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Alameda supervisors deadlock and fail to adopt 'Just Cause' eviction ordinance
Summary
After hours of public testimony and debate, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors failed on a second‑reading vote to adopt a local Just Cause for Evictions ordinance that would have added protections beyond state law; vote was 2 yes, 2 no, 1 abstention.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 17 failed to adopt a local “just cause” eviction ordinance on its second reading after an emotional public hearing that drew tenants, tenant‑rights lawyers and landlords to the dais.
The ordinance would have added local rent‑stability and relocation provisions beyond recent state law changes and, in proponents’ words, closed gaps that leave many unincorporated renters without meaningful protections. Supporters urged the board to approve the measure as written; opponents, including landlord trade groups, warned it would impose costly requirements on small property owners.
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