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SR 01-23-2024 10B
City Council Report City Council Meeting: January 23, 2024 Agenda Item: 10.B 1 of 19 To: Mayor and City Council From: Douglas Sloan, City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Administration Subject: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Amending the City’s Tenant Protection Laws and Discussion of Potential Resolution for Charter Amendments for additional Tenant Protections Recommended Actions Staff recommends that the City Council: 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; 2. Introduce for first reading an ordinance amending the City’s Tenant Protection Code, Housing Anti-Discrimination Code, Tenant Harassment Code, and Tenant Buyout Agreements Code; and 3. Consider directing staff to draft a Resolution to amend the City Charter related to tenant protections, including, but not limited to amendments to Chapters 18 and 23 of the City Charter, which govern just causes for eviction from rent controlled and non-rent-controlled units respectively. Executive Summary There are five categories of amendments to the Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) to protect Santa Monica renters from evictions and housing instability. The first amendment would amend the Tenant Protection Code (Chapter 4.27 of the SMMC) by providing that a tenant who receives a bad faith excessive rent increase, imposed with the intent of influencing the tenant to vacate to get around a just cause eviction requirement, has a defense to any eviction based on a failure to pay that bad faith rent increase. 10.B Packet Pg. 336 2 of 19 The second series of amendments would amend the Housing Anti-Discrimination Code (Chapter 4.28 of the SMMC) by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a tenant’s housing status, including a history of homelessness or lack of residential rental history. The amendments would also strengthen existing laws on source of income discrimination by explicitly prohibiting a landlord from refusing to make basic repairs required to participate in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The third series of amendments would amend the Tenant Relocation Code (Chapter 4.36 of the SMMC) to allow tenants facing constructive eviction to receive permanent relocation financial assistance, to minimize the disruption of an involuntary move. The amendments address constructive evictions that occur as a result of a large rent increase when a unit is not subject to rent control, prolonged temporary relocation, tenant harassment, or a unit that cannot be made habitable or cannot be permitted for residential use. The fourth series of amendments would amend the Tenant Harassment Code (Chapter 4.56 of the SMMC). These amendments would clarify and expand the types of actions that constitute harassment when done in bad faith, including using self-help to evict a tenant, refusing to accept rent payments, imposing excessive or unlawful rent increases, and retaliation. The amendments would also provide two additional examples of prohibited coercion and intimidation, namely refusing to cooperate with a tenant’s request to lawfully replace a departed occupant with a new subtenant on a one-for-one basis, and repeatedly offering to buy a tenant out after having been informed the tenant does not want to be bought out. Finally, the amendments would also increase the maximum potential penalty that can be awarded by a court from $10,000 per violation to $20,000, to keep up with inflation and remain a meaningful deterrent. The fifth series of amendments would amend laws relating to tenant buyout agreements (currently codified at SMMC 4.56.050), by extending those protections to tenants exempt from rent control but subject to local just cause eviction protections, requiring that any buyout agreement reached be for at least the amount required by the Tenant Relocation Code, and providing that a landlord’s failure to file a buyout agreement with 10.B Packet Pg. 337 3 of 19 the City may be raised by the tenant as a defense to an eviction based on that agreement. Discussion According to reporting on data released by the Judicial Council of California, the years- long downward trend in eviction filings reversed last year with the lifting of pandemic-era restrictions. CalMatters, Across California, eviction cases have returned to—or surpassed—pre-pandemic levels (Nov. 21, 2023). The average number of evictions filed in Los Angeles County from January through August 2023 was 17% higher than the average number filed each month in 2019. According to reporting in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles County was on track to see 46,000 eviction cases filed in 2023—an increase of more than a 10,000 cases from 2022, and more evictions filed in any year since 2016. L.A. Times, L.A. eviction cases rose significantly this year. But it’s not all bad news for renters (Dec. 28, 2023). Information reported to the City Attorney’s Office since 2021 confirms this trend. Landlords reported to the City Attorney’s Office a total of 19 evictions filed in 2021, 25 evictions filed in 2022, and at least 67 evictions filed in 2023. While these reported numbers are likely under-representative of the total number of Santa Monica evictions filed, because some landlords are not aware of or choose not to follow the requirement to file eviction documents with the City Attorney’s Office, these data are consistent with the publicly reported data confirming landlords filing more evictions as pandemic-era restrictions end. The data on eviction filings reported publicly and to the City Attorney’s Office also does not account for the large number of evictions that occur outside of the legal process, whether as a result voluntary agreements to move out, unsustainable rent levels, or tenant harassment. The Los Angeles Times reported on December 28, 2023 that Daniel Yukelson, Executive Director of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles stated that most owners try to address eviction issues with tenants outside of court, include offering tenants buyout agreements. 10.B Packet Pg. 338 4 of 19 In light of information demonstrating an increase in tenants facing eviction and pressures to move, on August 22, 2023, City Council directed that the City Attorney and City Manager draft an ordinance to present to Council adopting additional renter protections including but not limited to: a) limiting evictions for non-payment of rent less than the amount of one month’s rent; b) requiring relocation assistance for rent increases that exceed the lesser of (1) the Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers, plus five percent, or (2) ten percent; c) a requirement that any “buyout” agreement payment reached between landlord and tenant be at least the minimum relocation required under City law for a no- fault eviction; and d) requiring that buyout agreements reached between landlord and tenant must be registered with the City of Santa Monica and the lack of a registration shall amount to an affirmative defense in any unlawful detainer proceeding. Staff has drafted an ordinance described below, and recommends Council adopt a resolution for the November 2024 ballot to limit certain types of evictions in the City Charter. A. New Eviction Protection Against Excessive Rent Increases: SMMC Chapter 4.27.090 The purpose of this protection is to ensure that landlords cannot circumvent just cause for eviction protections by imposing an excessive rent increase to an amount above market rate. There are many rental units that are covered by just cause protections but exempt from any rent restrictions, including single family homes, condominiums, and non-restricted apartments built within the last fifteen years. For these units, an excessive rent increase could be used as a bad faith workaround where a landlord cannot establish a just cause or does not want to meet the requirements for just cause, such as longer notice periods to remove a unit from the rental market or not being able to evict during the school year. The landlord can simply raise rent to an amount no tenant can afford and then move to evict for nonpayment if the tenant does not pay. 10.B Packet Pg. 339 5 of 19 A new section would be added to Chapter 4.27 to create an affirmative defense to a nonpayment eviction for units that are not rent controlled, where a landlord imposes a bad faith excessive rent increase to an amount substantially more than market rates for comparable units, with the intent to influence the tenant to vacate through fraud, intimidation, or coercion. The proposed language provides that evidence of bad faith includes but is not limited to: (1) imposing a rent increase within six months of an unsuccessful just cause eviction attempt; (2) imposing a rent increase within six months of a tenants complaint regarding health and safety issues, harassment, or discrimination; and (3) imposing a rent increase when price gouging protections are in effect. A similar ordinance enacted in San Francisco in 2019 was challenged by landlord groups and upheld by the California Court of Appeal in 2022. B. Amendments to Housing Anti-Discrimination Code: SMMC 4.28.030 The Housing Anti-Discrimination Code, Chapter 4.28, prohibits landlords from committing several types of housing discrimination. Currently, SMMC section 4.28.030 covers disability, age, source of income, parenthood, pregnancy or the potential or actual occupancy of a minor child. This proposed ordinance would make two important changes to Chapter 4.28. 1. Adding Housing Status as a Protected Class First, “housing status” would be added as a new protected class to address the significant barriers currently and formerly unhoused persons in Santa Monica face when applying for rental housing, especially those who have rental housing vouchers such as Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers. The most recent amendment to the Housing Anti-Discrimination Code in 2015 added “source of income” as a protected classification as an affordable housing measure, making Santa Monica the second City in the state to prohibit source of income discrimination covering housing vouchers. The impetus for this law was evidence that 10.B Packet Pg. 340 6 of 19 Santa Monica landlords were refusing to rent to Section 8 voucher holders or refusing to let their rent-burdened tenants use a voucher or other types of rental assistance. Community education about and enforcement of that law by the Consumer Protection Division of the City Attorney’s Office and the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles since 2015 has resulted in dozens of refusals to rent by landlords being reversed. The enforcement program also helps bring the diversity of the Section 8 pool to the City’s population in terms of income and race. The enforcement program has also revealed that landlords find other ways to get around voucher discrimination, including refusing to accept applicants without current addresses, rental history, landlord references, or credit history. These applicants are frequently unable to use their vouchers, which are time-limited, therefore, being unable to escape homelessness. Housing status discrimination has also been identified by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty as a major barrier to addressing homelessness nationwide because rental admission policies usually require a recent history of residing in housing or having rental references. In their 2018 report: Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness, Michael Santos wrote at page 38: Potential renters who are experiencing homelessness, or who have experienced it in the past, face multiple barriers to getting rehoused. But the most maddeningly ironic might be when someone is denied housing because they are currently, or formerly homeless. Yet such discrimination is a major problem, with homeless people experiencing discrimination in seeking housing, employment, or even public benefits.1 According to the 2023 Homeless Count, 926 people in the City experienced homelessness, an increase of 15% from 807 during City’s 2022 Homeless Count. Addressing homelessness is one of the City’s five priorities, identified at the City Council’s workshop on March 11, 2023. 1 https://homelesslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ProtectTenants2018.pdf 10.B Packet Pg. 341 7 of 19 The proposed amendment would add discrimination based on “housing status” to the prohibitions set forth in SMMC Section 4.28.030 (a), (b), and (c). The amendment would also define “housing status” under a new subsection (l) to SMMC subsection 4.28.030, reading as follows: (l) For purposes of this part, “housing status” means currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, currently or formerly living in transitional, temporary, or shelter housing, or lacking a residential rental housing history. In 2022, Washington D.C. became the first jurisdiction in the country to ban all discrimination against homeless people, including by landlords. California law does not prohibit “housing status” discrimination by landlords. Santa Monica would likely be the first California jurisdiction to add this protection to its anti-housing discrimination law. 2. Adding Refusal to Make Repairs to Meet Housing Quality Standards Inspections as Voucher Discrimination SMMC subsection 4.28.030(i) would be amended to specifically identify that a landlord’s refusal to make repairs to meet Housing Quality Standards inspections required of the Section 8 program also constitutes a “refusal to accept” rental assistance, in violation of the prohibition against source of income discrimination. On September 12, 2022, SMMC subsection 4.28.030 was amended by adding subsection (i) to provide specific examples of the types of actions that violate the City’s source of income discrimination law. Defining what “refusal to accept” a voucher means was declaratory of existing law and intended to help landlords better understand their obligations and tenants understand their rights. Staff recommends adding another declarative example of what it means to “refuse to accept” a voucher: The refusal to make repairs identified by a Housing Quality Standards inspection. When a landlord refuses to make repairs to comply with an initial inspection required of the Section 8 program, the unit does not pass and the Housing Authority is not legally permitted to subsidize a new tenancy. When a landlord refuses to make repairs to comply with an inspection for an existing tenancy, the Housing Authority 10.B Packet Pg. 342 8 of 19 may have to eventually cancel the Housing Assistance Payments Contract with the landlord, resulting in the tenant having to move. Refusing to make repairs is a loophole to refuse to participate in the Section 8 program. Clarifying that this constitutes discrimination would be helpful to both landlords and tenants understanding what the City’s source of income discrimination law prohibits and may prevent unnecessary tenant displacement. C. Amendments to Grounds for Permanent Relocation: SMMC Section 4.36.020 The primary purpose of these amendments is to update, clarify, and strengthen Santa Monica’s tenant relocation assistance laws to protect vulnerable tenants and ensure that tenants who must move are able to afford new housing, thereby mitigating homelessness. Currently, tenants are entitled to permanent relocation assistance when they must move out due to a no-fault eviction, for example for an owner to move into the property, as well as when they decide to move after receiving a large rent increase after their formerly controlled apartment home is exempted form rent control. The proposed amendments would add five additional grounds for permanent relocation: 1. The tenant elects to relinquish a tenancy following a rent increase of more than five percent plus inflation, or ten percent, whichever is lower, the maximum currently allowed for covered properties under the statewide Tenant Protection Act. 2. The tenant elects to relinquish a tenancy after a temporary relocation lasting at least six months. 3. Code Enforcement determines that the tenant has been forced out by landlord misconduct. 4. The Building Officer determines that health and safety conditions in the unit exist that cannot be fixed. 