Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: 4/5
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Dave Pine, District 1
Supervisor Warren Slocum, District 4
Subject: Uncodified Urgency Ordinance Extending for 30 Days, Through June 30, 2020, Temporary Moratorium in the Unincorporated Area on Eviction for Non-Payment of Rent by Small Business Commercial Tenants Directly Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt an uncodified urgency ordinance of the County of San Mateo extending for 30 days, through June 30, 2020, temporary moratorium in the unincorporated area on eviction for non-payment of rent by small business commercial tenants directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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BACKGROUND:
On April 7, 2020, the Board of Supervisors (the "Board") adopted Ordinance No. 4826, an uncodified urgency ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent by small business commercial tenants in the unincorporated area of the County directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the number of individuals potentially impacted by the pandemic has only increased.
As of May 20, 2020, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide exceeded 5,000,000, more than 1,500,000 of which were in the United States. The number of confirmed cases in California now exceeds 81,000 confirmed cases, with 3,334 COVID-related deaths, and in San Mateo County (the "County) there have been nearly 1,700 confirmed cases and 75 deaths.
The economic impacts are equally as staggering. In the past eight weeks, more than 4 million workers in California, and 36 million workers nationwide, have filed first time claims for unemployment benefits, resulting in unemployment rates not seen since the depths of the Great Depression. In the County, countless business remain shuttered and individuals continue to shelter-in-place, resulting in reduced customer demand, decreases in available workforce, and increased expe...
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