On Tuesday, February 9, 2021, the Marin County Board of Supervisors approved an urgency Ordinance enacting a temporary moratorium on rent increases for tenants residing in certain residential units and in census tracts most disproportionately impacted by, or at risk of, COVID-19. In the unincorporated areas of Marin, this would apply to census tracts 1290 (Marin City) and 1330 (West Marin, including Dillon Beach, Tomales, Marshall, Point Reyes Station, Nicasio and areas of unincorporated Novato), and would be in effect from February 9, 2021 until December 31, 2021.
The City of San Rafael approved an urgency Ordinance in census tracts 1122.01 and 1122.02 (Canal neighborhood). Additionally, the City of Novato approved an urgency Ordinance to be applied to census tracts 1022.03, 1032 and 1042. More recently, on June 8, 2021, the Town of San Anselmo approved an urgency ordinance prohibiting rent increases for tenants that provide a Declaration Form under AB 832, in place until December 31, 2021.
You can use this searchable map to determine if an address is located in one of the identified areas with a rent freeze ordinance.