10.B Packet Pg. 343 9 of 19 5. The tenant elects to relinquish the tenancy in a bootleg unit that cannot be permitted for residential use. These bases for permanent relocation would be added to SMMC Section 4.56.020, with corresponding changes to other sections of Chapter 4.56 to harmonize the Code. The proposed amendments would also reinsert accidentally omitted language clarifying that the amount of permanent relocation is set by City Council resolution. The proposed relocation requirement for tenants facing extreme rent increases would help protect a substantial number of tenants who may fall through the gaps in existing state and local protections. Although most units in Santa Monica are covered either by local rent control or state law rent caps, there are many units exempt from both, such as units built within the last fifteen years, owner-occupied duplexes, and many condominiums and single-family homes. Some of these units, such as newer market rate units, are subject to just cause for eviction protections but are not subject to any rent limitation. This protection ensures that where tenants are subject to extreme rent shocks, they are provided the resources to move into another unit rather than made homeless. In February 2023, the City of Los Angeles enacted new permanent tenant protections, including requiring permanent relocation assistance for extreme rent increases causing displacement. The Los Angeles Ordinance requires payment of relocation where a landlord increases the rent above the lower of either (1) five percent plus inflation, or (2) ten percent, and the tenant elects to move out. These proposed amendments would enact a substantially similar requirement in Santa Monica but use the City’s existing permanent relocation amounts set by resolution. The Los Angeles Ordinance was upheld at a preliminary hearing and in a tentative decision issued before a final ruling. The City already has an analogous provision requiring relocation payments where a property owner obtains an exemption from rent control for an owner-occupied duplex or triplex and then issues a rent increase causing the tenant to move out. 10.B Packet Pg. 344 10 of 19 The proposed language would be added to Section 4.36.020 and would read as follows: (5) [A landlord shall pay a relocation fee to a tenant when] the tenant elects to relinquish their tenancy following a proposed rental increase that exceeds the lesser of (1) the Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers, plus five percent, or (2) ten percent. For purposes of this subsection, the proposed rental increase, whether imposed as a single increase or payable periodically over a 12-month period, shall be calculated based on the highest legal monthly rate of rent established as of the date of the notice of rent increase, not any temporary, promotional, or discounted rent. The other proposed amendments would ensure that relocation is provided under a variety of circumstances, including where a tenant has been temporarily relocated for at least six months and chooses to give up their tenancy rather than live with extended displacement, where a tenant has been forced out by misconduct by the landlord, where a tenant is forced out because of health and safety conditions that cannot be fixed, or where a tenant is forced out of a bootleg unit that cannot be permitted. These new triggers ensure that where conditions are not tolerable or where a tenant must give up their tenancy for no fault of their own, they are provided the resources to find a new home and do not become homeless. D. Amendments to Tenant Harassment Code: SMMC 4.56 et seq. The purpose of the amendments to strengthen the City’s Tenant Harassment Code is to more clearly put both landlords and tenants on notice of conduct that constitutes unlawful harassment, and to give the City and tenants who chose private enforcement more tools to combat and deter harassment from escalating to the point of a tenant being forced to move. The Tenant Harassment Code currently prohibits various acts when done in “bad faith”—with the intent to vex, harass, or annoy—by a landlord against a tenant. The 10.B Packet Pg. 345 11 of 19 amendments to the Tenant Harassment Code would specify that the following, done in bad faith, are also prohibited forms of tenant harassment: • Using “self-help” to evict a tenant, including changing locks, removing doors or windows, and removing furniture Not all forms of “self help” are currently specifically prohibited by the Tenant Harassment Code. This amendment would close that gap. • Discrimination on the basis of housing status This amendment would update the Tenant Harassment Code consistent with the amendments to the Housing Anti-Discrimination Code discussed above, by prohibiting bad faith discrimination on the basis of housing status, as the Tenant Harassment Code already prohibits bad faith discrimination on the basis of other protected classifications. • Refusing to accept a tenant’s lawful rent payment The Tenant Harassment Code currently prohibits a landlord’s bad faith refusal to acknowledge receipt of a tenant’s lawful rent payment. The amendments would clarify that this includes a landlord’s bad faith refusal to accept rent payments, which can be done to induce a tenant into falling behind on rent or other payments. • Imposing an unlawful or excessive rent increase As discussed above, an excessive rent increase is one that would increase the rent significantly above market for the purpose of forcing a tenant to vacate in circumvention of just cause laws. An unlawful rent increase under the Tenant Harassment Code includes rent increases that violates any limit on the amount a landlord can increase the rent, including local rent control, the state Tenant Protection Act, or price gouging laws. Therefore, whereas the proposed affirmative defense to eviction on the ground the rent increase was excessive and in bad faith would be available to non-rent controlled tenants only, this provision of the Tenant Harassment Code would apply to all tenants because it would also prohibit unlawful rent increases in bad faith. 10.B Packet Pg. 346 12 of 19 • Retaliating against a tenant for reporting a violation of or exercising any right protected by law While many instances of bad faith retaliation may already be covered by the Tenant Harassment’ Code’s prohibition on the use of fraud, intimidation, or coercion to influence a tenant to vacate (SMMC Section 4.56.020(f)), this new provision would also apply when a landlord retaliates against a tenant with the intent to cause some other kind of harm. In 2022, the City Council amended Section 4.56.020(f) of the Tenant Harassment Code to include specific examples of fraud, intimidation, and coercion used to influence a tenant to vacate, which may constitute tenant harassment. The purpose of clarifying this was to put both landlords and tenants on clear notice of their rights and obligations and to help deter specific forms of harassment. For the same reasons, the amendments would add the following two examples of coercive and intimidating behavior covered by Section 4.56.020(f): • Unreasonably withholding the right to sublease when otherwise authorized by rent control or applicable just cause eviction law Rent Control Law (Charter Section 1806(a)(2)) and Housing Policies Charter Amendment (Charter Section 2304(a)(2)) both prohibit evicting a tenant for illegally subletting if a subtenant replaced a departed occupant of the unit on a one-for-one basis and the master tenant provided the landlord at least 14 days’ notice of the proposed change in occupancy. The City Attorney’s Office and LAFLA have received reports from tenants whose landlords fail to cooperate with them when they request approval for subletting in this situation. Tenants are then forced to either take on a subletter and risk being sued for eviction where they can attempt raise this defense, or not subletting at all and in some cases move out because they cannot afford the rent for the entire unit. Clarifying that a landlord’s bad faith refusal to cooperate with this process constitutes tenant harassment will allow tenants to affirmatively enforce this right before they feel forced to move. 10.B Packet Pg. 347 13 of 19 • Making repeated buyout offers within 6 months after a tenant has informed the landlord in writing that they do not wish to enter into a buyout agreement; While tenants have the right to refuse to enter into a buyout, the City Attorney’s Office is aware that tenants who are repeatedly approached about buyout offers even after they have told their landlord they are not interested in considering an offer may feel coerced into accepting a buyout, either because the repeated communications lead them to believe that they must engage in buyout negotiations or in order to make the communications stop. Finally, the amendments to the Tenant Harassment Code would also increase the potential monetary penalty for each violation by up to $20,000. The Tenant Harassment Code currently provides for statutory penalties of $1,000 to $10,000. This maximum was last increased in 2015. Increasing the maximum penalty would provide courts greater flexibility to impose an appropriate penalty in cases with a limited number of egregious acts of harassment and may better deter harassment. E. Amendments to Tenant Buyout Provisions: SMMC 4.56.050 This section would move the tenant buyout provisions from SMMC. 4.56.050, which is a subsection of Chapter 4.56 (Tenant Harassment), to a new Chapter 4.57 (Buyout Offers and Agreements), and amend those provisions in the following respects. First, the buyout provisions, which are currently applicable only to rent-controlled units would also apply to non-rent-controlled units protected by just cause eviction requirements. These existing requirements include pre-negotiation written disclosures from landlords to tenants about their rights, a requirement that all buyout agreements be filed with the City, and the right of the tenant to rescind any buyout agreement for any reason within thirty days after signing. These protections were adopted for rent controlled units in 2015 to help ensure tenants do not enter into buyout agreements unaware of their rights. With the passage of the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, many units exempt from rent control but covered by local just cause eviction law, are now also covered by state law limits on how much the landlord can raise the rent. Tenants of 10.B Packet Pg. 348 14 of 19 these units who receive buyout offers face many of the same dynamics and possible pressure tactics that tenants of rent controlled units face. Expanding the provisions to apply to all units that have just cause protections would ensure tenants throughout the City have the same basic protections when face without a buyout offer. Second, the proposed ordinance would require that any buyout agreement would have to be equal to or greater than the permanent relocation fee required under SMMC. Section 4.36.040 (When permanent relocation fee required). This amendment effectuates the direction of Council. A buyout agreement that does not meet this or any other requirement would be ineffective and may be rescinded by the tenant at any time. Third, the pre-negotiation written disclosures landlords are already required to give to tenants would be required to include these additional statements: (1) a statement that it may constitute tenant harassment if a landlord continues to make buyout offers in bad faith within six months after the tenant wrote the landlord that the tenant does not want a buyout; and (2) a statement that the buyout amount must be at least the minimum buyout amount, i.e. the permanent relocation amount. And fourth, under the proposed ordinance, if a landlord fails to file a copy of a buyout agreement with the City, then the tenant may assert that as an affirmative defense to an action brought by the landlord to recover possession of the unit. Finally, consistent with the other provisions of the Municipal Code, someone who violates this Chapter would be subject to criminal penalty, civil liability, and financial penalties and other monetary payments. F. Potential Resolution for Charter Amendments To protect tenants from eviction due to small rental debts and other grounds, staff recommends that Council direct staff to draft a Resolution placing on the November 2024 ballot amendments to Chapters 18 and 23 of the City Charter, which govern just causes for eviction from rent controlled and non-rent-controlled units respectively. 10.B Packet Pg. 349 15 of 19 1. Evictions for Small Rental Debts To limit evictions based on non-payment of small rental debts, the proposed Charter amendment would provide that no landlord shall take action to terminate a tenancy based on nonpayment of rent if the notice to pay rent or quit seeks unpaid rent in an amount less than 150% of fair market rent for unit with the same number of bedrooms as that occupied by the tenant, or if the notice to pay rent or quit fails to state the number of bedrooms in the tenant’s unit, the tenant’s monthly rent, and 150% of the applicable fair market rent for a unit with the same number of bedrooms as that occupied by the tenant. “Fair market rent” would be defined as fair market rents for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California HUD Metro FMR Area, for all bedroom sizes, as set periodically by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Because rents in Santa Monica are on average higher than rents in other parts of the region, a prohibition on evicting tenants who owe less than 150% of fair market rent would protect tenants who may only be one month behind on rent, while ensuring that all tenants benefit from the same minimum threshold amount of rent due before they can be evicted. This amendment would only limit a landlord’s ability to evict a tenant when the tenant owes less than 150% of fair market rent, but would not preclude a landlord from collecting that rental debt through other means nor would it cancel the tenant’s debt. 2. Evictions Based on Unpermitted Physical Alterations The City Attorney’s Office is also aware of multiple instances of landlords seeking to evict tenants for making physical alterations to their unit, even when the tenant did so with the consent of the owner. In these cases, the landlord years later seeks to evict the tenant for nuisance, breach of lease, or illegal use of the rental unit because the work was done without a permit. In some cases, the work can be legalized but only the 10.B Packet Pg. 350 16 of 19 landlord can obtain a permit or seek a variance and the landlord refuses to do so. These situations are most likely to affect long-term tenants. Staff recommends amending the City Charter to provide the following affirmative defenses to evictions based on nuisance, breach of lease, or illegal use if: a. the basis for the eviction is that the tenant made physical alterations without a permit and the tenant had the landlord’s consent to make the alteration and is unable to obtain a permit due to the landlord’s lack of cooperation; b. the basis for the eviction is that the landlord received a notice of violation or citation for the unpermitted alteration but did not provide the tenant with a copy of the notice or citation; or c. the basis for the eviction is that the landlord received a notice of violation or citation, the tenant is not able to appeal the notice or citation, seek a variance, or obtain a permit to legalize the work, and the tenant requested the landlord do one of the foregoing but the landlord refused. These proposed amendments would only limit a landlord’s ability to evict a tenant for unpermitted work that meets these criteria, but would not limit any other remedies the landlord may have against the tenant. If directed by Council, staff will draft a Resolution for Council’s consideration which would place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot to amend the City Charter to include these eviction protections. G. Outreach The City Attorney’s Office presented information on the proposed tenant protection measures to the Rent Control Board on November 9, 2023 and the Housing Commission on December 7, 2023. 10.B Packet Pg. 351 17 of 19 Members of the Rent Control Board expressed support for the measures, and some emphasized the importance of public education about the proposed changes to the Tenant Relocation Code so that landlords and tenants know that a tenant is eligible for a permanent relocation payment before a tenant moves. If the ordinance is adopted, the City Attorney’s Office Consumer Protection Unit will update its website, share this information, conduct public education and outreach events, and educate members of the public of the complaint and enforcement process. Some members of the Housing Commission expressed a concern that tenants with low rents could fail to pay rent for multiple months and still not exceed the threshold of 150% of Fair Market Rent. Housing Commissioners discussed some ideas to address this including making the threshold amount one month of the tenant’s contract rent which would vary from tenant to tenant or requiring that a tenant enter into a payment plan to pay back any rent owed under the threshold amount, in order to not be evicted for that amount. The proposed charter amendments are be modeled on the City of Los Angeles’s ordinance adopted last year, which sets one threshold amount applicable to all tenants regardless of their contract rent, but Council may wish to consider alternatives. The proposal would not cancel rent that a tenant owes below the threshold or prohibit a landlord from seeking this amount in small claims court. Some Housing Commissioners also expressed an interest in other protections for subtenants. On August 22, 2023, City Council directed the City Manager’s Office to include consideration of additional protections for subtenants as a part of a report back with recommendations on a potential rent registry. Importantly, under current law, master tenants cannot legally evict subtenants without just cause, master tenants are prohibited from harassing subtenants under the Tenant Harassment Code, and a subtenant who pays a master tenant more than the Maximum Lawful Rent for a rent controlled unit may file a petition for excess rent with the Rent Control Board. Enforcement 10.B Packet Pg. 352 18 of 19 As a matter of standard practice, the City Attorney’s Office Consumer Protection Unit will conduct outreach and education about these amendments. Enforcement itself occurs through warning letters and then, when necessary, lawsuits. The City of Santa Monica has a long history of protecting tenancies to stabilize housing. The Consumer Protection Unit of the City Attorney’s Office has also consistently and actively enforced tenant harassment and anti-discrimination laws to the benefit of many. The Consumer Protection Unit also provides significant community education and rights projects that help both landlords and tenants better understand their rights and responsibilities. Those efforts include two housing rights workshops each year attended by nearly 150 people annually and articles in the Santa Monica Daily Press that often focus on housing rights. Environmental Review The proposed ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the CEQA Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed ordinance would make regulatory and administrative amendments to the City’s Tenant Protection Code, Housing Anti-Discrimination Code, Tenant Harassment Code, and Tenant Buyout Agreements Code and would not result in any physical effects on the environment; therefore, the proposed ordinance is exempt from CEQA. Financial Impacts & Budget Actions No financial impacts will result from these amendments. 10.B Packet Pg. 353 19 of 19 Prepared By: Bradley Michaud, Principal Legal Analyst Approved Forwarded to Council Attachments: A. ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments B. Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 C. Los Angeles Times report on evicitons - December 28, 2023 D. National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 E. Written Comments F. PowerPoint Presentation 10.B Packet Pg. 354 1 City Council Meeting January 23, 2024 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER ____ (CCS) (City Council Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 4.36.020, 4.36.030, 4.36.040, 4.46.050, 4.28.030 AND ADDING SECTIONS 4.57.010, 4.57.020, and 4.28.4.27.090. WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is committed to protecting housing for all segments of the community, in particular for its most vulnerable residents, as a matter of social justice and human dignity and in order to preserve diversity; and WHEREAS, a housing crisis exists in the City of Santa Monica due to the lack of affordable housing, the high number of people experiencing homelessness, and the high number of people at risk of homelessness; and WHEREAS, this crisis was created in part by high rental prices, insufficient production of affordable units, housing discrimination, tenant harassment, the inability of tenants to afford attorneys to represent them in evictions, and a lack of awareness of tenants’ rights; and WHEREAS, the housing affordability crisis has been exacerbated by the COVID- 19 pandemic and its economic fallout, followed by high inflation in Santa Monica, in which many tenants have lost income while facing higher expenses to the extent they have difficulty paying all or part of their monthly rent; and WHEREAS, local, state, federal and court moratoriums on evictions have ended, setting up an unprecedented wave of attempted evictions, and WHEREAS, approximately 71% of Santa Monica households rent their homes; and 10.B.a Packet Pg. 355 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 WHEREAS, Santa Monica renters will not experience this housing affordability and eviction crisis equally in that poor and working-class tenants, tenants of color, families with children, and persons with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and housing crisis due to inequities and shortcomings in health care, employment, and housing; and WHEREAS, this housing affordability and eviction crisis destabilizes families and neighborhoods, especially the most vulnerable among us, resulting in homelessness, and harm to social tranquility and the general welfare of Santa Monica; and WHEREAS, in an attempt to mitigate the eviction crisis that has been exacerbated by the pandemic, the Los Angeles City Council enacted eviction protections in January 2023, including requiring landlords to cover relocation costs for extreme rent increases that cause displacement; and WHEREAS, the City’s Permanent Relocation Ordinance requires landlords of units subject to rent control or local just cause eviction laws to pay permanent relocation costs to tenants evicted from such units for any no-fault reason, such as owner occupancy or the Ellis Act; and WHEREAS, tenants in units subject to the just cause eviction protections of the Housing Policies Charter Amendment (Article XXIII) often do not have any protection from excessive rent increases and may be subject to constructive eviction through economic displacement if landlords impose high rent increases the tenants cannot afford. In those situations, tenants who are forced to move through no fault of their own should receive relocation benefits similar to the assistance they would receive for other no-fault evictions such as owner-occupancy; and 10.B.a Packet Pg. 356 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 WHEREAS, the adoption of a requirement to pay relocation benefits for those tenants who are constructively evicted due to large rent increases would close a loophole that could allow landlords to avoid the just cause eviction protections in unprotected units. Relocation assistance based on economic displacement for tenants in unprotected units would provide tenants the financial means to secure alternative housing if they are forced to move due to large rent increases; and WHEREAS, tenants should not be displaced involuntarily when an excessive rent increase is imposed in bad faith with the intent to influence the tenant to vacate, in circumvention of a requirement that the landlord have just cause to evict the tenant, as this undermines and interferes with the City’s ability to regulate the reasons for evictions; and WHEREAS, the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance (Section 4.56 of the Municipal Code) requires a landlord to make certain disclosures to tenants of rent controlled units prior to initiating buyout negotiations and to include certain required language in any buyout agreements, but these protections do not apply to tenants of units not subject to local rent control, many of whom are now protected from no cause evictions under the Santa Monica Housing Policies Charter Amendment and/or the Tenant Protection Act of 2019; WHEREAS, the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance further prohibits certain forms of bad faith harassment by landlords which may induce or compel a tenant to move out involuntarily and further contribute to the housing crisis, but certain forms of harassment are not specifically covered, including bad faith excessive rent increases and retaliation; and 10.B.a Packet Pg. 357 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 WHEREAS specifically defining tenant harassment to encompass these and other forms of harassment will help to put landlords and tenants on notice of their rights and obligations and to may prevent harassment, including that which escalates to tenants being forced to move; and WHEREAS the City’s Tenant Harassment Ordinance provides for a maximum civil penalty per violation of up to $10,000, but this amount has not been updated since 2015 and increasing this limit would more effectively deter violations and provide courts the ability to award various amounts of penalties depending on the severity of the violation; and WHEREAS, the City’s Anti-Discrimination Ordinance (Section 4.28 of the Municipal Code) now prohibits bad faith housing discrimination based on source of income, but it does not currently cover discrimination based on “housing status,” which is a barrier to voucher holders seeking to rent a unit in Santa Monica; and WHEREAS, the City has received multiple housing complaints from tenants because landlords frequently reject unhoused or formerly unhoused applicants applying to rent with housing vouchers because they do not have a rental housing history or landlord references, undermining the City’s longstanding efforts to prohibit discrimination against voucher tenants and promote affordable housing; and WHEREAS, another potential loophole exists for landlords to discriminate against Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher participants by refusing to make minimal repairs required by the program, thereby depriving the tenant of the opportunity to live in the housing of their choosing, and this loophole could be closed by defining source of income discrimination to cover this tactic; 10.B.a Packet Pg. 358 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.27.090 is hereby added to read as follows: 4.27.090 Substantive eviction defenses for excessive rent increase (a) For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Landlord” means a current or former owner, lessor, sublessor or any other person entitled to receive rent for the use and occupancy of any Rental Unit, or an agent, representative, or successor of any of the foregoing. (2) “Tenant” means a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee or any other person entitled under the terms of a rental housing agreement to the use or occupancy of any rental unit. (3) “Rental Housing Agreement” means an agreement, oral, written or implied, between a landlord and tenant for use or occupancy of a Rental Unit and for housing services. (4) “Rental Unit” means any building, structure, or part thereof, or land appurtenant thereto, or any other rental property rented or offered for rent for living or dwelling house units, together with all housing services connected with use or occupancy of such property such as common areas and recreational facilities held out for use by the tenant. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 359 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 (4) “Excessive Rent Increase” means an increase raising the rent to an amount that is substantially in excess of market rates for comparable units within the City of Santa Monica. (b) It shall be an affirmative defense to an unlawful detainer brought on the basis of non-payment of rent which seeks to recover possession of a Rental Unit that is not a Controlled Rental Unit as defined by City Charter Section 1801, that the landlord imposed an excessive rent increase in bad faith with the intent influence the tenant to vacate through fraud, intimidation, or coercion in circumvention of any law requiring the landlord to have just cause to evict a tenant. Evidence of “bad faith” includes, but is not limited to, an excessive rent increase imposed: (1) within six months of an unsuccessful attempt to evict a tenant for a “just cause.” (2) within six months of the tenant’s complaints to the landlord or its agents, a government agency, or law enforcement regarding habitability, safety concerns, tenant harassment, discrimination, or neighbor to neighbor harassment. (3) when price gouging protections, including Penal Code 396 and Section 4.32.160 et seq., bar rent increases in excess of a particular amount during a state of emergency. SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Sections 4.28.030, Housing Anti- Discrimination Code, Prohibited Activities, is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.B.a Packet Pg. 360 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 4.28.030 Prohibited activities. It shall be unlawful for any person offering for rent or lease, renting, leasing, or listing any housing accommodation, or any authorized agent or employee of such person, to do or attempt to do any of the following: (a) Refuse to rent or lease a housing accommodation, or access to or use of the common areas and facilities of the housing accommodation, serve a notice of termination of tenancy, commence an unlawful detainer action, or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or persons, a housing accommodation on the basis of disability, age, source of income, housing status, parenthood, pregnancy, or the potential or actual occupancy of a minor child. (b) Represent to any person, on the basis of disability, age, source of income, housing status, parenthood, pregnancy, or the potential or actual occupancy of the minor child that a housing accommodation is not available for inspection or rental when such housing accommodation is in fact available for inspection or rental. (c) Make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, sign, advertisement, application, or contract with regard to a housing accommodation offered by that person that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination with respect to disability, age, source of income, housing status, parenthood, pregnancy, or the potential or actual occupancy of a minor child. (d) Include in any rental agreement or lease for a housing accommodation a clause providing that as a condition of continued occupancy, the tenants shall remain childless or 10.B.a Packet Pg. 361 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 shall not bear children or otherwise not maintain a household with a person or persons of a certain age. (e) Threaten to commence or commence eviction proceedings against any tenant on the grounds that he or she has breached a rental agreement if the alleged breach arises out of an increase in the number of occupants due to the marriage of the tenant, provided that the occupancy of the spouse and children of the spouse is otherwise lawful. (f) Threaten to commence or commence eviction proceedings against any tenant head of household on the grounds that he or she has violated the provisions of a rental agreement where the violation consists of an increase in the number of occupants arising out of the birth, adoption, or change of legal custody of a minor child of whom the tenant head of household or his or her spouse is the parent or legal guardian, and provided that the occupancy of said minor child is otherwise lawful. (g) Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy any dwelling. (h) Refuse to allow a person to make reasonable modifications, alterations or additions to existing premises occupied or to be occupied by a person with a disability that are necessary to make the rental property accessible by persons with disabilities, under the following conditions: (1) The landlord is not required to pay for the alterations, additions, or restoration unless otherwise required by State or Federal law; 10.B.a Packet Pg. 362 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 (2) The landlord has the right to demand assurances that all modifications will be performed in a professional manner, and in accordance with applicable building codes, permitting requirements and other applicable laws; (3) The landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for modification on the tenant’s agreement to restore the interior of the premises to its preexisting condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted. (i) Refuse to accept from a prospective or current tenant rent in the form of rental assistance from any federal, State, local or non-profit-administered benefit or subsidy program including, but not limited to, the Section 8 voucher program. Refusal to accept includes failure or an unreasonable delay in filling out and returning any necessary paperwork, and refusing to make repairs required by the Housing Authority after a Housing Quality Standards inspection unless the landlord demonstrates it would economically infeasible to do so. (j) For purposes of this part, “disability” includes, but is not limited to, any physical or mental disability as defined in California Government Code Section 12926. (k) For purposes of this part, “source of income” includes any lawful source of income or rental assistance from any federal, State, local or non-profit-administered benefit or subsidy program including, but not limited to, the Section 8 voucher programs, for an existing tenant or prospective tenant. (l) For purposes of this part, “housing status” means currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, currently or formerly living in transitional, temporary, or shelter housing, or lacking a residential rental housing history. For the purposes of this 10.B.a Packet Pg. 363 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 section, if an applicant for housing accommodation lacks a rental history or landlord references, the landlord must offer the option, at the applicant’s discretion, of providing lawful verifiable alternative evidence that the applicant will be a reliable tenant, including but not limited to personal references. If the applicant elects to provide such evidence, the landlord shall provide the applicant a reasonable period of time to do so and shall consider the evidence in determining whether to offer the housing accommodation to the applicant. SECTION 3. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.36.020 When permanent relocation fee required. (a) A landlord shall pay a relocation fee to a tenant whose tenancy is terminated or caused to be terminated in any of the following circumstances. (1) The landlord has filed a notice of intent to withdraw the tenant’s rental housing unit from the rental housing market pursuant to Government Code Section 7060 et seq. (2) The landlord has filed a notice of intent to recover possession of the tenant’s rental housing unit pursuant to Section 1806(a)(8), 1806(a)(9), 2304(a)(8), or 2304(a)(9) of the City Charter. (3) The landlord has filed an application for removal permit pursuant to City Charter Section 1803(t) to demolish or otherwise withdraw the tenant’s rental housing unit from the rental housing market. For purposes of this subsection, a tenant’s rental housing unit does not include a single-family home as defined in City Charter Section 2302 but does include any unit that was illegally converted to residential use. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 364 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 (4) The tenant elects to relinquish their tenancy within 120 days after service of a notice of rent increase that exceeds the sum of any increase that would have been permitted pursuant to City Charter Section 1805 and any surcharges authorized by the Rent Control Board following the granting to the landlord of an exemption from provisions governing controlled rental units as provided for by Charter Section 1801(c)(4). landlord has been granted an exemption from provisions governing controlled rental units as provided for by Charter Section 1801(c)(4) and, at any time thereafter, has notified the tenant of intent to increase the rent in an amount exceeding the sum of any increase that would have been permitted pursuant to City Charter Section 1805 and any surcharges authorized by the Rent Control Board. (5) The tenant elects to relinquish their tenancy within 120 days after service of a notice of rent increase that exceeds the lesser of (1) the Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers, plus five percent, or (2) ten percent. For purposes of this subsection, the proposed rental increase, whether imposed as a single increase or payable periodically over a 12-month period, shall be calculated based on the highest legal monthly rate of rent established as of the date of the notice of rent increase, not any temporary, promotional, or discounted rent. (6) The tenant elects to relinquish their tenancy following a period of temporary tenant relocation under Section 4.36.100 that has lasted for at least six months, but before the tenant has returned to her or his rental unit. (7) The Code Enforcement Manager issues an order for permanent relocation based on a determination that the tenant was compelled to vacate as a result of the 10.B.a Packet Pg. 365 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 landlord’s violation of Section 4.56.020, Section 4.27.010, or California Civil Code Section 789.3. (8) The Building Officer issues an order for permanent relocation based on a determination that the rental housing unit is not habitable and cannot be made habitable or based on the tenant’s election to relinquish a tenancy in a rental housing unit that is not permitted for residential use and cannot or will not be permitted for residential use. (b) A relocation fee required pursuant to this Chapter shall be due and payable to a tenant after the tenant receives written notice from either the landlord or the Santa Monica Rent Control Board of any circumstance set forth in subsection (a) above. (b) A relocation fee required pursuant to subsections 4.36.020(a)(1) through (a)(3) shall be due and payable to a tenant upon service by a landlord upon a tenant of a notice to terminate tenancy for one of the reasons set forth in Section 4.36.020(a)(1) through (a)(3) or within two working days of notice by a tenant upon a landlord of relinquishment of tenancy as set forth in Sections 4.36.020(a)(4) through (a)(6) or within two working days of service of the order on the landlord as set forth in Sections 4.36.020(a)(7) and (a)(8). (c) A relocation fee required by subsections (a)(1) through (a)(3)this Chapter shall be due and payable to a tenant whether or not the landlord actually utilizes the rental housing unit for the purposes described in that subsection (a). 10.B.a Packet Pg. 366 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 SECTION 4. