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The Sebastopol City Council on Tuesday will vote on a temporary rent control measure that would take effect immediately upon approval.
To pass, the Urgency Rent Moratorium Ordinance requires approval from four out of five council members.
The California Apartment Association urges its members in Sebastopol to voice their opposition to this draconian housing policy at the Nov. 1 meeting. See the agenda here.
It is critical that the City Council understand that:
Rent control isn’t an affordable housing program; it will not build one new unit of housing nor will it bring rents down.
Most renters in Sebastopol would… Read More
Tagged: Rent Control North Bay
Political mailers that highlight criticism of rent control as noted by the Legislative Analyst’s Office do not violate the Fair Political Practices Act, a state agency concluded this week.
The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission said it found no evidence of campaign violations, concluding that the mailers appear to be “properly identified as coming from the California Apartment Association Issues Committee.”
Tenant advocates filed a complaint with the FPPC after the CAA Issues Committee published campaign literature detailing the LAO’s conclusion that rent control doesn’t work.
The mailers are intended to inform the electorate of the LAO’s misgivings about rent… Read More
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After confirming the success of a signature-gathering effort to stop Santa Rosa rent control, election officials now say they certified the petition prematurely and need to conduct a hand count of signatures.
On Oct. 14, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters confirmed that petitioners had collected the necessary 8,485 signatures to qualify a referendum on Santa Rosa’s rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance.
The Redwood City Council steered clear of a proposal for temporary rent control Monday during a joint study session with the city’s Housing and Human Concerns Committee.
Tagged: Rent Control Tri-County
A petition to overturn rent control in Santa Rosa collected enough valid signatures from voters to bring the city’s ordinance to a halt, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters has confirmed.
On Friday, Oct. 14, election officials certified that 9,355 valid signatures had been collected, more than the 8,485 signatures required to stop the city’s rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance.
Council also looking at just-cause eviction, immediate rent moratorium
The Sebastopol City Council on Tuesday began what is likely to be a lengthy conversation regarding rent control and just-cause eviction policies.
At the Oct. 18, 2016, meeting, the council asked city staff to bring back some “options” for preserving affordable housing and preventing tenant displacement, including rent control and just cause.
The San Mateo Daily Journal this morning editorialized against rent control initiatives in San Mateo and Burlingame.
The newspaper’s editorial board urges voters to reject the introduction of rent control, just-cause-for-eviction policies and costly rent boards in both cities. The editorial board had met with the California Apartment Association before publishing this morning’s piece.
The California Apartment Association is closely monitoring increased activity by tenant activists in San Diego following a string of media reports about rising rents in the area.
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On talk radio this week, the CEO of the California Apartment Association and a Stanford University law professor faced off in an hour-long debate over the rent control measures going before voters in the November election.
The debate featured CAA’s Tom Bannon and Juliet Brodie, director at the Stanford Community Law Clinic.
KQED’s Michael Kransy moderated the discussion. Visit this page to stream the show.
Also this week, Bannon discussed housing issues on Capitol Public Radio and on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles.
A signature-gathering effort is preventing Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance from taking effect, at least for now.
The city was set to implement permanent rent control and just-cause-for-eviction measures Friday, Sept. 30, however, a referendum effort has placed implementation of the policies on hold.