Title
Provide Direction to Staff Regarding Certain Elements of a Proposed Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance. (City Manager 2110)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Provide Direction to Staff Regarding Certain Elements of a Proposed Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance
BACKGROUND
On January 5, 2016, the City Council considered three ordinances concerning rent review/rent stabilization and other tenant protections. While the City Council did not move forward with introducing any of the ordinances on first reading, it did provide staff with direction on a number of items ranging from protecting tenants from rapidly increasing rents and limiting the grounds for eviction to provisions addressing enforcement, penalties, annual reports to the Council and sunsetting of the ordinance. Based on the direction received, staff stated that it would return to the City Council on February 16, 2016, with proposed permanent legislation to replace the current moratorium ordinance.
As part of its preparation of the ordinance to be considered by the Council, staff has drafted a "Principles of Agreement Concerning a Proposed Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protection Ordinance" (Principles of Agreement) attached as Exhibit 1. The Principles of Agreement is based on staff's notes, as well as the minutes provided by the City Clerk, and reflects staff's best understanding of the items on which the City Council reached consensus.
However, there are several issues that were discussed at the January 5 meeting for which consensus was not achieved but are important components of any rent stabilization and tenant protection ordinance. Therefore, staff is requesting that the City Council provide it with direction on the specific issues identified in the Discussion section of the staff report.
DISCUSSION
Staff is requesting direction on the issues discus...
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