Several new rules designed to protect tenants in unincorporated Sonoma County from eviction will take effect in January. On Tuesday, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted to approve an ordinance, which applies to tenants in multi-family housing. The new rules will limit evictions after a state of emergency has been declared and increase relocation benefits for renters who have been evicted. Another rule will limit evictions for nonpayment of a month’s rent, unless a tenant is unable to pay rent more than two times in a year. Evictions must also be based on certain state requirements, like nonpayment, lease violations or criminal offenses. Landlords of both single-family and multi-family units will also have to notify the county about evictions.