Relocation payments in Walnut Creek: the local rules

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

What Walnut Creek's code says

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Amount	4 times the current monthly rent of the unit being vacated, paid in cash. Applies: Only for tenants displaced by development who declare in writing they are low-income; projects inside the West Downtown Specific Plan. § 9-15.05 · code text The sum, payable in cash, equal to four (4) times the current monthly rental of the real property being vacated for development projects located within the boundaries of the West Downtown Specific Plan 2 times the current monthly rent of the unit being vacated. Applies: Only for tenants displaced by development who declare in writing they are low-income; projects outside the West Downtown Specific Plan. § 9-15.05 · code text and two (2) times the current monthly rental of the real property being vacated for development projects located elsewhere;
Exemptions	Only 1 payment per unit; if several people or families in it declare low income, they split it. Applies: Relocation payments to low-income tenants displaced by a development project. § 9-15.05 · code text provided, that the owner is only required to make one (1) such payment for each dwelling unit on the real property.
When it is paid	At least 60 days before the date the tenant must move out. Applies: Low-income tenants (declared in writing) displaced by development inside the West Downtown Specific Plan. § 9-15.05 · code text The owner shall deliver to each displaced person who declares that he or she is a low-income tenant the following no later than sixty (60) days prior to the date such displaced person is required to vacate the real property for development projects located within the boundaries of the West Downtown Specific Plan At least 30 days before the date the tenant must move out. Applies: Low-income tenants (declared in writing) displaced by development outside the West Downtown Specific Plan. § 9-15.05 · code text and thirty (30) days prior to the date such displaced person is required to vacate the real property for development projects located elsewhere:
When relocation is owed	When a tenant who declares low income must move out because of a development project. § 9-15.05 · code text The owner shall deliver to each displaced person who declares that he or she is a low-income tenant the following no later than sixty (60) days prior to the date such displaced person is required to vacate the real property for development projects located within the boundaries of the West Downtown Specific Plan, and thirty (30) days prior to the date such displaced person is required to vacate the real property for development projects located elsewhere:

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 a Walnut Creek landlord have to pay relocation?

City law: low-income tenants (declared in writing) displaced by development get 4 times monthly rent inside the West Downtown Specific Plan, 2 times outside.

Relocation payments in Walnut Creek

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