(a) The legislative body shall not approve a final map for a subdivision to be created from the conversion of residential real property into a condominium project, a community apartment project, or a stock cooperative project, unless it finds as follows:

(1) Each tenant of the proposed condominium, community apartment project, or stock cooperative project, and each person applying for the rental of a unit in the residential real property, has received or will have received all applicable notices and rights now or hereafter required by this chapter or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 66451).

(2) Each of the tenants of the proposed condominium, community apartment project, or stock cooperative project has received or will receive each of the following notices:

(A) Written notification, pursuant to Section 66452.18, of intention to convert, provided at least 60 days prior to the filing of a tentative map pursuant to Section 66452.

(B) Ten days’ written notification that an application for a public report will be, or has been, submitted to the Bureau of Real Estate, that the period for each tenant’s right to purchase begins with the issuance of the final public report, and that the report will be available on request.

(C) Written notification that the subdivider has received the public report from the Bureau of Real Estate. This notice shall be provided within five days after the date that the subdivider receives the public report from the Bureau of Real Estate.

(D) Written notification within 10 days after approval of a final map for the proposed conversion.

(E) One hundred eighty days’ written notice of intention to convert, provided prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed conversion pursuant to Section 66452.19, but not before the local authority has approved a tentative map for the conversion. The notice given pursuant to this paragraph shall not alter or abridge the rights or obligations of the parties in performance of their covenants, including, but not limited to, the provision of services, payment of rent, or the obligations imposed by Sections 1941, 1941.1, and 1941.2 of the Civil Code.

(F) Notice of an exclusive right to contract for the purchase of his or her respective unit upon the same terms and conditions that the unit will be initially offered to the general public or terms more favorable to the tenant pursuant to Section 66452.20. The exclusive right to purchase shall commence on the date the subdivision public report is issued, as provided in Section 11018.2 of the Business and Professions Code, and shall run for a period of not less than 90 days, unless the tenant gives prior written notice of his or her intention not to exercise the right.

(b) The written notices to tenants required by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall be deemed satisfied if those notices comply with the legal requirements for service by mail.

(c) This section shall not diminish, limit, or expand, other than as provided in this section, the authority of any city, county, or city and county to approve or disapprove condominium projects.

(d) If a rental agreement was negotiated in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean, all required written notices regarding the conversion of residential real property into a condominium project, a community apartment project, or a stock cooperative project shall be issued in that language.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 313. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)