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.030 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.36.030 Notice to tenants being displaced. (a) Any notice to terminate a tenancy which is served upon tenants for any of the reasons set forth in Section 4.36.020 or shall be accompanied by the following on the form provided by the City: (1) A written statement of the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords under this Chapter; (2) A written statement informing the tenants that the required relocation fee has been placed in an escrow account or other account approved by the City; (3) A written statement that the landlord has complied with Section 4.36.050. If the landlord has complied with Section 4.36.050 by obtaining City approval of a Displacement Plan, a copy of the Displacement Plan shall accompany the written statement. (b) A landlord shall comply with the provisions of this Section within two working days after receiving a tenant’s notice to terminate tenancy as set forth in Section 4.36.020(b). (b) Any notice of rent increase as described in 4.36.020(a)(4) or 4.36.020(a)(5) shall be accompanied by a written statement of the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords under this chapter on the form provided by the City. (c) A landlord shall provide the statements required under 4.36.030(a) within two working days of notice by a tenant upon a landlord of relinquishment of a tenancy as set forth in Section 4.36.020(a)(4) through (a)(6). 10.B.a Packet Pg. 367 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 SECTION 5. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.040 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.36.040 Amount of relocation fee—Permanent Relocation (a) The amount of the permanent relocation fee payable pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be established by City Council resolution. (a) (b) If a tenant is evicted from more than one rental housing unit on a property, the tenant shall not be entitled to receive separate permanent relocation fees for each rental housing unit. The tenant shall receive a single relocation fee based on the combined total number of bedrooms in the rental housing units from which the tenant is being evicted. If one of the rental housing units is a bachelor or single unit, it shall be counted as a one- bedroom unit for purposes of determining the amount of the relocation fee (e.g., a tenant who is evicted from a bachelor rental housing unit and a one-bedroom rental housing unit would receive relocation benefits for a two-bedroom unit). (b) (c) Any tenant still in possession of a rental unit after the permanent relocation amounts have been updated pursuant to this Section, shall be entitled to the updated relocation amounts even if the landlord commenced the termination of the tenancy prior to the update. In the event that a landlord has already complied with the provisions of Section 4.36.060 based on the relocation amounts previously in effect, but has not yet received a written request from a tenant for distribution of the fee pursuant to Section 4.36.070, the landlord shall place in escrow the additional amount of relocation fee required by this Section within five working days of the effective date of the updated amount. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 368 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 SECTION 6. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.050 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.36.050 Additional fee for required counseling (a) For each rental housing unit from which tenants are displaced for any of the reasons set forth in Sections 4.36.020(a), prior to service of a notice to terminate tenancy, as soon as the relocation fee becomes due and payable pursuant to Section 4.36.020(b), the landlord shall pay a fee to the City in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars to be used by the City to pay for counseling or other assistance required by displaced tenants as a result of displacement. (1) In lieu of the fee required by subsection (a) of this Section, a landlord may prepare a Displacement Plan which must be approved by the Housing and Economic Development Human Services Department prior to service of a notice to terminate tenancy. The Displacement Plan shall identify the special needs of the displaced tenants, identify the types of assistance that will be provided and include a commitment to pay for any such assistance. At the time of submitting the Displacement Plan to the City for review and approval, the landlord shall pay a fee to the City for such review and approval in the amount of one hundred dollars for each rental housing unit. SECTION 7. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.36.060 is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.36.060 Deposit of relocation fee into escrow for permanent relocation. (a) The permanent relocation fee required by this Chapter shall be placed in an escrow account prior to service by a landlord upon any tenant of a notice to terminate 10.B.a Packet Pg. 369 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 tenancy for one of the reasons set forth in Section 4.36.020(a)(1) through (a)(3) or within two working days of notice by a tenant upon a landlord of relinquishment of tenancy as set forth in Sections 4.36.020(b) 4.36.020(a)(4) through (a)(6) or within two working days of service of the order on the landlord as set forth in Sections 4.36.020(a)(7) and (a)(8). All costs of an escrow opened pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be borne by the landlord. Escrow instructions shall be approved by the City. (b) The escrow instructions shall provide that monies deposited in the escrow account shall only be distributed to displaced tenant in accordance with the instructions of the landlord and that no monies deposited in escrow may be returned to the landlord without the written approval of the City. (c) In lieu of deposit of the permanent relocation fee in an escrow account, a landlord may deposit the fee in another account approved by the City. SECTION 8. Santa Monica Municipal Code Sections 4.56.020, Tenant Harassment, Prohibition, is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.56.020 Prohibition No landlord shall, with respect to property used as a rental housing unit under any rental housing agreement or other tenancy or estate at will, however created, do any of the following in bad faith: (a) Interrupt, terminate or fail to provide housing services required by contract or by State, County or local housing, health or safety laws, or violate Section 4.27.010(a); (b) Fail to perform repairs and maintenance required by contract or by State, County or local housing, health or safety laws; 10.B.a Packet Pg. 370 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 (c) Fail to exercise due diligence in completing repairs and maintenance once undertaken; (d) Abuse the landlord’s right of access into a rental housing unit as that right is specified in California Civil Code Section 1954. This includes entries for “inspections” that are not related to necessary repairs or services; entries excessive in number; entries that improperly target certain tenants or are used to collect evidence against the occupant or otherwise beyond the scope of an otherwise lawful entry; (e) Abuse the tenant with words which are offensive and inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction; (f) Influence or attempt to influence a tenant to vacate a rental housing unit through fraud, intimidation or coercion (Examples of such influence or attempts include, but are not limited to, the following: excessive rent increases, baseless threats to evict, threats to report immigration status, terminating a tenancy on a fraudulent basis of owner- occupancy, excessive and baseless entries by landlord or landlord’s agents, unreasonably withholding the right to sublease as set forth in City Charter Sections 1806(a)(2) and 2304(a)(2), and making buyout offers within 6 months after a tenant has notified the landlord in writing that the tenant does not wish to enter into a buyout agreement or buyout negotiations); (g) Threaten the tenant, by word or gesture, with physical harm; (h) Violate any law which prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation, ethnic background, nationality, religion, age, parenthood, marriage, pregnancy, disability, AIDS or occupancy by a minor child, immigration status, 10.B.a Packet Pg. 371 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 source of income, housing status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other class expressly protected by a local, State, or Federal law. (i) (1) Take action to terminate any tenancy including service of any notice to quit or other eviction notice or bring any action to recover possession of a rental housing unit based upon facts which the landlord has no reasonable cause to believe to be true or upon a legal theory which is untenable under the facts known to the landlord. No landlord shall be liable under this subsection for bringing an action to recover possession unless and until the tenant has obtained a favorable termination of that action. (2) This subsection shall not apply to any attorney who in good faith initiates legal proceedings against a tenant on behalf of a landlord to recover possession of a rental housing unit; (j) Interfere with a tenant’s right to quiet use and enjoyment of a rental housing unit as that right is defined by California law; (k) Refuse to accept a tenant’s lawful rent payment or refuse to acknowledge receipt of a tenant’s lawful rent payment. This subsection shall not apply where a landlord refuses to accept payment tendered after the expiration of a notice issued pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1161, and where acceptance of rent would waive the landlord’s right to pursue eviction based on the expired notice. (l) Interfere with a tenant’s right to privacy, including, but not limited to, entering or photographing portions of a rental housing unit that are beyond the scope of a lawful entry or inspection. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 372 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 (m) Impose or attempt to impose an unlawful or excessive rent increase. An unlawful rent increase is a rent increase in excess of the maximum allowable increase or to an amount in excess of the maximum allowable rent permitted by the lease agreement or by a deed, other recorded document, agreement with a government agency, regulatory agreement, settlement agreement, or contract, or in excess of the maximum allowable increase or to an amount in excess of the maximum allowable rent permitted by law, including but not limited to Article XVIII of the Santa Monica City Charter (the Rent Control Charter Amendment), California Civil Code Section 1947.12 (the Tenant Protection Act), Penal Code Section 396 (the state price gouging law), or Section 4.32.160 et seq. of this Code (the city price gouging law), An excessive rent increase is a rent increase to an amount that is substantially in excess of market rates for comparable units. Evidence that an excessive rent increase was in bad faith includes, but is not limited to, imposition or attempted imposition of the excessive rent increase: (1) within six months of an unsuccessful attempt to evict a tenant for a “just cause.” (2) within six months of the tenant’s complaints to the landlord or its agents, a government agency, or law enforcement regarding habitability, safety concerns, tenant harassment, discrimination, or neighbor to neighbor harassment. (3) when price gouging protections, including Penal Code Section 396 or Section 4.32.160 et seq. of this Code prohibit rent increases in excess of a particular amount during a state of emergency. (n) retaliate against a tenant for reporting any violation of, or for exercising any right protected by, any federal, state, county, or local housing, health or safety, fair housing, or other tenant protection law. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 373 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 SECTION 9. Santa Monica Municipal Code Sections 4.56.040, Tenant Harassment, Enforcement and Penalties, is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.56.040 Enforcement and Penalties (a) Criminal Penalty. Any person who is convicted of violating this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not greater than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Civil Action. Any person, including the City, may enforce the provisions of this Chapter by means of a civil action. The burden of proof in such cases shall be preponderance of the evidence. A violation of this Chapter may be asserted as an affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer action. (c) Injunction. Any person who commits an act, proposes to commit an act, or engages in any pattern and practice which violates Section 4.56.020 may be enjoined therefore by any court of competent jurisdiction. An action for injunction under this subsection may be brought by any aggrieved person, by the City Attorney, or by any person or entity who will fairly and adequately represent the interest of the protected class. (d) Penalties and Other Monetary Awards . Any person who violates or aids or incites another person to violate the provisions of this Chapter is liable for each and every such offense for the actual damages suffered by an aggrieved party or for statutory damages in the sum of between one thousand dollars and ten twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, and shall be liable for such attorneys’ fees and costs as may be determined by the court in addition thereto. Any violator shall be liable for an additional civil penalty of up to 10.B.a Packet Pg. 374 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 five thousand dollars for each offense committed against a person who is disabled or aged sixty-five or over. The court may also award punitive damages to any plaintiff, including the City, in a proper case as defined by Civil Code Section 3294. The burden of proof for purposes of punitive damages shall be clear and convincing evidence. (e) Nonexclusive Remedies and Penalties. The remedies provided in this Chapter are not exclusive, and nothing in this Chapter shall preclude any person from seeking any other remedies, penalties or procedures provided by law. SECTION 10. Santa Monica Municipal Code section 4.56.050, Buyout offers and Agreements, is moved to new Chapter 4.57 and amended to read as follows: Chapter 4.57 BUYOUT OFFERS AND AGREEMENTS 4.56.010 4.57.010 Definitions (b) (a) Buyout Agreement. An agreement where a landlord pays a tenant money or other consideration to vacate a rental housing unit. An agreement to settle a pending unlawful detainer action shall not be a “buyout agreement.” (c) (b) Buyout Offer. An offer by a landlord to pay a tenant money or other consideration to vacate a rental housing unit. An offer to settle a pending unlawful detainer action shall not be a “buyout offer.” (c) Minimum Buyout Amount. An amount not less than the permanent relocation fee required by Section 4.36.040. 4.56.050(b) 4.57.020 Requirements for Buyout Offers and Agreements . 10.B.a Packet Pg. 375 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 22 (a) Applicability of Section. This Section shall apply to every rental housing unit in the City that is a controlled rental unit pursuant to City Charter Section 1800 et seq., (including a room in a single-family home, hotel or motel, rooming house or apartment, single-family home, mobile home or mobile home space, trailer or trailer space) and to every rental housing unit in the City that is a nonrentcontrolled rental unit pursuant to City Charter Section 2300 et seq. (b) Disclosure Prior to Buyout Offers. Prior to making a buyout offer, the landlord shall provide each tenant in that rental unit a written disclosure, on a form developed and authorized by the Rent Board for controlled rental units and by the Housing Office for nonrentcontrolled rental units, that shall include the following: (1) A statement that the tenant has a right not to enter into a buyout agreement; (2) A statement that the tenant may choose to consult with an attorney before entering into a buyout agreement; (3) A statement that the tenant may rescind the buyout agreement for up to thirty days after it is fully executed; (4) A statement that the tenant may visit the Rent Board for rent controlled rental units for information about other buyout agreements in the tenant’s neighborhood and other relevant information; (5) Any other information required by the Rent Board for rent controlled rental units or the Housing Office for nonrentcontrolled rental units consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Section; and 10.B.a Packet Pg. 376 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 23 (6) A space for each tenant to sign and write the date the landlord provided the tenant with the disclosure. (7) A statement that offering payments to a tenant to vacate within six months after the tenant has notified the landlord in writing that the tenant does not wish to enter into a buyout agreement or buyout negotiations may constitute bad faith harassment of the tenant under Section 4.56.020(f) of this Code; (8) A statement that the tenant is entitled to at least the minimum buyout amount and how much the minimum buyout amount is. The landlord shall retain a copy of each signed disclosure form for five years, along with a record of the date the landlord provided the disclosure to each tenant. (c) Requirements for Buyout Agreements. Every buyout agreement shall: (1) Be in writing. The landlord shall give each tenant a copy of the buyout agreement at the time the tenant executes it. (2) Include the following statements in bold letters in at least fourteen-point type in close proximity to the space reserved for the signature of the tenant(s): (A) “You may cancel this agreement in writing at any time before the thirtieth day after all parties have signed this agreement.” (B) “You have a right not to enter into a buyout agreement.” (C) “You may choose to consult with an attorney or the Rent Control Board for rent controlled units before signing this agreement. The Rent Control Board may have information about other buyout agreements in your neighborhood.” 