Relocation payments in Emeryville: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Emeryville Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Emeryville's code says

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Amount	5 times HUD's current Oakland-Fremont fair market rent, or 4 times monthly rent at notice, whichever is greater. Applies: Large landlords, for no-fault terminations; split equally among all tenants living there when notice is delivered. § 5-40.04 · code text A large landlord shall pay relocation assistance to the tenant(s), which is equivalent to either five (5) times the most current fair market rents as published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") for the Oakland-Fremont, California HUD Metro FMR Area in the Federal Register, or four (4) times the monthly rent that the tenant(s) is paying at the time the notice of termination is delivered, whichever amount is greater. 1 month of HUD's current Oakland-Fremont fair market rent, or 1 month of rent at notice, whichever is greater. Applies: Small landlords, for no-fault terminations; split equally among all tenants living there when notice is delivered. § 5-40.04 · code text A small landlord shall pay relocation assistance to the tenant(s), which is equivalent to either one (1) month of the most current fair market rents as published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") for the Oakland-Fremont, California HUD Metro FMR Area in the Federal Register, or one (1) month of rent that the tenant(s) is paying at the time the notice of termination is delivered, whichever amount is greater.
Exemptions	No payment when a natural disaster beyond the landlord's control, like an earthquake, fire or flood, caused the termination. Applies: Applies to no-fault terminations. § 5-40.04 · code text unless the cause of the no fault termination was a natural disaster or other naturally occurring phenomenon beyond the control of the landlord, such as an earthquake, fire, or flood.
When it is paid	By the last day of the tenancy that the landlord has received rent for. § 5-40.04 · code text Landlord may pay the relocation assistance to entitled tenants concurrent with or after delivering the notice of termination, but must deliver the relocation assistance to the tenant(s) by the last day of tenancy for which the landlord has received rent.
When relocation is owed	A no-fault termination of a tenancy. Applies: Unless a natural disaster beyond the landlord's control, like an earthquake, fire or flood, caused it. § 5-40.04 · code text When a landlord terminates a tenancy through a no fault termination, the tenant(s) will be entitled to receive relocation assistance, unless the cause of the no fault termination was a natural disaster or other naturally occurring phenomenon beyond the control of the landlord, such as an earthquake, fire, or flood.

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. No-fault eviction relocation assistance: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)). Relocation under California's just-cause law — the full state rule →

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Does an Emeryville landlord have to pay relocation?

City law: for no-fault terminations, large landlords pay 5 times HUD fair market rent or 4 times monthly rent, whichever is greater.

Relocation payments in Emeryville

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