MEETING DATE:
May 12, 2020
SUBJECT:
Title
ORDINANCE NO. 2020-1486 - AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS IMPACTED BY THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), AND MODIFYING A TERM THEREOF
Body
Recommendation
Recommendation
ADOPT Ordinance No. 2020-1486, an urgency ordinance extending the temporary moratorium on evictions due to nonpayment of rent for residential and commercial tenants impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as revised.
Body
Board or Commission Action
Not Applicable
Relevant Council Strategic Theme (If not applicable, please state not applicable below)
Good Governance
Relevant Department Goal
Not Applicable
Executive Summary
The proposed ordinance extends the temporary moratorium enacted by the City Council on March 24, 2020 on evictions due to nonpayment of rent for residential and commercial tenants impacted by COVID-19 from May 31 to June 30, 2020.
The existing temporary moratorium provides that tenants must notify their landlords within 30-days after their rent is due. That deadline has been modified in the proposed extension ordinance to conform to the seven (7) day time period set forth in Executive Order N-37-20. If the extension is adopted as proposed, from and after the date of the extension ordinance, a tenant will be required to notify the landlord in writing within seven (7) days after rent is due of lost income and inability to pay full rent due to financial impacts related to COVID-19 and provide documentation to support the claim.
After a tenant satisfies the requirements of the proposed ordinance, their landlord is precluded from initiating or pursuing an eviction action against the tenant during the term of the moratorium. The ordinance does not relieve a tenant of the obligation to pay rent or restrict a landlord's ability to recover rent due. Any unpaid...
Click here for full text