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AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON ENACTING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS OF CERTAIN NON-RESIDENTIAL TENANTS WHERE THE FAILURE TO PAY RENT RESULTS FROM THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
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RECOMMENDATION
This item has been placed on the City Council agenda at the request of members of the City Council. Should the City Council wish to enact the moratorium, it is recommended that the City Council:
(a) Adopt an urgency ordinance that establishes a moratorium on eviction of commercial tenants with incomes affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Specifically, the ordinance would:
1. Temporarily prohibit the eviction of a commercial tenant for non-payment of rent, if that non-paying tenant meets the criteria listed in the ordinance regarding COVID-19; and
2. Provide that the moratorium will commence upon the Council's adoption of the urgency ordinance making findings regarding COVID-19 and that such moratorium would expire 90 days after the Governor of California declares that the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is lifted.
(b) Adopt an ordinance that establishes a moratorium on eviction of commercial tenants with incomes affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Specifically, the ordinance would:
1. Temporarily prohibit the eviction of a commercial tenant for non-payment of rent, if that non-paying tenant meets the criteria listed in the ordinance regarding COVID-19; and
2. Provide that the moratorium will commence 30 days following Council's adoption of the ordinance and that such moratorium would expire 90 days after the Governor of California declares that the state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is lifted.
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