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At their Aug. 1 meeting, members of the Burlingame City Council expressed serious misgivings about the rent control initiative going before voters in November. The video above highlights some of their concerns.
The Burlingame City Council has filed the primary ballot argument against the rent control measure going before voters on the November ballot.
All five members of the council signed the document, released Friday, Aug. 19. Authored by Councilman Michael Brownrigg, the argument urges a no vote on the Burlingame Community Protection Ordinance, which will appear before voters as Measure R.
“While maintaining a varied housing stock is… Read More
Despite vigorous opposition from CAA and the Santa Rosa business community, housing providers in the city are facing rent control for the long haul.
After imposing the policy on a temporary basis, the City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 16, voted 4-2 to keep it in place.
In May, the Santa Rosa council approved a moratorium on rent increases over 3 percent on pre-1995 multifamily housing. The council’s vote Tuesday, after a first reading, is positioned to extend the rent cap indefinitely.
Assuming the ordinance is ratified after a second reading Aug. 30, it would take effect Sept. 30.
The ordinance,… Read More
The California Apartment Association has updated its local compliance brochure for San Jose’s rent control ordinance, which the city made stricter effective this summer. Updates to CAA’s “Guide to Rent Control in San Jose” reflect lower maximum annual rent increases on rent-controlled units, an interim change that could become permanent.
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The Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday, Aug. 16, will review ordinances intended to impose permanent rent control and just-cause eviction policies on the city’s rental housing providers.
Currently, certain Santa Rosa housing providers are subject to a rent increase moratorium until Oct. 4, 2016. If rent control passes a “first reading” on Aug. 16, and is adopted on Aug. 30, a continual and permanent 3 percent cap on annual rent increases will be in effect beginning Sept. 29, 2016. View the draft ordinance here.
Although Santa Rosa voted to pass a just-cause for eviction ordinance on July 19, the… Read More
Following mandates under the state election code, city councils for San Mateo and Burlingame on Monday voted to place rent control on their respective ballots in the November election.
As reported last month at caanet.org, election officials had confirmed that rent control advocates in San Mateo collected the 7,119 signatures required to place the initiative before voters. As required by state law, the City Council voted to place the issue on the Nov. 8 ballot.
If passed by voters, the charter amendment would implement San Francisco-style rent control in the city and create a rent board with no accountability to… Read More
At Glendale City Hall, the idea of pursuing rent control to increase housing affordability has received a chilly reception.
During a public meeting July 26, City Council members agreed that rent control isn’t a good option, reflecting opinions in a report from the Housing Department.
“While rent control/rent stabilization programs can have tremendous symbolic value, they have generally proven costly to administer, undermined by existing state law, and do not necessarily achieve the goal of housing affordability,” a report from the city’s Housing Department says.
Instead of instituting rent control, the city’s housing department suggests that the council consider other… Read More
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The number of cities with rent control measures going on the November ballot continued to grow this week as election officials certified an initiative in San Mateo.
Tenant advocates in San Mateo had turned in more than 11,000 signatures in support of rent control and just-cause eviction policies. To qualify, 7,119 valid signatures were required.
Other Bay Area cities where rent control measures have qualified for the November election include Richmond, Alameda and Mountain View. Election officials are still reviewing a ballot measure proposed for Burlingame.
The California Apartment Association is committed to defeating rent control proposals wherever they arise.… Read More
The California Apartment Association urges its members to attend a workshop on rent control next week in Concord.
The city of Concord is presenting this public event, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at the Concord Senior Center, 2727 Parkside Circle.
The workshop will include a panel discussion on rent control for elected officials, city staff and the community.
Speakers will provide an overview of rental conditions within Concord, as well as the greater Bay Area.
The panel will include representatives from both CAA and Tenants Together. Kenneth Baar, renowned expert on rent control and author of… Read More
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Update: A permanent rent control and just-cause eviction measure are now on the Aug. 16 agenda for the council’s consideration.
Although Santa Rosa passed a just-cause for eviction ordinance Tuesday night, the council failed to garner the five votes needed to enact the ordinance immediately.
Facing opposition from the California Apartment Association, an effort to impose the policy on the city’s entire rental housing stock also fell short.
Just-cause policies require rental property owners to prove “cause” in court or before a political body every time they need to remove a problem resident.
Lacking the needed support for an urgency… Read More
The California Apartment Association is preparing to fight a rent control and just-cause eviction measure that qualified this week for the November ballot in Richmond.
The Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters on Tuesday, July 12, certified that rent control proponents collected a sufficient number of valid signatures to place the measure before voters in the general election.
The measure includes rent control based on the consumer price index, as well as a just-cause-for-eviction provision.
“Rent control is a failed policy that doesn’t work and provides little, if any, relief to the low-income families who need the so-called benefits of… Read More