Tenant Relocation Assistance Policy

Release Date: 0001-01-01

In June 2019, the City of Long Beach adopted the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance (LBMC Chapter 8.97), which establishes rent increase limits and eviction protections for certain rental units within the city. The Ordinance required rental property owners with four units or more to provide relocation assistance payments of up to $4,500 to residential tenants who are displaced by no fault of their own.

In 2020, the California State Legislature passed AB 1482, which established statewide rent increase limits and just cause eviction protections. The policy triggers in AB 1482 were more stringent, making LBMC 8.97 effectively inoperable. In response to AB 1482, the City Council voted to repeal LBMC 8.97 in December 2019. The City Council determined that the statewide rent control law provided stronger and more comprehensive tenant protections and therefore it was in tenants’ best interest to repeal the local Ordinance. Furthermore, the City Council had a desire to adopt an ordinance with just cause termination of tenancy provisions that were more protective than those of AB 1482 and proceeded to adopt the Just Cause for Termination of Tenancies Ordinance (LBMC Chapter 8.99) on March 10, 2020.

Information about the Just Cause for Termination of Tenancies Ordinance can be found on the Development Services Department website.