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Relocation payments in Santa Paula

For displacement over 60 days, the city requires 3 months' no-cost housing or the greater of 3 months' fair market or unit rent. State law: covered-unit tenants get 1 month's rent for no-fault evictions, paid within 15 calendar days of the notice.

Key points

  • Relocation help: For displacement over 60 days, the city requires 3 months' no-cost housing or the greater of 3 months' fair market or unit rent.
  • Relocation pay: State law: covered-unit tenants get 1 month's rent for no-fault evictions, paid within 15 calendar days of the notice.

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

What Santa Paula's code says

Santa Paula code What Santa Paula's code adds
Amount
  • Alternative safe and legal temporary housing at no additional rent or cost, or the difference between the unit rent and fair market rent for comparable temporary housing for the first 30 days, plus related costs and full rent costs thereafter until the obligation terminates
    Applies: non-emergency displacement for repair or rehabilitation when tenants are expected to reoccupy within 60 days
    § 92.07 · code text
    Alternative safe and legal temporary housing for the tenants at no additional rent or cost than previously paid by the tenants, or shall pay the difference between the rent paid on the unit and the fair market rent for alternative safe and legal temporary housing as established by the most current HUD schedule for fair market rents, for a unit of comparable size in the same general area as the unit for the tenant for the first 30 days of displacement and related costs and the full rent costs thereafter until such time as the owner's obligation terminates under § 92.08.
  • Extra necessary transportation costs for work and school caused by the displacement.
    Applies: Non-emergency displacement for repair or rehabilitation, when tenants are expected to move back within 60 days.
    § 92.07 · code text
    Any additional necessary employment and education transportation costs to the tenants arising as a result of the displacement.
  • Furnishings suited to the tenants in the temporary housing.
    Applies: Non-emergency displacement for repair or rehabilitation, when tenants are expected to move back within 60 days.
    § 92.07 · code text
    Furnishings appropriate for the tenants in the alternative housing required in this section.
  • Reasonable security for the tenants' furnishings and belongings left in the unit.
    Applies: For a non-emergency, short-term displacement.
    § 92.07 · code text
    Reasonable security for all of the tenants' furnishings and other personal property remaining in the unit until the tenants reoccupy the unit.
  • Alternative safe and legal temporary housing at no additional rent or cost, or advance payment of fair market rent for comparable housing plus related costs
    Applies: emergency displacement: a city or court order to vacate immediately, or a city enforcement action with less than 10 days' notice because of imminent harm to health and safety
    § 92.06 · code text
    Alternative safe and legal temporary housing for the tenants at no additional rent or cost to the tenants than previously paid by the tenants, or the advance payment of the fair market rent as estab-lished by the most recent current U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development schedule for fair market rents, for a unit of comparable size in the same general area as the unit and other related costs for alternative safe and legal temporary housing for the tenants.
  • Extra necessary work, school and transportation costs from the displacement, including unrecoverable or added tuition, books, materials and fees.
    Applies: Emergency displacement: a city or court order to vacate at once, or city enforcement with under 10 days' notice for imminent health and safety harm.
    § 92.06 · code text
    Any additional necessary employment, education and transportation costs to the tenants arising as a result of the displacement. “Education costs” shall include any unrecoverable or additional tuition expense, books and materials costs and fees.
  • Suitable furnishings in the temporary housing, if it is unfurnished.
    Applies: Emergency displacement: a city or court order to vacate at once, or city enforcement with under 10 days' notice for imminent health and safety harm.
    § 92.06 · code text
    If the alternative housing required in this section does not contain furnishings, furnishings appropriate for the tenants in the alternative housing required in this section.
  • Reasonable security for the tenants' furnishings and belongings left in the unit.
    Applies: Emergency displacement: a city or court order to vacate at once, or city enforcement with under 10 days' notice for imminent health and safety harm.
    § 92.07 · code text
    Reasonable security for all of the tenants' furnishings and other personal property remaining in the unit until the tenants reoccupy the unit.
  • Alternative safe and legal housing at no additional rent or cost for three months, or a replacement housing payment equal to the greater of three months' fair market rent for comparable housing or three months of the unit's rental amount
