17975. Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from
a residential rental unit as a result of an order to vacate or an
order requiring the vacation of a residential unit by a local
enforcement agency as a result of a violation so extensive and of
such a nature that the immediate health and safety of the residents
is endangered, shall be entitled to receive relocation benefits from
the owner as specified in this article. The local enforcement agency
shall determine the eligibility of tenants for benefits pursuant to
this article.
17975.1. (a) The relocation benefits required by this article shall
be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant within 10
days after the date that the order to vacate is first mailed to the
owner and posted on the premises, or at least 20 days prior to the
vacation date set forth in the order to vacate, whichever occurs
later.
(b) If there are fewer than 10 days between the first posting and
mailing of the order to vacate and the vacation date, the relocation
benefits shall be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant
within 24 hours after the notice is posted and mailed. The local
enforcement agency shall attempt to provide telephonic or written
notice to the owner to notify the owner that the benefits are payable
immediately. Failure to provide the notice as specified in this
section shall not relieve the owner of any obligations imposed by
this article.
(c) If a tenant is entitled to relocation benefits pursuant to
Section 17975, the local enforcement agency shall provide either
telephonic or written notice to the tenant of his or her entitlement
to the benefits. Written notice may be satisfied by posting a written
notice on the premises stating that tenants may be entitled to
relocation benefits.
17975.2. The relocation payment shall be made available by the
owner or designated agent to the tenant in each residential unit and
shall be a sum equal to two months of the established fair market
rent for the area as determined by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United
States Code.In addition, the relocation payment shall include an
amount, as determined by the local enforcement agency, sufficient for
utility service deposits. The relocation benefits shall be paid by
the owner or designated agent in addition to the return, as required
by law, of any security deposits held by the owner. The relocation
benefits shall be payable on a per residential unit basis.
17975.3. (a) Any owner or designated agent who does not make timely
payment as specified in Section 17975.1 shall be liable to the
tenant for an amount equal to 1 1/2 times the relocation benefits
payable pursuant to Section 17975.2.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply when relocation benefits are
payable fewer than 10 days after the date the order to vacate is
first mailed and posted on the premises, if the owner or designated
agent makes the payment no later than 10 days after the order is
first mailed and posted.
17975.4. (a) No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall
be payable to any tenant who has caused or substantially contributed
to the condition giving rise to the order to vacate, as determined by
the local enforcement agency, nor shall any relocation benefits be
payable to a tenant if any guest or invitee of the tenant has caused
or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to the
order to vacate, as determined by the local enforcement agency. The
local enforcement agency shall make the determination whether a
tenant, tenant's guest, or invitee caused or substantially
contributed to the condition, giving rise to the order to vacate at
the same time that the order to vacate the tenants is made.
(b) An owner or designated agent shall not be liable for
relocation benefits if the local enforcement agency determines that
the unit or structure became unsafe or hazardous as the result of a
fire, flood, earthquake, or other event beyond the control of the
owner or the designated agent and the owner or designated agent did
not cause or contribute to the condition.
(c) In the situations described in subdivisions (a) and (b), the
tenants of units within a multiunit structure who did not cause or
substantially contribute to the uninhabitable condition shall be
eligible for relocation benefits from the local enforcement agency
that elects at its discretion to pay relocation payments in
accordance with Section 17975.2 to those tenants.
(d) An owner or designated agent shall not be liable to make any
payment as prescribed by this section if the local enforcement agency
does not provide for an appeals process for the order to pay
relocation benefits.
17975.5. (a) If the owner or designated agent fails, neglects, or
refuses to pay relocation payments to a displaced tenant or a tenant
subject to displacement, except in the situations described in
Section 17975.4, the local enforcement agency may advance relocation
payments as specified in Section 17975.2. If the local enforcement
agency, pursuant to locally adopted policies, offers to advance
relocation payments in accordance with Section 17975.2, the local
enforcement agency shall be entitled to recover from the owner any
amount paid to a tenant pursuant to this section except payments made
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.4. The local
enforcement agency shall also be entitled to recover from the owner
or designated agent an additional amount equal to the sum of one-half
the amount so paid, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars
($10,000), as a penalty for failure to make timely payment to the
displaced tenant, and the local enforcement agency's actual costs,
including direct and indirect costs, of administering the provision
of benefits to the displaced tenant.