10.B.a Packet Pg. 377 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 24 (3) Be for at least the minimum buyout amount. A buyout agreement that does not satisfy all the requirements of this subsection shall not be effective and may be rescinded by the tenant at any time. (d) Rescission of Buyout Agreements. A tenant shall have the right to rescind a buyout agreement for up to thirty days after its execution by all parties. In order to rescind a buyout agreement, the tenant must hand-deliver, email, or place in the U.S. mail a statement to the landlord indicating that the tenant has rescinded the buyout agreement. (e) Filing of Buyout Agreements. The landlord shall file a copy of the buyout agreement no sooner than the thirty-first day after the buyout agreement is executed by all parties, and no later than sixty days after the agreement is executed by all parties. Buyout agreements for rent controlled units shall be filed with the Rent Control Board unless the Board opts not to adopt regulations implementing this Section, in which case buyout agreements shall be filed with the City Clerk. Buyout agreements for nonrentcontrolled units shall be filed with the City Clerk. This filing requirement does not apply to buyout agreements rescinded under subsection (d). Failure to comply with the requirement of this subsection may be asserted as an affirmative defense in an action brought by the landlord to recover possession of the unit. 4.57.030 Enforcement and Penalties (a) Criminal Penalty. Any person who is convicted of violating this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not greater than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 378 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 25 (b) Civil Action. Any person, including the City, may enforce the provisions of this Chapter by means of a civil action. The burden of proof in such cases shall be preponderance of the evidence. A violation of this Chapter may be asserted as an affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer action. (c) Penalties and Other Monetary Awards. Any person who violates or aids or incites another person to violate the provisions of this Chapter is liable for each and every such offense for the actual damages suffered by an aggrieved party or for statutory damages in the sum of between one thousand dollars and twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, and shall be liable for such attorneys’ fees and costs as may be determined by the court in addition thereto. Any violator shall be liable for an additional civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars for each offense committed against a person who is disabled or aged sixty-five or over. The court may also award punitive damages to any plaintiff, including the City, in a proper case as defined by Civil Code Section 3294. The burden of proof for purposes of punitive damages shall be clear and convincing evidence. (d) Nonexclusive Remedies and Penalties. The remedies provided in this Chapter are not exclusive, and nothing in this Chapter shall preclude any person from seeking any other remedies, penalties or procedures provided by law. SECTION 11. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance. 10.B.a Packet Pg. 379 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 26 SECTION 12. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 13. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: _________________________ Douglas Sloan, City Attorney 10.B.a Packet Pg. 380 Attachment: ORD-Tenant Protection Amendments (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 381 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 382 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 383 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 384 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 385 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 386 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 387 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 388 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 389 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.b Packet Pg. 390 Attachment: Judicial Council of California reporting on evictions - November 21, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.c Packet Pg. 391 Attachment: Los Angeles Times report on evicitons - December 28, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.c Packet Pg. 392 Attachment: Los Angeles Times report on evicitons - December 28, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.c Packet Pg. 393 Attachment: Los Angeles Times report on evicitons - December 28, 2023 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 1nlchp.org PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 10.B.d Packet Pg. 394 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 2 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty ABOUT THE NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is the only national organization dedicated to using the power of the law end and prevent homelessness. It works to expand access to affordable housing, meet the immediate and long-term needs of those who are homeless or at risk, and strengthen the social safety-net through policy advocacy, public education, impact litigation, and advocacy training and support. Our vision is for an end to homelessness in America. A home for every family and individual will be the norm and not the exception; a right and not a privilege. For more information about the Law Center and to access publications such as this report, please visit its website at nlchp.org. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 395 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 3nlchp.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS* Edward R. McNicholas Chair Sidley Austin LLP Bruce E. Rosenblum Vice-Chair The Carlyle Group Robert C. Ryan Treasurer American Red Cross Kirsten Johnson-Obey Secretary NeighborWorks America Eric A. Bensky Murphy & McGonigle PC Paul F. Caron Microsoft Corporation Bruce J. Casino Attorney Rajib Chanda Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Dwight A. Fettig Porterfield, Fettig & Sears LLC Julia M. Jordan Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Steve Judge Private Equity Growth Capital Council (retired) Father Alexander Karloutsos Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Georgia Kazakis Covington & Burling LLP Pamela Malester U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (retired) Tashena Middleton Attorney G.W. Rolle Missio Dei Church Jeffrey A. Simes Goodwin Procter LLP Vasiliki Tsaganos Robert Warren People for Fairness Coalition Maria Foscarinis President Executive Director *Affiliations for identification purposes only STAFF Burhan Abdi Law & Policy Intern Driss Amara Social Work Intern Maggie Ardiente Development & Communications Director Tristia Bauman Senior Attorney Lisa DeBone Development & Communications VISTA Janelle Fernandez Law & Policy Program Coordinator Tynesia Fields MPA Student Consultant Maria Foscarinis Executive Director Amirio Freeman Emerson National Hunger Fellow Vincenza Githens Operations Manager Janet Hostetler Deputy Director Sara Kang Networks VISTA LaTissia Mitchell Executive & Development Specialist Michael Santos Attorney Will Weiran Shang MPA Student Consultant Darrell Stanley Database VISTA Eric Tars Senior Attorney Cassidy Waskowicz Volunteer Attorney 10.B.d Packet Pg. 396 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 4 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is grateful to the following individuals and firms for their tremendous contributions to the research, writing, and layout of the report: Law Center staff, fellows, and interns, especially co-authors Tristia Bauman and Michael Santos; contributor Eric Tars; and editors Janet Hostetler, Maria Foscarinis, LaTissia Mitchell, and Maggie Ardiente. Also thanks to Law Center volunteer Isabella Cannata and Law Center interns Burhan Abdi, Sonika Data, Audrey Koontz, Asritha Vinnakota, Luna Floyd, Hannah Mitchell, Samuel Olivant, Ruth El, Reed McLaurin, Priya Vaishampayan, and Jennifer Wang. Thank you to Eric Tars of the Law Center for writing “Human Rights & Renters’ Rights.” Thank you to the National Housing Law Project (nhlp.org) for input into this report. The Law Center acknowledges and thanks the report’s guest authors: • Jessica Cassella of National Housing Law Project (nhlp.org) • Eric Dunn of Virginia Poverty Law Center (vplc.org) • Aimee Inglis of Tenants Together (tenantstogether.org) • Sandra S. Park of the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org) • John Pollock of National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (civilrighttocounsel.org) • Philip Tegeler and Megan Haberle of Poverty & Race Research Action Council (prrac.org) • Marie Claire Tran-Leung of Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (povertylaw.org) • Elayne Weiss of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (nlihc.org) The Law Center acknowledges with gratitude the generous support of the Oak Foundation and the Oakwood Foundation. The Law Center would also like to thank our Lawyers’ Executive Advisory Partners (LEAP) member law firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Arent Fox LLP; Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Covington & Burling LLP; Dechert LLP; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Goodwin Procter LLP; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; McCarter & English LLP; Microsoft Corporation; Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Sidley Austin LLP; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; and WilmerHale. Megan Godbey and Michael Santos provided report design and layout. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 397 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 5nlchp.org TABLE OF CONTENTS About the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Board of Directors Staff Acknowledgments Table of Contents ExEcutivE Summary Key Findings Key Recommendations introduction thE Link BEtwEEn rEntErS rightS and homELESSnESS The lack of affordable housing has led to increased housing instability and an eviction epidemic Evictions and housing instability lead to homelessness Discriminatory barriers to housing cause and prolong homelessness PoLicy ProPoSaLS: rEntErS’ rightS to rEducE homELESSnESS Stabilize Housing by Preventing Unnecessary Evictions Just Cause Evictions and Rent Control by Aimee Inglis, Tenants Together Right to Legal Representation in Eviction Cases by John Pollock, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel Protections for Tenants in Foreclosed Properties by Elayne Weiss, National Low Income Housing Coalition Stopping Evictions Caused by Nuisance Ordinances by Sandra S. Park, American Civil Liberties Union Removing Barriers to Rental Housing Eviction Record Expungement by Eric Dunn, Virginia Poverty Law Center Limiting Use of Criminal Records by Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Source of Income Discrimination by Philip Tegeler and Megan Haberle, Poverty & Race Research Action Council Discrimination Based on Housing Status by Michael Santos, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Saving Affordable Homes by Jessie Cassella, National Housing Law Project human rightS & rEntErS’ rightS concLuSion 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 15 18 21 22 22 24 26 28 31 31 34 36 38 39 42 48 10.B.d Packet Pg. 398 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 6 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty EXECUTIVE SUMMARY While many communities across the country are working to end homelessness, too few have adopted legal protections to help renters find, and stay in, housing. This report explores the links between housing instability and homelessness as well as the laws that can reduce housing instability. While increasing the availability of affordable housing is a necessary component of ending homelessness, it may not be sufficient if low-income families and individuals are not able to access and keep stable housing. Legal protections can help increase housing stability and reduce homelessness. The United States faces a crisis of homelessness in urban, suburban, and rural areas across the country. The leading cause is the unavailability of housing, particularly rental housing, that is affordable to low-income families and individuals. Federal funding to support affordable housing was sharply decreased in the early 1980s and has not recovered—helping to create the modern phenomenon of homelessness, with high numbers of people experiencing chronic or sporadic homelessness each year. Currently, only 25 percent of those poor enough to be eligible for housing assistance receive it. Meanwhile, wages have stagnated or fallen, and other social safety nets have shrunk. As the overall number of low-income renters has increased over the years, the availability of affordable housing in the private market has also decreased. As recently documented in Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond’s best-selling book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, this has led to high rates of housing instability, evictions, and difficulty finding housing—any of which can be a proximate cause of homelessness. Can stronger legal protections for renters help address the crisis of homelessness? While more data and research are needed, existing studies indicate that stronger renters’ rights help prevent and end homelessness, and that such protections also can save money. This report recommends that local, state, and the federal government stabilize rental housing for low-income persons by strengthening renters’ rights laws. In particular, this report looks at renters’ right protections that limit unnecessary evictions or rent increases, such as just- cause eviction laws, rent control laws, protections for tenants in foreclosed property, protections for tenants against nuisance ordinances, and access to counsel in eviction court. The report also examines laws that lower renters’ barriers to accessing housing, such as limiting the use of eviction history or criminal history, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of housing status, and prohibiting discrimination based on source of income. International human rights law recognizes a fundamental human right to adequate housing, with adequacy defined by seven elements, including affordability and the legal security of tenure. The United States has signed or ratified several human rights instruments that recognize or reinforce the human right to housing. Adopting laws and policies that better protect renters can help reduce homelessness and also help our country meet international human rights standards. Key Findings There is not enough affordable and available housing for America’s millions of low-income renters. Affordable housing is rapidly decreasing nationwide, and today there are only 35 units that are affordable and available for every 100 extremely poor renter households. This housing gap is even more severe in many of the nation’s large and growing metropolitan areas. Multiple factors contribute to the affordable housing gap, but perhaps none more so than the rapidly rising costs of rents as compared with household wages. Some of the rise in rents is attributable to increased demand in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, as millions of former homeowners moved toward the rental housing market. Indeed, rental vacancies are at historic lows across the country, and competition for vacant units is fierce. Increased gentrification in urban areas has also increased rental costs and decreased the quantity of market- rate, affordable housing. The lack of affordable housing causes housing instability for low-income renters and leads to increased risk of eviction. Because there are too few affordable units for the people who need them, too many low-income renters are forced to spend far more than they can afford to keep roofs over their heads. Renter households that pay more than half of their total household income on housing are at a record high of over 21 million. While housing cost burdens affect renters of multiple income levels, our nation’s poorest renters—which comprise 26 percent of all U.S. renter households—feel the housing burdens most acutely. Indeed, approximately 1 in 4 of these renters pays nearly 70 percent of household income toward rent and basic utilities. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 399 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 7nlchp.org Low-income renters are not always able to pay rent. Housing cost burdens leave little income for other necessities like food, medicine, child care, and transportation. Moreover, they leave cost-burdened renters with no financial cushion against emergencies or sudden interruptions in income from job loss, divorce, or other destabilizing life events. In this environment, low-income renters with high cost-burdens are at serious risk of eviction for failure to pay timely rent—sometimes with only a few days’ notice. Even when they are able to pay rent, low-income renters risk eviction. When competition for rental housing is high and supply is limited, landlords hold the balance of power in the landlord and tenant relationship. This imbalance lowers tenants’ ability to demand decent affordable housing. It may be cheaper to simply evict a tenant complaining of faulty plumbing, for example, than to remedy the problem, and landlords may be willing to do so when there is a line of prospective tenants willing to take the complaining renter’s place. In such an imbalanced environment, renters are also vulnerable to housing displacement for unfair reasons, such as when victims of domestic violence are evicted for “too many” 911 calls, the property is foreclosed upon, the neighborhood is gentrifying, or for no reason at all. Evictions can cause homelessness. Evictions, whether through formal court proceedings or other methods of involuntary displacement from housing, are a direct cause of homelessness—either immediately or after social safety networks are exhausted. The causal relationship between evictions and homelessness is demonstrated in a number of regional reports and at least one national study, including: • A 2017 survey by Applied Survey Research in Santa Cruz County, California, found that 14 percent of its homeless population cited eviction as a primary cause of their homelessness. • A 2017 report by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness found that eviction is the second leading cause of homelessness in New York City among families with children, with as many as 33 percent of families citing eviction as the reason for their homelessness in parts of the city. • A 2016 report by Stout Risius Ross, LLC, showed that New York City would realize a benefit of $320 million annually from establishing a right to counsel in eviction proceedings, with a $251 million savings from homeless shelter costs. • In 2012, the Boston Bar Association Task Force on the Civil Right to Counsel cited a 2011 report that 45 percent of households that enter the Massachusetts shelters gave eviction as the reason they were homeless or at risk of homelessness. • A 2010 report by Seedco found that 47 percent of families in New York City’s homeless shelters experienced eviction five years before shelter entry. • A 2001 national study found that nearly two out of five homeless people who use homeless assistance programs came to be homeless through involuntary displacement from their housing. Once housing is lost, low-income renters face significant barriers to accessing replacement housing. In addition to a competitive rental market where affordable units are few and far between, low-income renters must also contend with multiple housing policies that discriminate against them. Landlords may have policies that automatically exclude prospective renters with eviction records, criminal records, or a lack of recent rental history due to homelessness. These policies may apply even when the underlying events are old, wholly unrelated to the prospective renter’s ability to pay rent or abide by reasonable lease