At last night’s Sebastopol City Council meeting, the council adopted a just-cause eviction and relocation assistance ordinance that would apply to Woodmark and four other large, affordable-housing complexes in town. The ordinance will slow, though likely not stop, the removal of Woodmark’s current tenants and would require the developer to pay significant relocation assistance.
Mayor Stephen Zollman, Councilmember Sandra Maurer and Councilmember Phill Carter were present for the Nov. 4 Sebastopol City Council meeting. Vice Mayor Jill McLewis attended via Zoom. Councilmember Neysa Hinton was absent.
The council actually adopted two ordinances: an urgency ordinance that would go into effect immediately and, as a backstop, a traditional ordinance that would go into effect around Dec. 18…