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Oxnard staff propose code tweaks, administrative rules to tighten just-cause evictions and rent-stabilization enforcement
Summary
City staff presented proposed amendments to OxnardCity Code sections governing just-cause evictions and proposed administrative regulations on registration, right of first refusal and the Ellis Act; staff removed a proposed fair-return petition rule for further stakeholder work and recommended council consider first reading by title only.
Alba Marshall, rent stabilization and just-cause eviction program supervisor for the Oxnard Housing Department, told the City Council that staff recommend amending the citycode to strengthen enforcement of the Just Cause Evictions and Other Tenant Protections ordinance and adopting administrative regulations to implement parts of the rent stabilization and just-cause programs.
Marshall said the city originally adopted the just-cause ordinance on April 13, 2022 (effective June 2, 2022) and that ordinance amendments were later adopted on Jan. 25, 2024 and July 30, 2024. She told the council staff introduced further amendments to the Just Cause Ordinance and draft administrative regulations to the Community Services, Public Safety, Housing and Development Committee on March 25, 2025.
The proposed code changes…
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