Bakersfield follows California AB 1482 relocation rules. Tenants displaced by a no-fault eviction receive one month's rent in direct relocation assistance or an equivalent waiver of the final month's rent.
California Civil Code 1946.2(d) requires landlords using no-fault just cause under AB 1482 to provide relocation assistance equal to one month of the tenant's contract rent. The landlord may either pay the tenant directly within 15 days of serving the termination notice or waive the final month's rent in writing in the same notice. The choice belongs to the landlord, but failure to make either election within the deadline renders the notice void. Bakersfield has not enacted a local relocation ordinance that exceeds this baseline. Tenants displaced by Ellis Act-style market withdrawals or government orders may have additional state-law remedies, but local supplemental relocation pay does not currently apply here.
Skipping relocation entirely, failing to specify the election in the notice, or paying after the 15-day deadline can void the eviction and create damages liability for the landlord.
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