Oakland Tenant Protection Ordnance Goes To City Council November 7th
Oakland At-Large Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan has authored a proposed tenant protection ordinance that passed the City’s Community and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday and is headed for the full City Council for discussion and possible action November 7th.
The short version of what this will do if passed is allow rental unit tenants who are being kicked out by bad landlords the chance to receive what are called “relocation payments” from that same bad landlord!
It adresses a major problem in Oakland and the SF Bay Area where an owner of a rental unit suddenly decides they want to give it to a relative. So, the bad landlord has been able to kick out the powerless tenant. That would stop if Kaplan’s law is approved by the Oakland City Council, November 7th.
Here’s the full staff report and ordinance, converted ‘as is’ without editorial changes:
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