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REPORT - URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10-44.040 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON RENTAL HOUSING PRICE GOUGING THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 2018
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. Soon thereafter, 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 tenant evictions. By its own terms, the Ordinance remained in effect until April 18, 2018.
This urgency ordinance would amend Section 10-44.040 to extend the term of the prohibition on rental housing price gouging and the restrictions on tenant evictions through Dece...
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