The City of San Leandro is considering a residential rent control ordinance and you have the opportunity to share your feedback about it. The draft ordinance is open for public review through September 17, 2025. It is modeled after the City of Alameda's Rent Stabilization Ordinance and is currently written to limit the maximum annual rent increase to 5%. Landlords would also be permitted to file a petition and seek a hearing once in a 12-month period for a "Capital Improvement" or "Fair Return" rent increase beyond the 5% limit. The draft ordinance comes on the heels of the city's Rental Registry Ordinance which was adopted on April 21, 2025 and goes into effect in January 2026. The Rental Registry Ordinance requires residential rental property owners to register rental units and pay program fees annually. There are multiple ways for you to engage with the City Council about the draft ordinance: 1. Join the online community meeting held at 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Zoom link: https://sanleandro-org.zoom.us/j/82137896920 2. Attend the online stakeholder meeting for housing providers on Thursday, September 4, 2025. If you did not already receive an email notice from the City (or its consultant, Baker Tilly) about the stakeholder meeting, then you can email rentprogram@sanleandro.org or call 510-577-6011 for more information. 3. Attend the in-person community meeting at 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at the San Leandro Senior Community Center, 13909 E. 14th Street, San Leandro, California. 4. Share your written comments via email to rentprogram@sanleandro.org . For more information, visit https://www.sanleandro.org/rentprogram.

On June 26, 2025 the California Court of Appeal for the Second District published a ruling that will impact how ALL landlords in California need to prepare and serve their three-day notices to pay or quit. In light of the Eshagian v. Cepeda decision, we are advising that notices include the beginning and end dates of the notice period. This is a conservative approach due to the decision finding the subject notice in the case was defective, in part, because it did not indicate the beginning or the end date of the notice period. Some are of the opinion that stating the service date within the notice is enough to inform the tenant of the notice period. We understand the reasoning for this and it is arguably sufficient. However, we feel that putting specific dates in the notice is a stronger notice. So that is what we are advising you to do. This does require managers to correctly calculate the notice period. To guide you in correctly calculating your notice period we have created an FAQ Sheet which you can download below.