Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John L. Maltbie, County Manager
Michael Callagy, Assistant County Manager
Subject: Introduction of an Ordinance Readopting and Amending Chapter 3.108, Consisting of Sections 3.108.010 to 3.108.140, to Title 3 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, Setting Forth Property Owner Obligations With Respect to Tenants Displaced from Unsafe or Substandard Units
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduction of an ordinance readopting and amending Chapter 3.108, consisting of Sections 3.108.010 to 3.108.140, to Title 3 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, setting forth property owner obligations with respect to tenants displaced from unsafe or substandard units, and waiving the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
On February 14, 2017, the Board adopted an Ordinance codifying Chapter 3.108 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, which set forth property owner obligations with respect to tenants displaced from unsafe or substandard units (the "Ordinance"). The Ordinance took effect 30 days later, on March 16, 2017. The Ordinance included a provision providing that it would sunset one year from its effective date, unless extended by the Board of Supervisors, meaning that the Ordinance is currently scheduled to sunset on March 15, 2018.
The Ordinance was adopted to provide assistance to tenants who are forced to vacate substandard rental units which should not have been rented in the first place or that have become unsafe due to code violations that are the responsibility of the property owner. Once forced to vacate their homes, tenants face the increasingly difficult task of finding affordable replacement housing and the burden of paying moving-related expenses. These same problems persist and may have worsened in the past year, as safe, affordable housing within San Mateo County has become more difficult to find.
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