"Can we please find out what is the status of the issuing of the money that the council voted for to enforce our tenant protections?" she asked.

The problem has been because of a lack of resources, said Michele Byrd, director of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department. The council pushed the city Tuesday night to find a group that could manage that pot of money, which is supposed to be used for education and outreach services for tenants to learn their rights -- a major systemic failure for Oaklanders being displaced, according to housing advocates.

The early-morning vote also doesn't solve another major problem -- a state law known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act that exempts about 40 percent of Oakland’s rental stock from the moratorium, according to Mayor Libby Schaaf, who spoke on KQED's Forum yesterday. The units exempt from the moratorium include newer rentals, including single-family homes and condos.

Oakland has seen rents rise 40 percent over the last 12 months for vacant available units, Schaaf said.

Wayne Rowland, president of the East Bay Rental Housing Association, said these are the units that are driving up market rents, not the rentals subject to the moratorium.

"It’s a little disingenuous to use the market-rate rents of 40 to 50 percent increase and turn around and put a freeze on units that are already pretty well controlled by the rent ordinance," Rowland said.

Property owners subject to the moratorium can raise rent on units under rent stabilization laws by a value tied to the Consumer Price Index, which is currently under 2 percent.

The moratorium would be extended to two- and three-unit owner-occupied buildings, which would increase coverage to about 60 percent of Oakland’s housing stock, Schaaf said.

But the moratorium does allow a landlord to petition for a fair rent increase. Landlord Alan Reinke was one of many who spoke against the moratorium. He said there’s a much bigger problem that needs to be dealt with.

"Frankly, I think you should find a way to create more affordable housing, and do it quickly, but that’s going to take money. Good luck," Reinke said.

Adam Grossberg contributed to this report.