City of Oakland - File #: 003096-2b

• File #: 003096-2b
• Version: 3
• Name: Rent Program Service Fee
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Council
• File created: 3/26/2003
• In control: Meeting of the Oakland City Council
• On agenda: 6/10/2003
• Final action: 7/15/2003
• Title: Subject: Rent Program Service Fee From: Community and Economic Development Agency Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance recodifying the Rent Program Service Fee to a new Article in Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 8.22 and applying the fee to residential rental units covered by the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance (Measure EE)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/15/2003	4	Meeting of the Oakland City Council	Approved for Final Passage	Pass
6/17/2003	3	Meeting of the Oakland City Council	Approved On Introduction and Scheduled for Final Passage	Pass
6/10/2003	2	*Concurrent Meeting of the Redevelopment Agency and Council Community & Economic Development Committee	Approved the Recommendation of Staff, and Forward	Pass
5/13/2003	2	*Community & Economic Development Committee	Rescheduled
4/15/2003	1	*Community & Economic Development Committee	Continued

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Subject: Rent Program Service Fee
From: Community and Economic Development Agency
Recommendation: Approve the Final Passage (Second Reading) of an Ordinance recodifying the Rent Program Service Fee to a new Article in Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 8.22 and applying the fee to residential rental units covered by the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance (Measure EE)
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
CiTYA7rORNEY

ORDINANCE NO. ---C.M.S.



AN ORDINANCE RECODIFYING THE RENT PROGRAM SERVICE
FEE TO A NEW ARTICLE IN OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 8.22 AND APPLYING THE FEE TO RESIDENTIAL
RENTAL UNITS COVERED BY THE JUST CAUSE FOR EVICTION
ORDINANCE (MEASURE EE)

WHEREAS, the Rent Program Service Fee originally established at O.M.C. 8.22.180 applies to
only those units that are covered under the Rent Adjustment Ordinance (O.M.C. Chapter 8.22,
Article 1);

WHEREAS, the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance (Measure EE) gives the Rent Program
administration significant additional responsibilities in carrying out that Ordinance's mandates
including: Information to tenants, accepting filings, retrieving filings (including redacting
confidential information), holding hearings and possible appeals and further legal action on certain
rent disputes (setting comparable rents and rents after rehabilitation) and disputes over elderly,
disabled, or catastrophically ill status for owner-occupancy evictions, and adopting regulations;

WHEREAS, in addition to the mandatory responsibilities for the Rent Program, additional
administrative tasks will fall on the Rent Program and City Attorney's Office, including
dissemination of informative material, workshops and counseling, and litigation involved the Just
Cause for Eviction Ordinance;

WHEREAS, there are a significant number of additional residential rental units that are subject to
the Just Cause for Eviction Ordnance that are not also covered by the Rent Adjustmen...