terms, or even when the record at issue is inaccurate. In addition, landlords may refuse to rent to tenants based on their source of income, such as a Section 8 voucher, or based on other prejudices. These barriers all diminish the choices of low- income renters—forcing them into worse housing at higher costs. Once a renter is trapped in this cycle, homelessness becomes more and more likely. People of color have been particularly harmed by housing instability, discriminatory rental policies, and homelessness. Today, approximately half of all renters in this country are people of color, and these renters are disproportionately affected by housing cost burdens. Around a quarter of Black and Hispanic households spend at least half of their income on housing costs, as compared with less than 20 percent of white households. People of color also face disproportionate rates of eviction. These factors contribute to a heavy overrepresentation of people of color in the homeless population. Even controlling for poverty, Blacks are significantly more likely to experience homelessness than white people. Indeed, Black people represent a full 39 percent of all homeless people, despite 10.B.d Packet Pg. 400 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 8 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty making up only 13 percent of the general population. Hispanic people comprise 22 percent of the homeless population, but less than 18 percent of the general population. Native American people make up nearly 3 percent of the homeless population but are only 1.5 percent of the general population. Strong renters’ rights can reduce housing instability, remove barriers to housing access, and prevent homelessness. Laws that stabilize rents, prevent unjust evictions, and prohibit discriminatory rental admission policies directly address the underlying causes of housing instability and homelessness. While more research must be done to demonstrate the full impact of these laws, some evidence of the effectiveness of renters’ rights laws include: • In 2016, a cost/benefit analysis of providing a right to counsel in eviction proceedings in New York City concluded that implementation of a right to counsel would not only reduce evictions by an estimated 77 percent when legal counsel is provided, but it would also produce a net cost savings to the city of $320 million. The majority of the savings would come from a reduction in the need for homeless services. • A 2010 evaluation of the Housing Help Program, a joint effort by the United Way and New York City to provide services, including legal services, to housing litigants at risk of homelessness found that providing counsel in housing cases prevented loss of housing for 91 percent of clients and also reduced homelessness • A 2017 article in the Journal of Planning Literature found that source of income discrimination laws, which prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to people with housing subsidies, increased renters’ likelihood of locating housing by 12 percent. • A 2012 report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that the now-expired federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, which provided protection to renters subject to eviction due to foreclosure, was successfully used by 90 percent of surveyed legal services attorneys to halt or avoid eviction of their clients. Key Recommendations Governments must implement policies that directly address the underlying causes of housing instability and homelessness. Indeed, preventing and ending homelessness should be major factors in governments’ decision-making processes, laws, policies, and practices related to housing. The following recommended policies represent some renters’ rights laws that can help keep rental housing affordable, reduce housing instability and eviction, and prohibit discriminatory rental admission policies: • Laws that limit evictions without just cause can help prevent unfair evictions. • Rent stabilization laws can help to address the affordability crisis by reasonably limiting increases in rents. • Laws that guarantee a right to counsel in housing cases translate directly into lower homelessness. • Laws preventing eviction based on foreclosure can help to prevent unjust evictions and keep people stably housed. • Laws prohibiting discrimination based on a prospective renter’s source of income, such as a federal housing subsidy, can help renters gain access to and more readily afford the cost of private market rental housing. • Laws prohibiting housing displacement due to nuisance ordinances can help keep tenants and their children housed. • Laws prohibiting discrimination against renters with eviction histories and criminal records, or that limit dissemination of such information to prospective landlords, can help to remove barriers to housing access. • Laws prohibiting discrimination against homeless people in rental housing. • Laws preserving existing affordable housing, such as laws that provide renters’ rights of first refusal to purchase to their homes when an owner seeks to convert property to market-rate use. Advocates working on rental housing and those fighting homelessness should work collaboratively, along with civil rights advocates and anti-poverty advocates, to broaden and strengthen support for strong renters’ rights. Coordinated or joint organizing and communication efforts that center on the needs of people who are directly affected are key. The national Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign has model policies, talking points, and other materials, and provides a hub for networking that can help in this coordinated effort. See more at housingnothandcuffs.org. Renters’ rights protections/laws appear to be critical to preventing and ending homelessness, and they can often be implemented quickly and cost-effectively. However, it is important to recognize that ending homelessness will also require a significant investment in affordable housing development from the federal, state, and local level, and an expanded social safety net. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 401 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 9nlchp.org INTRODUCTION Homelessness is a national crisis. It is difficult to accurately measure the size of the homeless population, but the magnitude of the crisis is indicated by various data sources, including two national data sets collected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED). HUD measures homelessness using a Point-in- Time count (PIT), which is an annual nationwide effort to count homeless people in some sheltered and unsheltered locations on a single night in January. In 2017, HUD reported that 553,742 people were counted as experiencing homelessness in the United States.1 These numbers are considered a significant undercount of the homeless population, even for a single night.2 Data from ED uses a broader definition of homelessness to find that there were over 1.37 million homeless children in our public schools in the 2015-2016 school year—a 70 percent increase since the inception of the housing foreclosure crisis in 2007. Some of these children live among the estimated 7 million U.S. households living doubled up with friends and family. The ED numbers are also likely a significant undercount, as accurate identification of homeless students remains a challenge. While both data sets from ED and HUD vary, they only provide a subset of an even higher number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness across the country. While homelessness affects people of all ages, races, and backgrounds, people of color are heavily overrepresented. Black people represent a full 40 percent of all homeless people despite making up only 13 percent of the general population.3 Hispanic people, who comprise 18 percent of the general population, are similarly overrepresented at 22 percent of those experiencing homelessness.4 Native American people make up nearly 3 percent of the homeless population but are only 1.5 percent of the general population.5 This may not reflect the true disparity because Black Americans and other people of color are also over-represented in the criminal justice system, and HUD’s count excludes people who are in jail (but would otherwise be homeless).6 Data on disproportionality is incomplete because 1 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev.., The 2017 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress (Dec. 2017), available at https://www. hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-Part-1.pdf. 2 Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, Don’t Count On It: How the HUD Point-in-Time Count Underestimates the Homelessness Crisis in America (2017), available at https://www.nlchp.org/documents/HUD-PIT- report2017. 3 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev.., The 2017 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress (Dec. 2017), available at https://www. hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-Part-1.pdf. 4 Id. 5 Id. 6 Don’t Count On It, supra note 2, at 13. even jurisdictions that include incarcerated persons may not disaggregate data based on race and/or ethnicity. Houston, for example, reported to HUD that it had 3,605 homeless people in a single night in 2017.7 The number grew by 57 percent, to 5,651, when Houston added incarcerated homeless people for its own “expanded” count.8 A long, inglorious history of housing and zoning policies creating racial and socioeconomic segregation has helped to lay the groundwork for the disproportionate representation of people of color among the nation’s homeless population. Laws that are discriminatory or have discriminatory impact, as well as discrimination in real estate and lending—from denials of loans and exclusion from federal loan insurance programs to predatory lending practices—have resulted in neighborhood segregation along racial lines and concentrated poverty.9 Today, 25 percent of poor Blacks and 18 percent of poor Hispanics live in high-poverty communities as compared with only 6 percent of poor whites.10 While an accurate assessment of the complexity of the crisis of homelessness may not be available, there is proof that homelessness is worsened by a lack of protection afforded to low-income renters, many of whom are at near constant risk of housing displacement due to rapidly rising rents, declining incomes, increased competition for ever fewer affordable rental units, and a dwindling social safety net. Adding to this risk is a lack of legal protections from myriad barriers to securing new housing in the private market. This has left millions of low-income people—people of color in particular—unstably housed across the country. This report describes how a lack of affordable rental housing and discriminatory rental admission policies create housing instability and risk of homelessness for low-income renters. The report concludes that strong renters’ rights can help address housing instability and serve a critical role in the preventing and ending homelessness in America, and makes several recommendations of laws that can be passed at the federal, state, and local levels. 7 Catherine Troisi et al., Houston/Harris County/Fort Bend County/ Montgomery County 2017 Point-in-Time Count Report, The Way Home and Coalition for the Homeless (2017) 8 Id. at 10. 9 Jacob S. Rugh & Douglas S. Massey, Racial Segregation and the American Foreclosure Crisis, Am. Soc. Rev.. (2010), available at https://www.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193596/. 10 Joint Ctr. for Hous. Studies of Harvard Univ., The State of the Nation’s Housing at 6 (2016) [hereinafter State of the Nation 2016], available at http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/jchs.harvard.edu/files/jchs_2016_ state_of_the_nations_housing_lowres.pdf. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 402 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 10 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty THE LINK BETWEEN RENTERS RIGHTS AND HOMELESSNESS This report surveys current studies and research that examine the connection between legal protections for renters and homelessness. Some of the strongest evidence is from pilot studies that show a direct link between access to counsel in eviction court and reductions in homelessness, demonstrating that when renters have rights and are able to claim them through access to counsel, homelessness decreases. There is also evidence that links eviction rates to homelessness as well as evidence that discriminatory barriers to housing can make it difficult to exit homelessness. While more research is needed, this evidence, combined with research showing that eviction rates and discriminatory barriers can be reduced through legal protections, suggests that strengthening renters’ rights can help reduce homelessness. In this section, we first review the current state of housing affordability, housing instability, and evictions. Second, we review evidence that links evictions and homelessness. Third, we review discriminatory barriers to housing faced by low- income renters and how those link to homelessness. In a later section, we discuss possible policy solutions that can work to prevent homelessness through renters’ rights. The lack of affordable housing has led to increased housing instability and an eviction epidemic A lack of adequate affordable rental housing is the primary cause of housing instability and homelessness. With fewer affordable housing units than people who need them, millions of individuals and families must pay far more than they can afford to keep roofs over their heads. This problem is particularly acute for our nation’s poorest renters. There are only 35 affordable and available housing units for every 100 extremely low- income households (ELI) who need them. 11 This housing gap is even more severe in many of the nation’s large and growing metropolitan areas.12 In Los Angeles, California, for example, there are only 16 affordable and available units for every 100 ELI renter households.13 In Las Vegas, Nevada, that number drops to only 12 affordable and available homes.14 These numbers 11 Nat’l Low Income Hous. Coal., The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes at 3 (Mar. 2017) [hereinafter The Gap], available at http://nlihc.org/sites/ default/files/Gap-Report_2017_interactive.pdf. (‘‘Extremely low-income families’’ are families whose incomes do not exceed the higher of the Federal poverty level or 30 percent of Area Median Income.) 12 Joint Ctr. for Hous. Studies of Harvard Univ., The State of the Nation’s Housing [hereinafter State of the Nation 2017] (2017), available at http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/jchs.harvard.edu/files/harvard_jchs_ state_of_the_nations_housing_2017.pdf. 13 Id. at 3. 14 Id. at 3. only count households that are currently renting and therefore do not account for persons experiencing homelessness. A recent report, Dynamics of Homelessness in Urban America, examined the relationship between housing costs and homelessness in the 25 largest U.S. metropolitan areas drawing on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, HUD, and the housing website Zillow.15 The study found that the relationship between homelessness and rental costs is particularly strong in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Seattle.16 For example, the study predicted over 6,000 more people would experience homelessness in New York City if rents increased by ten percent; in Los Angeles, the increase would be over 4,000 more people.17 More low-income renters are competing for fewer market- rate affordable housing options. The affordable housing gap worsened over the past decade. This can be attributed, in part, to a growing number of renter households following the housing market crash and foreclosure crisis that swept the nation beginning in 2007.18 Homeownership in the United States plummeted in the wake of the foreclosure crisis.19 Since 2007, over 9 million homes were lost to foreclosure, short sales, or deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure.20 While foreclosures have slowed in recent years, they remain two times the national average since before the housing crash.21 This has led to a spike in renter households—up nearly a third since 2004.22 The growth is largely attributable to minority and foreign-born households. 23 Today, approximately half of all renters are people of color, as compared with just a quarter of our nation’s homeowners.24 This trend is projected to continue.25 15 Chris Glynn & Emily B. Fox, Dynamics of homelessness in urban America 1 (2017), available at https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.09380.pdf. 16 Id. at 1. 17 Id. at 21. 18 State of the Nation 2016, supra note 10, at 3. 19 Id. at 2. 20 Id. at 2. 21 Id. at 2. 22 Joint Ctr. for Hous. Studies of Harvard Univ., America’s Rental Housing (2017) [hereinafter America’s Rental Housing 2017], available at http:// www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/jchs.harvard.edu/files/harvard_jchs_ americas_rental_housing_2017.pdf. 23 State of the Nation 2016, supra note 10, at 25. 24 Zillow Group, Finding Home as a Person of Color (2017), https://www. zillow.com/report/2017/highlights/finding-home-person-color/. 25 Homes for All Campaign of Right to the City Alliance, Rise of the Renter Nation: Solutions to the Housing Affordability Crisis 7 (June 2014), available at http://homesforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/RISE-OF-THE- RENTER-NATION_PRINT.pdf. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 403 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 11nlchp.org Moreover, the majority of renter households are low-income, with 53 percent of all renter households earning less than $35,000 annually, and 60 percent of those earning less than $15,000 each year.26 The rise of renter households has led to historically low rental vacancy rates. Nationally, the vacancy rate is around 7 percent— its lowest level in thirty years.27 In many cities, the vacancy rates are even lower. In Minnesota’s Twin Cities, the vacancy rate has sunk to 2.3 percent.28 In San Diego, California, the rate is similarly low at just 2 percent.29 While new construction adds to the availability of rental housing, it often does little to produce new housing affordable to low-income renters, as most new units are intended for renters at the higher end of the rental market.30 High demand for a limited supply of rental units has led to fierce competition in the rental market, and a consequent rise in the rents demanded by landlords. Nationally, median monthly rental costs have risen 15 percent since 2000, increasing to $980.31 In some popular metro areas, the increase is considerably higher: “Median rents have risen at twice the national pace in markets with rapid population growth, such as Austin, Denver, and Seattle. And within these fast-growing metros, rents in previously low-cost neighborhoods rose nearly a percentage point faster each year than in high-cost neighborhoods.”32 Indeed, a report by Freddie Mac documents a 60 percent drop in market-rate apartments affordable to very low-income families over just the past six years.33 A new report by Freddie Mac documents a 60 percent drop in market-rate apartments affordable to very low-income families in just the past six years. 