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The Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday decided against pursuing a rent control policy, opting instead to examine alternative approaches to the city’s housing shortage.
Santa Barbara will now take a closer look at policies including enhanced mediation and rental inspections. The council also wants a task force to study a potential just-cause eviction ordinance, however, council members expressed reservations about the policy.
After the California Apartment Association qualified a referendum on Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance, the City Council on Tuesday decided to put the issue before voters in a June 6 special election.
The council had two other options: to repeal the law or place it before voters in November 2018.
After hearing from the California Apartment Association, the Menlo Park City Council has unanimously declined to study rent control and just-cause eviction policies.
Instead, the council Tuesday agreed to study nearly 15 policies and programs to increase housing supply, help low-income families obtain affordable units, and develop a rental housing best-practices program for owners.
The California Apartment Association today filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of Richmond’s rent control law.
The lawsuit, accessible here, alleges that Richmond’s rent control ordinance, approved by voters as Measure L, violates state and federal laws in several ways.
CAA also requested a temporary restraining order to halt enforcement of the measure.
Rent rollbacks and other new requirements won’t take effect Dec. 23
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge today agreed with CAA’s request to halt implementation of Mountain View’s new rent control law, also known as Measure V.
Following a legal challenge from the California Apartment Association, the judge approved a temporary restraining order preventing the city from implementing the rent control law pending hearings and subsequent court rulings in early 2017.
The California Apartment Association has prepared compliance information on the rent control laws approved by voters in Mountain View and Richmond in the Nov. 8 election. While the laws will likely face legal challenges, it’s important that property owners and managers understand the sweeping changes that voters approved.
Use the links below to access the compliance papers.
Mountain View’s Measure V
Richmond’s Measure L
If you own property in Mountain View and planned on evicting a problem tenant, put those plans on hold.
On Tuesday morning, the City Council approved an urgency just-cause eviction ordinance — and it took effect immediately.
Despite aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction policies in Mountain View has won passage at the ballot box.
Ballots cast to approve Measure V garnered 53 percent of the vote. All told, five Bay Area cities had measures on the Nov. 8 ballot asking voters whether to approve rent control. As in Mountain View, Richmond voters approved the policy, while voters in Alameda, Burlingame and San Mateo rejected it.
Despite aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond has won passage at the ballot box.
Ballots cast to approve Measure L garnered 64 percent of the vote. Other Bay Area cities with rent control on the Nov. 8 ballot included Alameda, Burlingame, Mountain View and San Mateo.