(b) Any amounts paid by the local enforcement agency, except
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.4, and any applicable
penalties and actual costs may also be placed as a lien against the
property by the local enforcement agency by recording the lien in the
county recorder's office of the county in which the real property is
located.
(c) Any local enforcement agency that elects, at its own option
pursuant to subdivision (a), to advance relocation payments to
displaced tenants when the owner or designated agent fails, neglects,
or refuses to pay relocation payments to displaced tenants, shall
prior to instituting any action to collect from the owner or
designated agent relocation benefits paid pursuant to this section,
or to impose a lien therefor, send to the owner or designated agent
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the owner's address as shown
on the last equalized assessment roll, an itemized accounting of all
benefits paid by the local enforcement agency to the owner's
tenants, and any penalties or costs the local enforcement agency is
seeking to recover as authorized pursuant to subdivision (a). If the
owner or designated agent contends that not all of the benefits are
chargeable to the owner or designated agent because the recipients
were not displaced tenants, no benefits were payable pursuant to
Section 17975.4, or on other grounds, the owner or designated agent
shall submit a written appeal to the director of the local
enforcement agency within 20 days after receipt by the owner or
designated agent of the itemized accounting. The director, or the
director's designee, shall hold an administrative hearing for the
purpose of determining the amount of benefits paid that are
chargeable to the owner or designated agent, and any penalties or
costs the local enforcement agency may recover pursuant to
subdivision (a). The local enforcement agency shall provide an
administrative appeal process for any appeal of a decision of the
director or the director's designee. The final decision of the local
appellate body shall be subject to Section 1094.5 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. If the owner fails to obtain a more favorable
decision than that set forth in the itemized accounting, the owner or
designated agent shall be liable to the local enforcement agency for
the costs of the administrative hearing and appeal, not to exceed
five thousand dollars ($5,000). The failure to receive the itemized
accounting shall not relieve the owner of any obligation to the city
or county.
(d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the
local enforcement agency to pay any relocation benefits to any
tenant, or assume any obligation, requirement, or duty of the owner
pursuant to this article.
17975.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and
subdivision (a) of Section 17975.5, if there are fewer than 10 days
between the first posting and mailing of the order to vacate and the
vacation date, and if the local enforcement agency advances
relocation benefits to any tenants, prior to the expiration of the
10-day period, the owner shall not be required to reimburse the local
enforcement agency for a charge identified on the itemized
accounting described in subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 if the
owner contests the charge within 30 days after the itemized
accounting is mailed to the owner or designated agent pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5. The owner or designated agent
shall pay the charge that was the subject of the appeal pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 within 30 days after an adverse
decision by the director of the local enforcement agency on the
appeal is mailed to the owner.
17975.7. The remedies under this article are cumulative and in
addition to any other remedies available under federal, state, or
local law.
17975.8. Any order by a local agency that requires a tenant's
displacement and is issued to an owner, designated agent, or tenant,
shall be accompanied by a summary of the provisions of this article.
Failure to provide a summary shall not relieve any person of the
obligations imposed by this article.
17975.9. While it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
article to provide an expedient means by which to provide relocation
funds to tenants, nothing in this article shall be construed to
limit the rights available to owners, designated agents, or tenants
under any other provision of law. Furthermore, nothing in this
article shall be construed to deprive an owner of procedural due
process rights guaranteed by law, including, but not limited to, a
right to file a judicial action against a local enforcement agency
that has failed to proceed in a manner required by law.
17975.10. When seeking reimbursement under an optional local
program intended to advance relocation payments to displaced tenants
when the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to pay relocation payments
to displaced tenants pursuant to the provisions of this article, the
local code enforcement agency shall first explore the potential of
using funds from any available federally funded program that provides
tenant relocation assistance in cases of local code enforcement
activities.
