Santa Rosa considers just-cause-for-eviction ordinance

July 14, 2016

The Santa Rosa City Council next week will consider adopting an “urgency” just-cause-for-eviction ordinance, which would require rental property owners to prove “cause” in court or before a political body every time they need to remove a problem resident.

An “urgency” ordinance, on the Tuesday, July 19 agenda, would require a five-vote majority for passage and would take effect immediately. If the urgency ordinance fails to garner the necessary five votes, a “non-urgency” just-cause-eviction ordinance will be introduced and would only require four votes, and if passed at a second reading, would take effect 30 days later.

CAA opposes this ordinance and will continue to actively advocate against just-cause eviction policies in Santa Rosa.

To get involved

Speak out at the meeting: The Santa Rosa City Council convenes its regular meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, at City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 Santa Rosa Ave.

Contact the mayor and council today: We need you to continue to contact City Council and tell them just cause evictions will do more harm than good, and will not make our neighborhoods safer.

Just-cause-for-eviction measures protect bad residents at the expense of good residents.
If a problem resident is terrorizing their neighbors, under just cause, the property owner must definitively prove the events that have happened.
Property owners are not interested in evicting residents for no reason—its costs money to have units turn over.
Just cause will encourage owners to get out of the rental business, meaning less rental units on the market.
The associated legal processes are costly and time consuming. Rental property owners would have to depose and subpoena other residents to testify.
Santa Rosa should focus on educating residents on their protections under existing law, instructing owners on their obligations, and enforcing the laws we have in place.

Contact information:
Chris Coursey, council member: 707-527-6588, ccoursey@srcity.org
Gary Wysocky, council member: 707-575-3820, gwysocky@srcity.org
Erin Carlstrom, council member: 707-321-0278, ecarlstrom@srcity.org
Julie Combs, council member: 707-542-1906, jcombs@srcity.org
John Sawyer, mayor: 707-578-6006, jsawyer@srcity.org
Ernesto Olivares, council member: 707-975-0023, eolivares@srcity.org
Tom Schwedhelm, vice mayor: 707-326-4495, tschwedhelm@srcity.org

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