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Recommendation to Accept Certificate of Sufficiency for an Initiative Entitled A Proposed Charter Amendment to Establish Rent Control, a Rent Control Board, and Regulate Termination of Tenancies;
Adoption of Resolution Calling an Election in the City of Alameda on November 8, 2016, for the Purpose of Submitting to the Electors an Initiative Entitled A Proposed Charter Amendment to Establish Rent Control, a Rent Control Board, and Regulate Termination of Tenancies;
Provide Direction to Staff on Whether the City Council Wants to Place a City Sponsored Charter Amendment on the November 8, 2016 Ballot; and
Consider Adoption of Resolution Revising the 2016 Regular City Council Meeting Dates to Add August 8, 2016. (City Clerk 2220)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
Re: Recommendation to Accept Certificate of Sufficiency for an Initiative Entitled A Proposed Charter Amendment to Establish Rent Control, a Rent Control Board, and Regulate Termination of Tenancies;
Adoption of Resolution Calling an Election in the City of Alameda on November 8, 2016, for the Purpose of Submitting to the Electors an Initiative Entitled A Proposed Charter Amendment to Establish Rent Control, a Rent Control Board, and Regulate Termination of Tenancies;
Provide Direction to Staff on Whether the City Council Wants to Place a City Sponsored Charter Amendment on the November 8, 2016 Ballot; and
Consider Adoption of Resolution Revising the 2016 Regular City Council Meeting Dates to Add August 8, 2016
BACKGROUND
A Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition to amend the Alameda City Charter was filed in the Office of the City Clerk on February 29, 2016. The Notice of Intent and text of the measure of the Initiative titled: A Proposed Charter Amendment to Establish Rent Control, a Rent Control Board, and Regulate Termination of Tenancies (Renters' Initiative) is attached (Exhibit 1). The City Attorne...
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