17975. Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from
a residential rental unit as a result of an order to vacate or an
order requiring the vacation of a residential unit by a local
enforcement agency as a result of a violation so extensive and of
such a nature that the immediate health and safety of the residents
is endangered, shall be entitled to receive relocation benefits from
the owner as specified in this article. The local enforcement agency
shall determine the eligibility of tenants for benefits pursuant to
this article.
17975.1. (a) The relocation benefits required by this article shall
be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant within 10
days after the date that the order to vacate is first mailed to the
owner and posted on the premises, or at least 20 days prior to the
vacation date set forth in the order to vacate, whichever occurs
later.
(b) If there are fewer than 10 days between the first posting and
mailing of the order to vacate and the vacation date, the relocation
benefits shall be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant
within 24 hours after the notice is posted and mailed. The local
enforcement agency shall attempt to provide telephonic or written
notice to the owner to notify the owner that the benefits are payable
immediately. Failure to provide the notice as specified in this
section shall not relieve the owner of any obligations imposed by
this article.
(c) If a tenant is entitled to relocation benefits pursuant to
Section 17975, the local enforcement agency shall provide either
telephonic or written notice to the tenant of his or her entitlement
to the benefits. Written notice may be satisfied by posting a written
notice on the premises stating that tenants may be entitled to
relocation benefits.
17975.2. The relocation payment shall be made available by the
owner or designated agent to the tenant in each residential unit and
shall be a sum equal to two months of the established fair market
rent for the area as determined by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United
States Code.In addition, the relocation payment shall include an
amount, as determined by the local enforcement agency, sufficient for
utility service deposits. The relocation benefits shall be paid by
the owner or designated agent in addition to the return, as required
by law, of any security deposits held by the owner. The relocation
benefits shall be payable on a per residential unit basis.
17975.3. (a) Any owner or designated agent who does not make timely
payment as specified in Section 17975.1 shall be liable to the
tenant for an amount equal to 1 1/2 times the relocation benefits
payable pursuant to Section 17975.2.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply when relocation benefits are
payable fewer than 10 days after the date the order to vacate is
first mailed and posted on the premises, if the owner or designated
agent makes the payment no later than 10 days after the order is
first mailed and posted.
17975.4. (a) No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall
be payable to any tenant who has caused or substantially contributed
to the condition giving rise to the order to vacate, as determined by
the local enforcement agency, nor shall any relocation benefits be
payable to a tenant if any guest or invitee of the tenant has caused
or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to the
order to vacate, as determined by the local enforcement agency. The
local enforcement agency shall make the determination whether a
tenant, tenant's guest, or invitee caused or substantially
contributed to the condition, giving rise to the order to vacate at
the same time that the order to vacate the tenants is made.
(b) An owner or designated agent shall not be liable for
relocation benefits if the local enforcement agency determines that
the unit or structure became unsafe or hazardous as the result of a
fire, flood, earthquake, or other event beyond the control of the
owner or the designated agent and the owner or designated agent did
not cause or contribute to the condition.
(c) In the situations described in subdivisions (a) and (b), the
tenants of units within a multiunit structure who did not cause or
substantially contribute to the uninhabitable condition shall be
eligible for relocation benefits from the local enforcement agency
that elects at its discretion to pay relocation payments in
accordance with Section 17975.2 to those tenants.
(d) An owner or designated agent shall not be liable to make any
payment as prescribed by this section if the local enforcement agency
does not provide for an appeals process for the order to pay
relocation benefits.
17975.5. (a) If the owner or designated agent fails, neglects, or
refuses to pay relocation payments to a displaced tenant or a tenant
subject to displacement, except in the situations described in
Section 17975.4, the local enforcement agency may advance relocation
payments as specified in Section 17975.2. If the local enforcement
agency, pursuant to locally adopted policies, offers to advance
relocation payments in accordance with Section 17975.2, the local
enforcement agency shall be entitled to recover from the owner any
amount paid to a tenant pursuant to this section except payments made
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.4. The local
enforcement agency shall also be entitled to recover from the owner
or designated agent an additional amount equal to the sum of one-half
the amount so paid, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars
($10,000), as a penalty for failure to make timely payment to the
displaced tenant, and the local enforcement agency's actual costs,
including direct and indirect costs, of administering the provision
of benefits to the displaced tenant.
