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Martinez updates condo-conversion rules, adds tenant-notification and relocation safeguards

Martinez City Council · March 18, 2026
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Summary

Council introduced an ordinance to repeal and replace the city’s condo-conversion chapter, adding tenant-notification at multiple stages, tenant relocation assistance, inclusionary requirements for larger conversions, and thresholds for approval authority; the council voted to advance the revisions.

The Martinez City Council voted to introduce an ordinance replacing Chapter 21.56 to modernize regulations for conversion of rental units to condominiums and to add tenant protections and clearer approval procedures.

Associate planner Brandon (presenting) told the council the proposed amendments add explicit findings, tenant-notification requirements at each stage of a…

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