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Relocation payments in San Pablo

City rule: a no-fault eviction requires 2 months' rent paid directly or, for tenants not behind on rent, the final 2 months free.

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Key points

  • Relocation pay: City rule: a no-fault eviction requires 2 months' rent paid directly or, for tenants not behind on rent, the final 2 months free.

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

What San Pablo's code says

San Pablo code What San Pablo's code adds
Amount
  • 2 months' rent.
    Applies: Direct payment option for a no-fault eviction.
    § 9.70.060 · code text
    A direct payment equal to two months' rent;
  • Free rent for the final 2 months of the tenancy.
    Applies: Rent-waiver option; only if the tenant is not behind on rent.
    § 9.70.060 · code text
    A rent waiver for the final two months of tenancy, provided the tenant is not in arrears;
  • 1 month's rent paid plus free rent for the final month.
    Applies: Combination option.
    § 9.70.060 · code text
    A combination of direct payment equal to one month's rent and a rent waiver for the final month's tenancy.
When it is paid
  • Within 10 days of the vacate order's mailing and posting, or 20+ days before the vacate date, whichever is later.
    Applies: Tenants displaced by a city order to vacate over unsafe or hazardous living conditions.
    § 8.05.040 · code text
    The relocation benefits required hereunder shall be payable within ten days after the date the order to vacate is first mailed to the owner and posted on the premises, or at least twenty days prior to the vacation date set forth in the order to vacate, whichever occurs later.
  • Within 24 hours after the notice is posted or mailed.
    Applies: City vacate order over unsafe or hazardous conditions, with fewer than 10 days between the order's first posting and mailing and the vacate date.
    § 8.05.040 · code text
    If there are fewer than ten days between the first posting and mailing of the order to vacate and the vacation date, the relocation benefits shall be payable within twenty-four hours after the notice is posted or mailed.
  • Immediately.
    Applies: Conditions require the building official or designee to order the premises vacated immediately.
    § 8.05.040 · code text
    Relocation benefits shall be payable immediately in cases in which the conditions on the premises require the building official or designee to order the premises vacated immediately.
When relocation is owed
  • Any no-fault eviction listed in the state's just-cause eviction law, as amended.
    Applies: Any tenant household facing a no-fault eviction.
    § 9.70.060 · code text
    Any tenant household subject to a no-fault eviction shall be entitled to relocation assistance. No-fault evictions, for purposes of this section, shall be those no-fault just causes for eviction enumerated in Civil Code Section 1946.2(b)(2), as amended.
  • Being displaced by a city order to vacate over unsafe or hazardous living conditions.
    Applies: A tenant displaced from a habitable dwelling unit or structure by an authorized city official's order under this or another applicable provision.
    § 8.05.030 · code text
    Any tenant who is displaced from any unit or structure which is leased, rented or occupied for habitable dwelling purposes as a result of an order issued by an authorized city official under this chapter, or any other applicable provision that the structure is to be vacated due to unsafe or hazardous living conditions, shall be entitled to receive relocation benefits from the owner as specified in this chapter.

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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Frequently asked questions

Does a San Pablo landlord have to pay relocation?

City rule: a no-fault eviction requires 2 months' rent paid directly or, for tenants not behind on rent, the final 2 months free.

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