Condo conversions in San Pablo

That the subdivider shall provide moving expenses of one and one-half times the monthly rent plus the difference between the current and new security deposit, to any tenant who relocates from the building to be converted after receipt of notification from the applicant of his intention to convert, except when the tenant has given notice of his intention to move prior to receipt of notification from the applicant of his intention to convert.

Any nonpurchasing tenant who is over the age of sixty-two, handicapped or other tenants with demonstrated problems, such as students wanting to complete a school term or families with several minor children, will be given an additional six months in which to find suitable replacement housing;

Up-to-date information on comparable apartments within the city of San Pablo and the surrounding areas;

Transportation assistance, in and around the East Bay Area of the San Francisco—Oakland Metropolitan Statistical Area, to tenants in finding alternate housing.

Such notice shall be mailed to each tenant at least sixty days prior to the filing of the tentative map, and shall state the following:

D. A statement certifying that all tenants have been notified in writing of the intent to apply for conversion at least fifteen days prior to the actual submission of tentative map. Notice to the tenants shall be sent by certified mail.

The right shall run for a period of not less than ninety days from the date of issuance of the subdivision public report or commencement of sales, whichever is later, unless the applicant receives prior written notice of the tenant’s intention not to exercise the right.

In the event that the rental vacancy rate falls below five percent, the city may deny approval of the condominium conversion project proposal if the city finds that the conversion will significantly reduce the availability of rental units and therefore, the conversion will conflict with the goals and policies contained in the housing element of the general plan.

If the rental vacancy rate is found to be below three percent, the application for conversion shall be denied, unless the applicant, for a period of fifty-nine years as outlined in Sections 15.44.050 (H)(7) and 15.44.090 (D), agrees to sell and provide for the maintenance of, at affordable prices, forty percent of the units to low and moderate income households, with a minimum of twenty percent being affordable to households earning less than eighty percent of the San Francisco SMSA median income;