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Supervisors defer vote on foreclosure-related just-cause eviction amendment, schedule committee of whole
Summary
The board accepted sponsor amendments narrowing an earlier proposal and agreed to sit as a committee of the whole next week to accept public comment on new language extending just-cause eviction protections to tenants in units subject to foreclosure; the vote was continued to March 9.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday considered an ordinance to extend just-cause eviction protections to tenants in rental units that are not otherwise covered by rent control when the units become subject to foreclosure. After the sponsor presented a narrowed set of amendments and explained that additional public comment was required on the new text, the board voted to continue the item to a committee-of-the-whole session next week.
Supervisor Avalos (identified in the transcript as the sponsor) described two narrow changes in the revised language: removing a proposed fee to be paid to the Rent Board by property owners, per the Rent Board's recommendation, and requiring that a new owner who receives the deed after a foreclosure must provide tenants with notice of eviction-related rights within 15 days of that deed taking effect.
The supervisor moved to adopt those amendments and to continue the item for a committee-of-the-whole hearing next week to receive public comment specifically on the newly revised language. The motion was seconded and adopted without objection; the item was set for March 9 when the full board will sit as a committee of the whole to take testimony limited to the new amendments and then consider the underlying item.
No final vote was taken Tuesday; the board specifically limited next week's hearing to the narrow changes submitted for public comment.
