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REPORT - REFERENDUM PETITION AGAINST ORDINANCE NO. 4072 (Rent Stabilization and Other Tenant Protections Ordinance)
BACKGROUND: On September 26, 2016, a timely Referendum Petition was filed with the City Clerk challenging portions of Ordinance No. 4072, establishing rent stabilization, eviction control and other residential tenant protections in Santa Rosa. The Petition challenged all provisions of the Ordinance except the provision of the Ordinance that repealed both the 90-day moratorium on rent increases (which took effect on July 7, 2016) and the Just Cause Eviction Ordinance (which took effect on September 16, 2016). Both of those earlier ordinances have now been repealed.
On September 26, 2016, the City Clerk submitted the petition to the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office (ROV) for a prima facie review, signature verification, and final count.
On December 21, 2016, the ROV submitted to the City Clerk its determination that the Petition contained a sufficient number of ...
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