(b) Any amounts paid by the local enforcement agency, except
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.4, and any applicable
penalties and actual costs may also be placed as a lien against the
property by the local enforcement agency by recording the lien in the
county recorder's office of the county in which the real property is
located.
(c) Any local enforcement agency that elects, at its own option
pursuant to subdivision (a), to advance relocation payments to
displaced tenants when the owner or designated agent fails, neglects,
or refuses to pay relocation payments to displaced tenants, shall
prior to instituting any action to collect from the owner or
designated agent relocation benefits paid pursuant to this section,
or to impose a lien therefor, send to the owner or designated agent
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the owner's address as shown
on the last equalized assessment roll, an itemized accounting of all
benefits paid by the local enforcement agency to the owner's
tenants, and any penalties or costs the local enforcement agency is
seeking to recover as authorized pursuant to subdivision (a). If the
owner or designated agent contends that not all of the benefits are
chargeable to the owner or designated agent because the recipients
were not displaced tenants, no benefits were payable pursuant to
Section 17975.4, or on other grounds, the owner or designated agent
shall submit a written appeal to the director of the local
enforcement agency within 20 days after receipt by the owner or
designated agent of the itemized accounting. The director, or the
director's designee, shall hold an administrative hearing for the
purpose of determining the amount of benefits paid that are
chargeable to the owner or designated agent, and any penalties or
costs the local enforcement agency may recover pursuant to
subdivision (a). The local enforcement agency shall provide an
administrative appeal process for any appeal of a decision of the
director or the director's designee. The final decision of the local
appellate body shall be subject to Section 1094.5 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. If the owner fails to obtain a more favorable
decision than that set forth in the itemized accounting, the owner or
designated agent shall be liable to the local enforcement agency for
the costs of the administrative hearing and appeal, not to exceed
five thousand dollars ($5,000). The failure to receive the itemized
accounting shall not relieve the owner of any obligation to the city
or county.
(d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the
local enforcement agency to pay any relocation benefits to any
tenant, or assume any obligation, requirement, or duty of the owner
pursuant to this article.
17975.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and
subdivision (a) of Section 17975.5, if there are fewer than 10 days
between the first posting and mailing of the order to vacate and the
vacation date, and if the local enforcement agency advances
relocation benefits to any tenants, prior to the expiration of the
10-day period, the owner shall not be required to reimburse the local
enforcement agency for a charge identified on the itemized
accounting described in subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 if the
owner contests the charge within 30 days after the itemized
accounting is mailed to the owner or designated agent pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5. The owner or designated agent
shall pay the charge that was the subject of the appeal pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 within 30 days after an adverse
decision by the director of the local enforcement agency on the
appeal is mailed to the owner.
17975.7. The remedies under this article are cumulative and in
addition to any other remedies available under federal, state, or
local law.
17975.8. Any order by a local agency that requires a tenant's
displacement and is issued to an owner, designated agent, or tenant,
shall be accompanied by a summary of the provisions of this article.
Failure to provide a summary shall not relieve any person of the
obligations imposed by this article.
17975.9. While it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
article to provide an expedient means by which to provide relocation
funds to tenants, nothing in this article shall be construed to
limit the rights available to owners, designated agents, or tenants
under any other provision of law. Furthermore, nothing in this
article shall be construed to deprive an owner of procedural due
process rights guaranteed by law, including, but not limited to, a
right to file a judicial action against a local enforcement agency
that has failed to proceed in a manner required by law.
17975.10. When seeking reimbursement under an optional local
program intended to advance relocation payments to displaced tenants
when the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to pay relocation payments
to displaced tenants pursuant to the provisions of this article, the
local code enforcement agency shall first explore the potential of
using funds from any available federally funded program that provides
tenant relocation assistance in cases of local code enforcement
activities.
