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Lemon Grove passes temporary tenant-protection ordinance after residents testify about looming evictions
Summary
After hours of public testimony from tenants facing 60-day notices, the Lemon Grove City Council on Feb. 3 adopted a 180-day urgency ordinance that increases notice and relocation payments for no-fault evictions and directs staff to convene stakeholder outreach for a permanent policy.
Lemon Grove — The City Council voted 4–1 on Feb. 3 to adopt an urgency tenant-protection ordinance aimed at blocking no‑fault evictions tied to remodeling that residents say have already displaced longtime tenants.
The temporary measure requires 120 days' notice for all no‑fault just‑cause terminations, mandates relocation payments equal to one month of HUD small‑area fair‑market rent plus one month of the tenant's current rent (and larger payments for households under 80% of area median income, seniors 60 and older, disabled residents or households with minor children), and includes a 180‑day sunset so the council and staff can refine a permanent ordinance.
The ordinance followed nearly three hours of public comment focused on a single complex at 3280 Olive Street (variously referenced in testimony as Olive Tree/Sarah Grove Apartments), where many tenants said they received 60‑day notices and reported early‑morning jackhammering and heavy construction. “I am definitely in support of the emergency ordinance,” said Denise Terrell, who said she spoke for her 75‑year‑old parents at that complex. Tenants described noise, permit…
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