Sonoma County landlord webinar set for November 19

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Sonoma County will host a webinar on Nov. 19 to update landlords about their responsibilities under a new tenant protection ordinance recently adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The online informational session, which will include Spanish interpretation, will feature representatives from the Sonoma County Counsel’s Office.

What: Landlord Webinar
When: Nov. 19 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: On Zoom, register here

The new County ordinance augments the California Tenant Protection Act, a 2019 state law that limits rent increases and requires landlords of many types of rental units to have a just cause to evict a tenant who has lived in a property longer than one year. Just-cause evictions are allowed for such things as nonpayment of rent, lease violations or criminal activity.

Under the new rules recently approved by the Board of Supervisors, tenants in unincorporated areas of the County are protected by just-cause requirements as soon as they begin renting, and state law exemptions for subsidized housing from just-cause protections no longer apply. The changes also protect a tenant from eviction for nonpayment unless more than one month of rent is overdue. A tenant is allowed to use this protection only up to two times per year.

The new rules also require dissemination of tenant rights information in English and Spanish when tenants are asked to vacate a property or when eviction proceedings begin. Starting on Jan. 1, the rules will require landlords to report evictions to the County using a new web portal, which will be demonstrated during the webinar by representatives of the County’s Information Systems Department.

For more information about the new tenant protections for unincorporated areas of Sonoma County, click here.

Residents can participate in the webinar by registering and logging on to Zoom. The webinar will also be streamed live on the County’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Recordings of the webinars will also be posted on Facebook and YouTube.

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Media Contact:
Matt Brown, Communications Specialist
publicaffairs@sonoma-county.org
(707) 565-3040
575 Administration Drive, Suite 104A
Santa Rosa, CA 95403