17975. Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from
a residential rental unit as a result of an order to vacate or an
order requiring the vacation of a residential unit by a local
enforcement agency as a result of a violation so extensive and of
such a nature that the immediate health and safety of the residents
is endangered, shall be entitled to receive relocation benefits from
the owner as specified in this article. The local enforcement agency
shall determine the eligibility of tenants for benefits pursuant to
this article.
17975.1. (a) The relocation benefits required by this article shall
be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant within 10
days after the date that the order to vacate is first mailed to the
owner and posted on the premises, or at least 20 days prior to the
vacation date set forth in the order to vacate, whichever occurs
later.
(b) If there are fewer than 10 days between the first posting and
mailing of the order to vacate and the vacation date, the relocation
benefits shall be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant
within 24 hours after the notice is posted and mailed. The local
enforcement agency shall attempt to provide telephonic or written
notice to the owner to notify the owner that the benefits are payable
immediately. Failure to provide the notice as specified in this
section shall not relieve the owner of any obligations imposed by
this article.
(c) If a tenant is entitled to relocation benefits pursuant to
Section 17975, the local enforcement agency shall provide either
telephonic or written notice to the tenant of his or her entitlement
to the benefits. Written notice may be satisfied by posting a written
notice on the premises stating that tenants may be entitled to
relocation benefits.
17975.2. The relocation payment shall be made available by the
owner or designated agent to the tenant in each residential unit and
shall be a sum equal to two months of the established fair market
rent for the area as determined by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development pursuant to Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United
States Code.In addition, the relocation payment shall include an
amount, as determined by the local enforcement agency, sufficient for
utility service deposits. The relocation benefits shall be paid by
the owner or designated agent in addition to the return, as required
by law, of any security deposits held by the owner. The relocation
benefits shall be payable on a per residential unit basis.
17975.3. (a) Any owner or designated agent who does not make timely
payment as specified in Section 17975.1 shall be liable to the
tenant for an amount equal to 1 1/2 times the relocation benefits
payable pursuant to Section 17975.2.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply when relocation benefits are
payable fewer than 10 days after the date the order to vacate is
first mailed and posted on the premises, if the owner or designated
agent makes the payment no later than 10 days after the order is
first mailed and posted.
17975.4. (a) No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall
be payable to any tenant who has caused or substantially contributed
to the condition giving rise to the order to vacate, as determined by
the local enforcement agency, nor shall any relocation benefits be
payable to a tenant if any guest or invitee of the tenant has caused
or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to the
order to vacate, as determined by the local enforcement agency. The
local enforcement agency shall make the determination whether a
tenant, tenant's guest, or invitee caused or substantially
contributed to the condition, giving rise to the order to vacate at
the same time that the order to vacate the tenants is made.
(b) An owner or designated agent shall not be liable for
relocation benefits if the local enforcement agency determines that
the unit or structure became unsafe or hazardous as the result of a
fire, flood, earthquake, or other event beyond the control of the
owner or the designated agent and the owner or designated agent did
not cause or contribute to the condition.
(c) In the situations described in subdivisions (a) and (b), the
tenants of units within a multiunit structure who did not cause or
substantially contribute to the uninhabitable condition shall be
eligible for relocation benefits from the local enforcement agency
that elects at its discretion to pay relocation payments in
accordance with Section 17975.2 to those tenants.
(d) An owner or designated agent shall not be liable to make any
payment as prescribed by this section if the local enforcement agency
does not provide for an appeals process for the order to pay
relocation benefits.
17975.5. (a) If the owner or designated agent fails, neglects, or
refuses to pay relocation payments to a displaced tenant or a tenant
subject to displacement, except in the situations described in
Section 17975.4, the local enforcement agency may advance relocation
payments as specified in Section 17975.2. If the local enforcement
agency, pursuant to locally adopted policies, offers to advance
relocation payments in accordance with Section 17975.2, the local
enforcement agency shall be entitled to recover from the owner any
amount paid to a tenant pursuant to this section except payments made
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.4. The local
enforcement agency shall also be entitled to recover from the owner
or designated agent an additional amount equal to the sum of one-half
the amount so paid, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars
($10,000), as a penalty for failure to make timely payment to the
displaced tenant, and the local enforcement agency's actual costs,
including direct and indirect costs, of administering the provision
of benefits to the displaced tenant.
