What: How the City's code compliance office enforces nuisance and property maintenance codes, certifies rentals and monitors vacant blighted properties.
Where it stands: Briefed to the Public Safety Committee on 2026-09-22; no action requested.
Next: Staff to share response-rate data on blight monitoring; a City mediator position is planned.
Details
About 9,100 cases a year, 59% from proactive inspections; four nuisance inspectors.
Rental certification: 14-day verbal order to comply; six-, four- or two-year certificates depending on compliance; over 90% of rentals certified (14,148 buildings).
Unpaid compliance fees go through invoices and a special assessment roll, with an appeal before becoming a lien.
A hoarding task force and a community liaison position (full time since 2025) connect owners to repair and support services; the Housing Commission reserved five vouchers for tenants displaced by condemnation.
Sources
Public Safety Committee 2026-09-22, YouTube auto-generated captions.