26 America’s Rental Housing 2017, supra note 22. 27 State of the Nation 2017, supra note 12, at 2. 28 Jim Buchta, Apartment vacancy rates in the Twin Cities down slightly despite thousands of new units, Star Tribune, Nov. 11, 2015, available at www.startribune.com/apartment-vacancy-rates-in-the-twin-cities-down- slightly-despite-thousands-of-new-units/345402542/. 29 Susan Murphy, San Diego County Rents Rise as Vacancies Fall, KPBS, Sep. 16, 2016, available at http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/sep/16/san- diego-county-rents-rise-vacancies-fall/. 30 State of the Nation 2017, supra note 12, at 35. 31 America’s Rental Housing 2017, supra note 22. 32 Id. 33 FreddieMac Multifamily, Rental Affordability Is Worsening, http://www. freddiemac.com/multifamily/pdf/rental_affordability_worsening.pdf; see also FreddieMac, Is Renting Becoming More Affordable? (Oct. 23, 2017), http://www.freddiemac.com/blog/rental_housing/20171023_renting_ becoming_more_affordable.html; FreddieMac, Rental Affordability: A Gap Widening to a Chasm (Nov. 3, 2017), http://www.freddiemac.com/ research/insight/20171103_rental_affordability.html. As rents have risen, wages of low-income American workers have declined. From 1979 to 2013, while the hourly wages of high-wage workers rose 41 percent and those of middle-wage workers grew 6 percent, the wages of low-wage workers fell 5 percent, according to the Economic Policy Institute.34 Today, over a third of renter households earn less than $25,000 per year and household income for the nation’s poorest households is lower than what it was before the foreclosure crisis.35 According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in 2017 is $17.14—2.4 times the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.36 This means that someone earning the minimum wage would need to work 94.5 hours per week—the equivalent of over two full-time jobs—every single week of the year to afford even a one-bedroom rental home.37 Indeed, there is not a single state where a full-time worker earning minimum wage can afford a one-bedroom apartment.38 This problem is not likely to correct in the next decade as only one of seven occupations predicted to add the largest number of jobs by 2024 pays an adequate housing wage.39 Federal housing assistance is severely underfunded. Federal housing assistance is intended to assist renters who do not earn enough to pay for modest housing. But being income-eligible does not guarantee assistance. In fact, only 1 in 4 eligible renters receive rental assistance.40 In the early 1980s, federal funds for housing decreased, and funding has never recovered.41 Indeed, federal housing assistance has continued to shrink even as the number of renters who qualify for assistance has risen. 159,000 fewer renters receive federal housing assistance now than received it prior to the inception of the foreclosure crisis in 2007.42 All of the nation’s public housing authorities that offer Housing Choice Vouchers—commonly referred to as Section 8—have years- long waiting lists, or are simply closed.43 Nationally, around 34 Lawrence Mischel et al., Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts (Jan. 6, 2015), available at http://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage- stagnation/. 35 The Gap, supra note 11, at 3. 36 Nat’l Low Income Hous. Coal., Out of Reach 2017: The High Cost of Housing at 1 http://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/oor/OOR_2017.pdf. 37 Id. 38 Id. 39 Id. 40 State of the Nation 2016, supra note 10, at 5. 41 White House, Table 5.3 - Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by Agency: 1976-2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/ files/omb/budget/fy2018/hist05z3.xls. 42 State of the Nation 2016, supra note 10, at 5. 43 J. Rosie Tighe, et al., Source of Income Discrimination and Fair Housing Policy, 32 J. Plan. Literature 3-15(2017), available at http://journals. sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0885412216670603. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 404 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 12 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty 10,000 units of public housing are lost each year as a result of chronic underfunding.44 This underfunding also threatens the housing stability of over one million US renter households residing in dilapidated public housing units.45 Other funding streams are also lacking. Persons with disabilities, who are unable to work and are reliant on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, receive less than what is needed to live on—too often receiving less than it costs to rent an apartment. Indeed, in housing markets across 33 states, rents for modest one-bedroom rental units cost more than the entire monthly SSI payment.46 In this environment, it may be impossible for a person reliant on SSDI or SSI income to afford housing. Most low-income renters pay more for housing than they can afford. Low-income renters who are not lucky enough to secure an affordable rental unit or obtain a rental subsidy are forced to pay more than they can afford for housing. Renters are considered housing cost-burdened when they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and severely cost-burdened if housing costs exceed 50 percent of household income. The number of renters experiencing cost-burdens is at a record 44 Ctr. On Budget & Pol’y Priorities, Chart Book: Cuts in Federal Assistance Have Exacerbated Families’ Struggles to Afford Housing Section 2 (2016) available at https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/chart-book-cuts-in- federal-assistance-have-exacerbated-families-struggles-to-afford. 45 See generally, Ctr. On Budget & Pol’y Priorities, Policy Basics: Public Housing (Nov. 15, 2017), https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics- public-housing 46 Technical Assistance Collaborative, Priced Out in 2014 2 (Jun. 2015) available at http://www.tacinc.org/media/52012/Priced%20Out%20 in%202014.pdf. high.47 According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, the total number of cost-burdened U.S. households was 20.8 million in 2016. The number with severe burdens now stands at 11 million.48 Our nation’s poorest renters, unsurprisingly, have felt the cost burdens most acutely. Extremely low-income (ELI) households, defined as those earning 30 percent or less of area median income, which account for 26 percent of all U.S. renter households, have the most severe housing cost burdens of any group. In 2016, a whopping 83 percent of renter households with incomes below $15,000 had cost burdens.49 72 percent of these household had severe burdens,50 and almost a quarter dedicate over 70 percent of their income to pay rent and keep the lights on.51 “It’s the worst time in 36 years to be a renter in America.” -Alan Pyke, economic editor at ThinkProgress52 47 State of the Nation 2016, supra note 10, at 31. 48 America’s Rental Housing 2017, supra note 22. 49 Id. 50 Id. 51 Matthew Desmond, Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction 22 Institute for Research on Poverty (Mar. 2015), available at https://www. irp.wisc.edu/publications/fastfocus/pdfs/FF22-2015.pdf. 52 Alan Pyke, Americans Already Spent A Shocking Amount On Rent, But It Just Got Worse, Think Progress, Aug. 13, 2015, https://thinkprogress.org/ americans-already-spent-a-shocking-amount-on-rent-but-it-just-got- worse-df2ba23a0a6d/. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 405 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 13nlchp.org People of color have been particularly harmed by cost burdens. Today, approximately half of all renters in this country are people of color. In 2013, 23 percent of Black-renting families and 25 percent of Hispanic-renting families spent at least half of their income on housing.53 This compares with less than 20 percent of white households.54 People of color pay too much for housing, in part because of housing discrimination. National studies reveal that people of color are told about fewer rental units and shown fewer rental units.55 In addition, Black and Hispanic renters are quoted higher rental prices than white renters and told less frequently that the negotiable nature of deposits and other move-in costs.56 “Taking into account fees, deposits, and rents, apartments were more likely to cost whites slightly less in the first year of rental than Blacks might pay.”57 With fewer options, they also are more likely to have to pay more for worse housing.58 Data from the National Housing Survey revealed that Black people are 24 percent less likely to live in safe, adequate housing than white people.59 Hispanic people are 12 percent less likely.60 53 Id. at 1. 54 Allison Charette et al., Projecting Trends in Severely Cost-Burdened Renters: 2015–2025 (2015), http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/jchs.harvard.edu/ files/projecting_trends_in_severely_cost-burdened_renters_final.pdf 55 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev.., Housing Discrimination Against Racial and Ethnic Minorities 2012 - Executive Summary (June 2013), available at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/Publications/pdf/HUD-514_HDS2012_ execsumm.pdf. 56 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev.., Housing Discrimination Against Racial And Ethnic Minorities 2012 (June 2013), available at https://www.huduser. gov/portal/publications/fairhsg/hsg_discrimination_2012.html. 57 Shaila Dewan, Discrimination in Housing Against Nonwhites Persists Quietly, U.S. Study Finds, N.Y. Times, June 11, 2013, http://www.nytimes. com/2013/06/12/business/economy/discrimination-in-housing-against- nonwhites-persists-quietly-us-study-finds.html. 58 Kusum Mundra & Amarendra Sharma, Housing Quality Gap for Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S.: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey (Apr. 17, 2013), http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/sites/fasn/files/ Housing-Quality-Gap-for-Minorities-and-Immigrants-in-the-US.pdf. 59 Id. at 13. 60 Id. America is experiencing an eviction epidemic Given the housing instability caused by housing cost burdens, it is perhaps not surprising that the United States is facing an epidemic of evictions. The two primary causes are unaffordable rents and the lack of legal protections for tenants. “Every year in this country, people are evicted from their homes not by the tens of thousands or even the hundreds of thousands but by the millions.” -Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City61 Unaffordable rents lead to eviction and displacement Cost-burdened renters have little income left for other necessities like food, medicine, child care, and transportation. Studies have shown that severely cost-burdened renters may spend as much as 41 percent less on food and healthcare than similar households without housing cost-burdens.62 Indeed, housing instability has been linked to increased preventable hospitalizations.63 Housing cost burdens leave people at risk of homelessness if they experience an interruption in income from job loss, illness, injury, divorce, or any other destabilizing life event. Having no financial cushion against emergencies such as car repairs or a health crisis, leaves low-income, cost- burdened renters vulnerable to eviction for inability to pay their unaffordable rent.64 61 Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016). 62 The Gap, supra note 11. 63 Megan Sandel & Matthew Desmond, Investing in Housing for Health Improves Both Mission and Margin (Oct. 31, 2017), available at https:// jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2661030. 64 Desmond, Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction, supra note 51; Out of Reach 2017, supra note 36, at 1. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 406 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 14 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Case In Point “I worked day and night for a non-profit organization…I was the administrator’s assistant. Did that through the day and then worked another job at night; some nights turned into mornings. “I was a server at a hall helping with guests and serving food, trying to keep the bills paid. If it was not the electric/gas/water bill due, it was the rent, which I used to pay half of at the beginning of the month, the rest at the end. Always lock in half so you can make a payment plan. It’s like payment plan after payment plan until one day the nonprofit can’t pay me anymore. I tried working more hours on night job, but now bills are steady slipping, lights off, 12 days rent behind, water behind, now I’m evicted.”65 --Lashonda Smith (Milwaukee, WI) In 2013, 11 percent of Very Low-Income Renters, which are those earning 50 percent or less of area median income, had missed at least one rental payment within the previous three months, and millions more reported anticipating eviction for late or missing payments in the following two months.66 A 2017 report from Apartment List, based on data from its 8 million users and survey data from 41,000 respondents, showed similar results with one in five renters struggling to or unable to afford their rent in the past three months.67 Among low-income renters, the number was even higher at 27 percent.68 For single parents, the risk of missing rent rose to 30 percent.69 When renters cannot pay timely rent, they may be subject to eviction—sometimes with only a few days’ notice. Lack of legal protections for tenants leads to evictions and displacement With few legal protections for renters in many jurisdictions, landlords hold most of the power in the tenant-landlord relationship, and they have little incentive to lease rental units to individuals at affordable rates when those with higher incomes are willing to pay more. Landlords for lower-cost 65 Just Shelter, https://justshelter.org/2016/08/24/lashonda- smith/#more-2390. 66 The State of the Nation 2016, supra note 10 67 Chris Salviati, Rental Insecurity: The Threat of Evictions to America’s Renters (Oct. 20, 2017), https://www.apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/ rental-insecurity-the-threat-of-evictions-to-americas-renters/. 68 Id. 69 Id. apartments also may have no incentive to ensure that housing is maintained at an adequate standard. Indeed, a tenant who complains about legitimate habitability concerns, such as faulty plumbing, may be asked to leave simply because it is cheaper and more expedient to replace the tenant than to fix the underlying problem. Gentrification may also result in eviction. As neighborhoods redevelop to include modern housing, trendy shopping areas, or tourist attractions, low-income renters in historically affordable housing may be displaced in favor of new, higher income renters. Case In Point After Luz helped her neighbor fight her eviction, the landlord evicted Luz and her family into homelessness. Her husband found an apartment, but because it was managed by the same owners, he had to sign a paper saying that he would be evicted if Luz and her son were seen on the property. Luz and her son had to sneak in very late at night to sleep in the apartment with him and her son couldn’t play outside in the daytime, which distressed him. “When I asked the manager why they were doing this, they just said it was because they didn’t want me living there anymore. We tried to give them the money for rent for the upcoming month, and the manager wouldn’t take it. I felt like an unwanted dog being kicked out of its home. My son had to move and change schools in the middle of the year. We had to live in our car with our son for some time and had to put a lot of our stuff in storage. We couldn’t afford most of the other apartments.” --Luz Fabio (Seattle, Washington)70 Evictions have reached crisis levels. While there is no comprehensive national data on evictions, and local data is largely incomplete, there are multiple data sources indicating that we are in the midst of an eviction epidemic. According to an/the Apartment List report, 3.7 million renters nationwide have experienced eviction in their lifetimes. The same study found that, of those earning less than $30,000 per year, over 3 percent were evicted from their previous residence and 11 percent faced an eviction threat in the past year. 70 Just Shelter, https://justshelter.org/2016/04/01/luz-fabio/#more-2058. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 407 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 15nlchp.org Official data on evictions underreport the problem of housing instability and displacement because they do not include informal evictions outside of the court system. An informal eviction occurs, for example, when renters move out after being served with a notice to vacate. Even when people have meritorious defenses to eviction, the legal process may be intimidating, particularly for people who cannot afford an attorney or even take time off work to go to court. In addition, people may choose to move out before an eviction action is filed to prevent an eviction record.71 To understand the scope of the eviction problem, it is important to consider those situations where tenants are forced from their homes without the formal involvement of the courts, or before the court process is complete. In Matthew Desmond’s study of housing displacement in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he found that at least 48 percent of all forced moves were informal evictions.72 Poor women of color, particularly Black women, have particularly suffered as they are overwhelmingly the subjects of eviction actions as compared with other renters.73 Multiple studies from cities across the country reveal the disproportionate rates of eviction faced by women of color, and often by extension, poor children of color. In a study of those facing eviction in Chicago, 72 percent of those appearing in court were Black, and 62 percent were women.74 A study of those facing eviction in Philadelphia found that 70 percent were nonwhite women.75 In Milwaukee, a “deeply segregated city,” Black female renters are evicted at three times the rate of white women.76 In the words of Desmond, “If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.”77 Households with children may also be at greater risk of eviction. Even when controlling for poverty rate and other factors, one study found that “[i]f a tenant in eviction court lives with children, her or his odds of receiving an eviction judgment 71 Troy McMullen, Why More Americans are Facing Eviction (Dec. 12, 2016), available at https://www.forbes.com/sites/troymcmullen/2016/12/12/ why-more-americans-are-facing-eviction/#2f06a4251617. 