(b) Any amounts paid by the local enforcement agency, except
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17975.4, and any applicable
penalties and actual costs may also be placed as a lien against the
property by the local enforcement agency by recording the lien in the
county recorder's office of the county in which the real property is
located.
(c) Any local enforcement agency that elects, at its own option
pursuant to subdivision (a), to advance relocation payments to
displaced tenants when the owner or designated agent fails, neglects,
or refuses to pay relocation payments to displaced tenants, shall
prior to instituting any action to collect from the owner or
designated agent relocation benefits paid pursuant to this section,
or to impose a lien therefor, send to the owner or designated agent
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the owner's address as shown
on the last equalized assessment roll, an itemized accounting of all
benefits paid by the local enforcement agency to the owner's
tenants, and any penalties or costs the local enforcement agency is
seeking to recover as authorized pursuant to subdivision (a). If the
owner or designated agent contends that not all of the benefits are
chargeable to the owner or designated agent because the recipients
were not displaced tenants, no benefits were payable pursuant to
Section 17975.4, or on other grounds, the owner or designated agent
shall submit a written appeal to the director of the local
enforcement agency within 20 days after receipt by the owner or
designated agent of the itemized accounting. The director, or the
director's designee, shall hold an administrative hearing for the
purpose of determining the amount of benefits paid that are
chargeable to the owner or designated agent, and any penalties or
costs the local enforcement agency may recover pursuant to
subdivision (a). The local enforcement agency shall provide an
administrative appeal process for any appeal of a decision of the
director or the director's designee. The final decision of the local
appellate body shall be subject to Section 1094.5 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. If the owner fails to obtain a more favorable
decision than that set forth in the itemized accounting, the owner or
designated agent shall be liable to the local enforcement agency for
the costs of the administrative hearing and appeal, not to exceed
five thousand dollars ($5,000). The failure to receive the itemized
accounting shall not relieve the owner of any obligation to the city
or county.
(d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the
local enforcement agency to pay any relocation benefits to any
tenant, or assume any obligation, requirement, or duty of the owner
pursuant to this article.
17975.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and
subdivision (a) of Section 17975.5, if there are fewer than 10 days
between the first posting and mailing of the order to vacate and the
vacation date, and if the local enforcement agency advances
relocation benefits to any tenants, prior to the expiration of the
10-day period, the owner shall not be required to reimburse the local
enforcement agency for a charge identified on the itemized
accounting described in subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 if the
owner contests the charge within 30 days after the itemized
accounting is mailed to the owner or designated agent pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5. The owner or designated agent
shall pay the charge that was the subject of the appeal pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 17975.5 within 30 days after an adverse
decision by the director of the local enforcement agency on the
appeal is mailed to the owner.
17975.7. The remedies under this article are cumulative and in
addition to any other remedies available under federal, state, or
local law.
17975.8. Any order by a local agency that requires a tenant's
displacement and is issued to an owner, designated agent, or tenant,
shall be accompanied by a summary of the provisions of this article.
Failure to provide a summary shall not relieve any person of the
obligations imposed by this article.
17975.9. While it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
article to provide an expedient means by which to provide relocation
funds to tenants, nothing in this article shall be construed to
limit the rights available to owners, designated agents, or tenants
under any other provision of law. Furthermore, nothing in this
article shall be construed to deprive an owner of procedural due
process rights guaranteed by law, including, but not limited to, a
right to file a judicial action against a local enforcement agency
that has failed to proceed in a manner required by law.
17975.10. When seeking reimbursement under an optional local
program intended to advance relocation payments to displaced tenants
when the owner fails, neglects, or refuses to pay relocation payments
to displaced tenants pursuant to the provisions of this article, the
local code enforcement agency shall first explore the potential of
using funds from any available federally funded program that provides
tenant relocation assistance in cases of local code enforcement
activities.
