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REPORT - DIRECTION TO PREPARE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE AND ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY RENT MORATORIUM ORDINANCE
BACKGROUND: The Council has initiated a program to review and summarize rent stabilization programs in California, including options for the implementation of Mediation/Arbitration, Just Cause for Eviction and Rent Stabilization in Santa Rosa. A presentation of these program options was made to the Council on January 26, 2016.
On March 31, 2016, the Rent Stabilization Council Subcommittee considered six tenant protection options, eventually recommending adoption of limited rent stabilization with a companion rent moratorium. The subcommittee also discussed several options for implementation, which should be considered by the City Council.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Rent Stabilization Subcommittee of the City Council, on a 2-1 vote (Schwedhelm voting no), that the Council direct Staff to prepare a “limited” rent stabilization ordinance which would also includ...
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