Evictions from Earthquake-Damaged Buildings

                           RENT CONTROL BOARD
               EVICTIONS FROM EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDINGS

  9009  Evictions   Pursuant  to   1806(a)   and  (b)   -   Earthquake
           Emergency


  (a) Numerous residential  rent controlled  buildings and  units in the
           City of Santa Monica have been substantially damaged due to the
           January 17, 1994  Northridge Earthquake  and its aftershocks.
           These buildings  and units  have  been posted  by  the City's
           building  inspectors   with   notices   of   uninhabitability
           prohibiting entry  ("red  tags") or  limiting  entry ("yellow
           tags").  Red- and yellow-tagged buildings may not be occupied.

  (b) The Board  finds that  the determination by  the City  that a unit
           is not habitable by  virtue of a  red or yellow  tag is prima
           facie evidence of its uninhabitability pursuant to Civil Code
           Section 1941, et seq.

  (c) Therefore,  any  tenant of  a  rental  unit that  has  been deemed
           uninhabitable by the City of Santa Monica by virtue of a red or
           yellow tag shall not be evicted for failure to pay rent due on
           or after January 17, 1994, pursuant to Sections 1806(a) and (b)
           of the Charter (as it relates to any obligation or covenant to
           pay rent) during  any period in  which the red  or yellow tag
           remains in effect.

   [9009 Adopted 1/27/94;