ABOUT THE ORDINANCE
The Tenant Protection Ordinance can be found in San José Municipal Code (SJMC) Chapter 17.23, Part 12, beginning with Section 17.23.1200. The Ordinance provides substantive requirements for evicting tenants for tenants living in certain “covered” apartments, as listed below. The Ordinance eliminates no-cause notices to vacate. Additionally, all terminations of tenancy must be based on at least one of the 13 just cause terminations listed in SJMC Section 17.23.1250(A) and described below. The Tenant Protection Ordinance went into effect June 16, 2017, and its protections are applied to all new and existing tenants
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Fair Housing and Tenant Rights & Responsibilities