June 9, 2022 This informational webinar discussed the various legislative and political challenges that affect your ability to provide quality rental housing in San Diego County. The City of San…
San Diego’s new ‘just cause’ law
San Diego
CAA issues compliance materials for San Diego’s new ‘just cause’ eviction law
The California Apartment Association has published its first round of compliance materials to help members navigate San Diego’s newly passed eviction ordinance and held a webinar on June 27 to help housing providers understand the law’s various requirements.
The law, officially the “Residential Tenant Protections Ordinance to Prevent Displacement and Homelessness,” takes effect on June 24. It imposes fresh “just cause” for eviction limits on evictions for most city residents and outlines rules for tenant buyout offers and agreements.
This new ordinance repeals and replaces the city of San Diego’s existing just cause law, known as the Tenants Right to Know Ordinance, in place since 2004. Just cause laws remove a landlord’s ability to use a “no cause” notice to terminate a month-to-month tenancy under state law. Tenant buyout agreements involve landlords negotiating with tenants to move out of a unit in return for a stipulated payment.
CAA’s compliance materials for San Diego’s new just cause eviction ordinance include:
- Industry Insight on the ordinance’s just cause provisions.
- Industry Insight on the ordinance’s buyout provisions.
- Forms to comply with the ordinance’s mandatory notice provisions.
- For tenancies existing prior to the effective date (SD-004).
- For tenancies beginning or renewing on or after the effective date (SD-003).
- Mandatory exemption forms for units that are “separately alienable” (e.g. some single-family homes and condominiums).
- For tenancies existing prior to Jan. 1, 2024 (SD-005).
- For tenancies existing on or after Jan. 1, 2024 (SD-006).
- Optional temporary exemption form for units built in the previous 15 years (SD-011).
- Notice of just cause ordinance: Notice form for tenancies in existence before the ordinance’s effective date, June 24, 2023. (Form SD-004).
San Diego City laws and regulations
City of San Diego – Source of Income Discrimination Law
Effective August 1, 2019, the City of San Diego prohibits discrimination based on a tenant’s source of income, including the receipt of housing subsidies, such as Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. (San Diego Municipal Code Section 98.0801-98.0806)
- Just Cause Ordinance (being replaced; see above)
- Recycling Ordinance
- Right to Know Ordinance v. AB 1482
Education
September 20, 2022 CAA held an informational webinar that explores the market dynamics facing San Diego County and an overview of the legislative and political challenges that affect rental housing…
Understanding San Diego’s Eviction Moratoria Webinar
On-Demand Class
Although California’s eviction protections for tenants with pending rental assistance applications ended June 30, 2022; new eviction protections took effect in the City of San Diego on July 1, 2022…
Forms
Exemption from San Diego Just Cause Eviction Ordinance and AB 1482 Addendum
Final Three-Day Notice To Quit For Breach of Covenant(s) – City of San Diego
Notice of Change of Terms of Tenancy – City of San Diego (Tenant’s Right to Operate a Daycare)
Notice of Exemption from San Diego Just Cause Eviction Ordinance
Notice of Expiration of Fixed Term Lease and Renewal Offer – City of San Diego
Notice of San Diego Just Cause Eviction Ordinance
Notice of Tenant’s Right to Operate a Daycare Addendum – City of San Diego
Notice of Termination of Tenancy Due to Landlord Move-in – City of San Diego
Recycling Addendum (City of San Diego)
Recycling Annual Notice (City of San Diego)
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