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Subject: Urgency Ordinance Imposing a Moratorium on Evictions for Nonpayment of Rent by Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recommended Action
1. Conduct the only reading and adopt Ordinance No. 20-2201: "An Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Enacting an Immediate Temporary Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Results from Income Loss Resulting from the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and Setting Forth the Facts Constituting Such Urgency."
Specifically, the ordinance would:
A. Invoke the urgency provisions in Government Code section 36937, as an urgency measure for immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, to temporarily prohibit the eviction of a tenant for nonpayment of rent, if that tenant meets the criteria listed in the ordinance regarding COVID-19; and
B. Provide that the moratorium will be in effect as provided in the Council’s adoption of a resolution declaring the commencement and making findings regarding COVID-19 and that such moratorium will expire in forty-five days unless extended.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 20-030, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Cupertino Declaring the Commencement of a Forty-Five Day Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Rent Results from Income Loss Resulting from the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and Setting Forth the Facts Constituting Such Urgency.
3. Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 20-2202: "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Enacting a Temporary Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Rent Results from Income Loss Resulting from the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)."
Specifically, the ordinance would:
A. Temporarily prohibit the eviction of a residential tenant for non-payment of rent, if that tenant meets the criteria listed in the ordi...
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