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REPORT - URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-44.040 OF THE CITY CODE TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING FOR THE DURATION OF THE CITY’S PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO FIRES
BACKGROUND: Beginning on the evening of October 8, 2017, and continuing for days thereafter, a series of wildfire events damaged or destroyed thousands of residential and commercial structures within the City of Santa Rosa. On October 9, 2017, the City Manager proclaimed the existence of a local emergency. That proclamation was ratified by the City Council on October 13, 2017 and remains in effect to this day.
Soon after the wildfires swept through the region, City officials were alerted to price gouging in rental housing within the City. To address this issue, the Council adopted Urgency Ordinance ORD-2017-020 adding Chapter 10-44 to the City Code. The Ordinance established a temporary prohibition on rental housing price gouging as well as temporary restrictions on ...
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