just cause" for termination pursuant to Civ. Code Section 1946.2 (b)(1) and this article.

Applicability of this article. This article applies to all residential rental units in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County except for those units that are exempted by the Act and not expressly made non-exempt by this Section 4-254(b) hereof. It shall further apply more broadly where enumerated in Section 4-258. (b) Limitation on exemptions from the Act. Within the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County, the following rental units, exempted from the just cause protections of the Act by Civil Code Section 1946.2(e) are hereby made non-exempt, except where the application of this article to a rental unit would violate law, regulation, or contractual requirements of the federal government or the state of California applicable to such rental unit: Housing restricted by deed, regulatory restriction contained in an agreement with a government agency, or other recorded document as affordable housing for persons and families of very low, low, or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, or subject to an agreement that provides housing subsidies for affordable housing for persons and families of very low, low, or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code or comparable federal statutes.