City Charter, Administrative Code, and Municipal Code

SEC. 151.07. AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMISSION TO GRANT INDIVIDUAL RENT ADJUSTMENTS.

clude the documented incurred costs for Primary Renovation Work, Related Work, and temporary relocation of tenants undertaken in accordance with an accepted Tenant Habitability Plan. Any rent increase granted pursuant to this provision shall be imposed in two equal increments over a two-year period. Upon receipt of the Department’s approval of a primary renovation rent increase, the landlord may impose the first increment after providing notice to each affected tenant pursuant to Section 827 of the California Civil Code. The second increment may be imposed no earlier than 12 calendar months after the first increment is imposed and after providing notice to each affected tenant pursuant to Section 827 of the California Civil Code. For the purposes of this provision, Seismic Retrofit Work shall not qualify as Primary Renovation Work. EXCEPTION: This paragraph shall not apply in the following circumstances: If the rental unit is the subject of a notice of noncompliance sent to the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to Section 17274 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and the work is to correct the violations that were the subject of the Notice. If the rental unit is the subject of a notice of rent reduction or a Notice of Acceptance into the Rent Escrow Account Program issued pursuant to Section 162.00, et seq. of this Code, and the work is to correct the conditions that caused the placement. If the rental unit is the subject of a criminal conviction related to the landlord’s failure to comply with a citation or order issued by the Department, the Department of Building and Safety, Fire Department, or Department of Health with respect to the subject rental unit, and the work is to correct the conditions that caused the conviction. If the rental unit is the subject of a citation or order from a government agency to abate hazardous materials and the citation or order is issued before the acceptance of a Tenant Habitability Plan by the Department. d. That on or after the effective date of this amendment, the landlord has completed Seismic Retrofit Work and any Related Work in conformance with a Tenant Habitability Plan accepted or waived by the Department and has not increased the rent to reflect the cost of such improvement.