    Applies: displacement the owner anticipates will last, or that actually lasts, more than 60 days
    § 92.08 · code text
    Alternative safe and legal housing for the tenants at no additional rent or cost than previously paid by the tenants for a period of three months from the date of displacement or pay to the tenants a replacement housing payment which shall be the greater of:
  • Return of any security deposit or cleaning fee the owner may not keep, within the time the law sets.
    Applies: Displacement of more than 60 days, when the tenant chooses not to move back.
    § 92.08 · code text
    If the tenant elects not to reoccupy the unit, return to the tenants any security deposit or cleaning fee not permitted to be retained by the owner under applicable law within the period specified under applicable law.
  • Moving costs: the lowest of 3 written estimates, 2 from the tenant and 1 from the owner or agent.
    Applies: When the owner expects, or the displacement actually lasts, more than 60 days.
    § 92.08 · code text
    Moving expenses of the tenants for any displacement under this section, which shall be the lesser of three written estimates, two of which shall be obtained by the tenant, and the other by the owner or the owner's agent.
  • Extra necessary transportation costs for work and school, for up to 3 months from the date of displacement.
    Applies: When the owner expects, or the displacement actually lasts, more than 60 days.
    § 92.08 · code text
    Any additional necessary employment and education transportation costs to the tenants arising as a result of the displacement for a maximum of three months from the date of displacement.
When it is paid
  • Before the tenants are displaced.
    Applies: Non-emergency displacement for repair or rehabilitation, when tenants are expected to move back within 60 days.
    § 92.07 · code text
    The relocation assistance required under this section shall be provided by the owner prior to the displacement of the tenants.
  • By the time the tenants are displaced, to the extent feasible.
    Applies: Emergency displacement: a city or court order to vacate at once, or city enforcement with under 10 days' notice.
    § 92.06 · code text
    To the extent feasible, the relocation assistance required under this section shall be provided by the owner by the time of the displacement of the tenants.
  • At least 30 days before the tenants are displaced.
    Applies: When the owner expects, or the displacement actually lasts, more than 60 days.
    § 92.08 · code text
    The relocation assistance required under this section shall be provided by the owner at least 30 days prior to the displacement of the tenants.
When relocation is owed
  • Non-emergency displacement for repair or rehabilitation, when tenants are expected to move back within 60 days.
    Applies: Temporary displacement.
    § 92.07 · code text
    If tenants are displaced on a non-emergency basis because of repair or rehabilitation of a unit and the tenants are expected to be able to reoccupy the unit within 60 days from the date of displacement, the owner shall provide to the tenants the relocation assistance required by this section
  • City or court order to leave immediately, or city enforcement giving under 10 days' notice over imminent health-and-safety risk.
    Applies: Emergency displacement.
    § 92.06 · code text
    Where an owner is required by a city or a court order to vacate a unit immediately, or where vacation is required to enable compliance with an enforcement action from the city with less than 10 days notice because of imminent potential harm to the health and safety of tenants, the owner shall provide to the tenants the relocation assistance required by this section
  • Displacement expected to last, or actually lasting, more than 60 days.
    Applies: Long-term or permanent displacement.
    § 92.08 · code text
    If the owner anticipates that displacement shall continue or if displacement actually continues for more than 60 days, the owner shall provide to the tenants the relocation assistance required in this section.

The California rule underneath

Where Santa Paula's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see Relocation under California's just-cause law.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
No-fault eviction relocation assistance
One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice
Applies: For no-fault just causes (owner move-in, withdrawal from market, substantial remodel, government order) on covered units; regardless of the tenant's income.

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Frequently asked questions

Does a Santa Paula landlord have to pay relocation?

For displacement over 60 days, the city requires 3 months' no-cost housing or the greater of 3 months' fair market or unit rent. State law: covered-unit tenants get 1 month's rent for no-fault evictions, paid within 15 calendar days of the notice.

General information, not legal advice.

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