REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Fred A. Wilson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Antonia Graham, Assistant to the City Manager
Subject:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2018-50 opposing the Local Rent Control Initiative of 2018 as recommended by the Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IRC)
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Statement of Issue:
On July 25, 2018, the Intergovernmental Relations Committee met and members recommended that the City take a position on Proposition 10 Local Rent Control Initiative of 2018 which will appear on the November 2018 ballot.
Financial Impact:
There is no fiscal impact.
Recommended Action:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2018-50, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach Opposing the Local Rent Control Initiative of 2018."
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Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt the resolution and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
On July 25, 2018, the Intergovernmental Relations Committee comprised of Mayor Mike Posey, Mayor Pro Tem Erik Peterson, and Council Member Lyn Semeta, met and discussed pending legislation and November 2018 ballot measures. The Committee voted unanimously to take an Oppose position on Proposition 10 in the form of a Council Resolution.
Proposition 10 is an initiated State statute that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Costa-Hawkins), thus allowing local governments to adopt rent control ordinances - regulations that govern how much landlords can charge tenants for renting apartments and houses. Proposition 10 would also state that a local government's rent control ordinance shall not abridge a fair rate of return for landlords.
Costa-Hawkins is a State statute that limits the use of rent control in California and provides that cities cannot enact rent control on: (a) housing first occupied after February 1, 1995; and, (b) housing units where the title is separate from connected units, such as condominiums and townhouses....
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