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Sunnyvale council directs staff to study expanded tenant protections but delays 3‑month relocation ordinance
Summary
After extensive public testimony, the Sunnyvale City Council voted 4–0 to direct staff to study additional tenant protections—including day‑one just‑cause protections, enhanced aid for vulnerable households and using fair‑market rent as a benchmark—while declining to introduce an ordinance to raise no‑fault relocation assistance from two to three months at this meeting.
Sunnyvale’s City Council voted unanimously on May 5 to direct staff to study expanded tenant protections and enforcement measures, but it stopped short of adopting an ordinance to raise relocation assistance for no‑fault evictions.
Housing staff summarized outreach and research showing increased engagement: 278 tenant survey responses and 212 landlord responses collected as part of the review of chapter 19.71 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code. Ryan Dyson, housing specialist, told the council the outreach “substantially increased our responses this time” and that neighboring cities including Mountain View, Palo Alto and San Jose have adopted three‑month relocation requirements.
The proposal from staff recommended…
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