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Adoption of Resolution Calling an Election to be Consolidated with the City's Next General Municipal Election on November 8, 2016, and Submitting to the Voters at That Election a Measure, the Rent Stabilization Act, that Proposes to Have the Voters Confirm Ordinance 3148, which Amended the Alameda Municipal Code by (a) Adding Article XV to Chapter VI Concerning (1) Review of Rent Increases Applicable to Certain Rental Units and (2) Limitations on Evictions and the Payment of Relocation Assistance Applicable to All Rental Units; (B) Amending Section 2-23.4 Concerning the Duties of the Rent Review Advisory Committee and (c) Suspending Article XIV of Chapter VI in Its Entirety; and
Consider Authoring a Direct and Possible Rebuttal Argument. (City Clerk 2220)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Adopt a Resolution Calling an Election to be Consolidated with the City's Next General Municipal Election on November 8, 2016, and Submitting to the Voters at That Election a Measure, the Rent Stabilization Act, that Proposes to Have the Voters Confirm Ordinance 3148, which Amended the Alameda Municipal Code by (a) Adding Article XV to Chapter VI Concerning (1) Review of Rent Increases Applicable to Certain Rental Units and (2) Limitations on Evictions and the Payment of Relocation Assistance Applicable to All Rental Units; (B) Amending Section 2-23.4 Concerning the Duties of the Rent Review Advisory Committee and (c) Suspending Article XIV of Chapter VI in Its Entirety; and Consider Authoring a Direct and Possible Rebuttal Argument
BACKGROUND
On March 1, 2016, the Council adopted the Rent Stabilization and Limitation on Evictions Ordinance (Ordinance 3148), which, among other tenant protection matters, (a) limits residential rent increases to once annually, (b) requires the Rent Review Advisory Committee (RRAC) to review all residential rent increases above 5%, (c) limits reasons for terminating tenancie...
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