72 Desmond, Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction, supra note 51, at 3. 73 Chester Hartman & David Robinson, Evictions: The Hidden Housing Problem, 14 Hous. Pol’y Debate 461 (2003), https://www.innovations. harvard.edu/sites/default/files/10950.pdf. 74 Lisa Parsons Chadha et al.,Time to Move: The Denial of Tenants’ Rights in Chicago’s Eviction Court (1996). 75 David Latham Eldridge, The Making of a Courtroom: Landlord-Tenant Trials in Philadelphia’s Municipal Court (2001), available at http://repository. upenn.edu/edissertations/1001. 76 Kate Abbey-Lambertz, How The Eviction Epidemic Is Trapping Black Women In Poverty, Huffington Post, March 17, 2016, https://www. huffingtonpost.com/entry/eviction-matthew-desmond-book_ us_56e996e3e4b065e2e3d82403. 77 Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016). almost triple.” 78 Evictions and housing instability lead to homelessness Some of the strongest evidence linking renters’ legal rights and homelessness look at the costs of evictions and the cost savings of preventing evictions. Evictions, and the homelessness and other harms it causes, carry significant costs to taxpayers. A growing number of studies, many conducted within the context of evaluating the cost-effectiveness of providing a right to legal counsel in housing cases, demonstrate that preventing evictions results in millions of dollars in tax dollar savings. The studies rely on data showing that spending on homelessness decreases significantly when renters’ rights are protected by counsel in eviction court. In 2016, Stout Risius Ross, LLC (SRR), a financial advisory firm, conducted a cost/benefit analysis of New York City Council Intro 214A, a proposal to provide a right to counsel in eviction proceedings.79 In its independent analysis, SRR concluded that providing counsel would not only reduce evictions by an estimated 77 percent; it would also produce a net cost savings to the city of $320 million—saving $251 million each year in reduced homeless shelter use alone.80 SRR also estimated that the city would realize around $9 million in annual savings from reduced medical and law enforcement costs related to the city’s unsheltered homeless population, 12 percent of whom are homeless due to eviction.81 It is important to note that, while this study looked specifically at access to counsel in eviction cases, lawyers that successfully prevented evictions did so on the basis of New York City’s existing renters’ rights laws, demonstrating their efficacy in protecting security of tenure in rental housing. 78 Desmond, Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction, supra note 51. 79 Stout Risius Ross, Inc., The Financial Cost and Benefits of Establishing a Right to Counsel in Eviction Proceedings Under Intro 214-A (Mar. 16, 2016), available at http://www2.nycbar.org/pdf/report/uploads/SRR_Report_ Financial_Cost_and_Benefits_of_Establishing_a_Right_to_Counsel_in_ Eviction_Proceedings.pdf. 80 Id. 81 Id. “If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.” - Matthew Desmond 10.B.d Packet Pg. 408 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 16 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty In 2014, the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest at Stanford Law School published a report, San Francisco Right to Counsel Pilot Program Documentation Report, analyzing the impact of an ordinance declaring San Francisco to be a right to civil counsel city.82 The ordinance authorized a one- year pilot program operating from October 2012 to September 2013 to increase access to free legal services for poor people in cases involving basic human needs, including in cases of eviction from housing. The study found that tenants who were assisted by counsel in their eviction cases were more likely to avoid homelessness. Projected cost savings to the city associated with this homelessness prevention were estimated at $1,096,200 in emergency shelter savings alone. In 2012, the Task Force on the Civil Right to Counsel convened by the Boston Bar Association issued a report on pilot programs providing counsel in cases involving, among other things, the risk of loss of housing. Preliminary research showed that implementing targeted, full legal representation to tenants faced with eviction will prevent homelessness and save the State of Massachusetts money.83 In fact, people so represented were two times more likely to retain possession of their housing.84 The study projected that cutting evictions by only 10 percent could save the state $8 million, with $3 million of the net savings in emergency assistance expenditures.85 Evictions are a direct cause of homelessness.86 Numerous studies establish evictions as a primary cause of homelessness. The causal relationship between evictions and homelessness is demonstrated by a number of regional studies and at least one national study, including: • The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, a New York-based policy research organization, issued an analysis of homelessness trends in its 2017 report, On the 82 John & Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Stanford Law School, San Francisco Right to Civil Counsel Pilot Program Documentation Report (May 2014), http://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/ FileCenter/Documents/49157-San%20Francisco%20Right%20to%20 Civil%20Counsel%20Pilot%20Program%20Documentation%20Report. pdf . 83 Boston Bar Assoc. Task Force on the Civil Right to Counsel, The Importance of Representation in Eviction Cases and Homelessness Prevention (Mar. 2012), available at , www.bostonbar.org/docs/default-document-library/ bba-crtc-final-3-1-12.pdf. 84 Id. 85 Id. 86 Evictions: The Hidden Housing Problem, supra note 73, at 468 (stating that “forced displacement frequently results in outright homelessness” and discussing other grave consequences of forced displacement). Map: The Dynamics of Family Homelessness in New York City.87 The report examined patterns related to shelter entry, including top reasons why families with children seek emergency shelter. Eviction was found to be a leading driver of homelessness with 25 percent of families eligible for shelter citing it as the reason for their homelessness. Indeed, across all communities in New York City, eviction was the second most common reason for family shelter entry behind domestic violence; in 18 communities, eviction was the leading cause. In Riverdale and Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, as examples, eviction was responsible for 33 percent or more of family shelter entry. It is also estimated that 12 percent of unsheltered homeless people in New York City are homeless due to eviction.88 • A 2017 survey by Applied Survey Research in Santa Cruz County, California, found that 14 percent of its homeless population cited eviction as a primary cause of their homelessness.89 The survey was conducted as part of the local Point-in-Time count of homeless people as required by HUD. The count, along with collecting data on the prevalence of homelessness, collects information on individuals and families living in emergency shelters, on the streets, and in some other locations. To collect this information, Santa Cruz County worked with Applied Survey Research, a social research firm, to conduct an in-depth survey administered to hundreds of homeless people in the area. The survey included questions designed to identify the primary event that led to the respondents’ homelessness, and 14 percent reported eviction as the cause.90 In addition, 25 percent reported job loss as the reason, which presumably led to the inability to afford housing.91 • A survey by Applied Survey Research for the 2017 San Francisco Point-in-Time Count produced similar results. The survey, administered to a randomized sample of 1,104 homeless individuals, found that eviction is a leading cause of homeless.92 12 percent of survey respondents cited 87 Inst. for Children, Poverty & Homelessness, On the Map: The Dynamics of Family Homelessness in New York City 2017, www.icphusa.org/new_york_ city/map-dynamics-family-homelessness-new-york-city-2017/. 88 The Financial Cost and Benefits of Establishing a Right to Counsel in Eviction Proceedings Under Intro 214-A , supra note 79. 89 Applied Survey Research, Santa Cruz County Homeless Census & Survey 2017 Comprehensive Report (2017), available at http://www. appliedsurveyresearch.org/s/2017-SantaCruzCounty-Final.pdf. 90 Id. 91 Id. 92 Applied Survey Research, San Francisco Homeless Count & Survey Comprehensive Report (2017), available at http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/06/2017-SF-Point-in-Time-Count-General- 10.B.d Packet Pg. 409 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 17nlchp.org eviction as the reason for their current homelessness—the third most common reason cited.93 • A 2017 survey done in partnership by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and St. Martin’s University of homeless individuals in Puyallup, Washington, also found eviction to be a leading cause of homelessness. In Puyallup, a small community with no year-round emergency shelter, 30 percent of surveyed homeless adults lost housing most recently due to a rent raise or eviction.94 • A 2011 report from the Massachusetts Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness found that 45 percent of homeless or at-risk households cited eviction as the cause.95 Interviews of shelter residents in the North Shore of Massachusetts, an area north of Boston, found even higher percentages of homeless people rendered so by forcible displacement from their homes. The majority of residents interviewed—a full 66 percent—were either evicted or moved out when job loss or poor health rendered them unable to pay rent.96 • A 2010 evaluation of the Housing Help Program (HHP), a three-year pilot program by the United Way of New York City, the Civil Court of the City of New York, and the New York City Department of Homeless Services to provide targeted legal, financial, and social service interventions to housing court litigants at risk of homelessness found that HHP prevented a loss of housing for 91 percent of its clients and also reduced entry into emergency shelters.97 • In 2009, the Law Center joined with several other organizations to survey direct service providers around the country. The survey revealed a substantial number of clients who experienced homelessness as a direct result of eviction due to the foreclosure of their rental housing.98 • A 2001 national study, drawing on a representative national sample of people using homeless assistance programs, found that nearly 2 out of 5 homeless people who use FINAL-6.21.17.pdf. 93 Id. at 27. 94 Coyle, E.F. (2017). Experiencing Homelessness in Puyallup. Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, WA. 95 The Importance of Representation in Eviction Cases and Homelessness Prevention, supra note 83. 96 Id. 97 NYC Housing Help Program, Homelessness Prevention Pilot Final Report (June 2010) (finding that 47% of the families in homeless shelter were there due to eviction). 98 Nat’l Coal. for the Homeless, Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009, at 5, available at http://nationalhomeless.org/advocacy/ ForeclosuretoHomelessness0609.pdf. homeless assistance programs came to be homeless through involuntary displacement from their housing.99 • 2001 data from emergency shelter providers in Columbus, Ohio, showed that 35.4 percent of families and 11.4 percent of individuals reported eviction as the primary or secondary reason for their homelessness.100 Foreclosures on rental units also contribute to eviction and can render renters’ homeless. Data from 2012 showed that approximately 40 percent of families facing eviction due to foreclosure were renters.101 This included three million children. 102 Indeed, foreclosure is cited as one of the most common reasons given for the increase in homeless children.103 A 2012 report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that the currently expired federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, which provided protection to renters subject to eviction due to foreclosure, was successfully used by 90 percent of surveyed legal services attorneys to halt or avoid eviction of their clients.104 Evictions also lead to homelessness indirectly. Eviction is not only a direct and immediate cause of homelessness but also triggers a flood of other obstacles that can increase the risk of homelessness in the future. The scramble to find replacement housing can force people to pay more than they can afford, for substandard housing in worse neighborhoods.105 An eviction on someone’s record may also serve to bar her from a number of housing options for extended periods. Even some public housing authorities deny admission and assistance to tenants with histories of eviction.106 Evictions may also result in job loss. In North Dakota, evicted renters are 15 percent more likely to lose their employment.107 99 Martha R. Burt, Homeless Families, Singles, and Others: Findings from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients, 12 J. Hous. Pol’y Debate737–80 (2001), available at https://doi.org/10.1080/10 511482.2001.9521428. 100 Evictions: The Hidden Housing Problem, supra note 73. 101 Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, Eviction (Without) Notice: Renters and the Foreclosure Crisis (Dec. 2012), available at https://www. nlchp.org/Eviction_Without_Notice. 102 Id. at 6. 103 Id. at 13. 104 Nat’l Low Income Hous. Coal., Renters in Foreclosure: A Fresh Look at an Ongoing Problem (Sept. 2012), available at http://nlihc.org/sites/default/ files/Renters_in_Foreclosure_2012.pdf. 105 Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction, supra note 53. 106 D. James Greine et al., The Limits of Unbundled Legal Assistance: A Randomized Study in a Massachusetts District Court and Prospects for the Future, 126 Harv. L. Rev. 901 (2013). 107 Breezy Schmidt, North Dakota Case Study: The Eviction Mill’s Fast Track to Homelessness [hereinafter North Dakota Case Study], 92 N.D. L. Rev. 595 (2017) 10.B.d Packet Pg. 410 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 18 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty In Milwaukee, displaced renters were 20 percent more likely to lose their jobs.108 This can result from a number of factors including forced relocation away from a renter’s job site or absenteeism while protecting belongings or looking for storage or housing.109 Forced evictions can have a devastating impact on the lives of children and families. Research from Matthew Desmond shows that mothers who experienced a recent eviction are over twice as likely to report poor health in their children, as well as higher rates of depression.110 Housing instability has even been shown to lead to preventable hospitalizations.111 Moreover, eviction can affect children’s ability to succeed in school. Not only is school attendance vulnerable to interruption, “[i]t is difficult for children to concentrate at school when they have lost their clothes and toys and do not know where they will sleep that night.”112 Case In Point All six families in Dora’s apartment complex were given eviction notices and had 30 days to move out. When they fought back, the landlord let them stay but increased the rent from $1,000 per month to $2,500. “All of us have lived in the building for five years or more. Many of us have kids. If we have to leave, I will be forced to move outside the city because we can’t afford rent anywhere else. My daughter would have to leave Boston Latin School. “She worked so hard to get a place there, and it would break my heart to take her out. Moving would also make it difficult for my husband and me to get to work, and the time spent commuting would take us away from our children.” -Dora Sandoval (Roxbury, MA)113 108 Desmond, Unaffordable America: Poverty, housing, and eviction, supra note 53. 109 Id. 110 Id. 111 Investing in Housing for Health Improves Both Mission and Margin, supra note 63. 112 North Dakota Case Study, supra note 107. 113 Just Shelter, https://justshelter.org/stories/#stories-image-4. Homelessness can also be a matter of life and death. Exposure to outdoor elements can threaten human survival, as tragically evidenced in the recent story of an Oregon woman who froze to death after she was evicted from senior housing over $338 in late rent.114 Discriminatory barriers to housing cause and prolong homelessness Once a low-income renter has been displaced from her housing, finding replacement housing can be exceedingly difficult. She is back in the competitive rental market where total rental vacancies may be few, and affordable rentals even fewer. Moreover, a low-income renter seeking housing may face a number of unjustifiably discriminatory rental admission policies that can bar housing access even if she finds an appropriate vacant unit. Tenant Screening for Eviction Records and Criminal Records Before landlords rent out their properties, they often engage in a process known as “tenant screening.” The cost of the screening process is normally charged to the prospective tenant, which can itself be a barrier to housing access for low-income renters. The screening report often includes credit information, criminal history, and any history of eviction. Landlords rely upon these reports to determine whether to rent to a prospective tenant. These sources, however, do not always produce accurate or complete information.115 For example, such a report may include an eviction case that the tenant won or that was dismissed by the court. Housing court records are publicly accessible, and a prospective tenant’s housing court history can create serious barriers to finding housing—especially in competitive rental markets.116 Companies that collect housing court information and sell them to landlords often recommend turning down a tenant-based only on their housing court history.117 Even tenants who were faultless in the underlying case may be passed over for rentals, and sometimes these records contain inaccurate information. This can function effectively as a “blacklist” against tenants with evictions on their record.118 114 bloomsmag.com/oregon-woman-evicted-from-senior-housing-for-328- in-late-rent-freezes-to-death-in-parking-garage/ 115 Esme Caramello & Nora Mahlberg, Combating Tenant Blacklisting Based on Housing Court Records: A Survey of Approaches (Sept. 2017), http:// povertylaw.org/clearinghouse/article/blacklisting. 116 Id. 117 Id. 118 Id. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 411 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 19nlchp.org Indeed, it is common for landlords to have a blanket policy denying applications of anyone with a recent history of eviction. These policies deny prospective tenant applications even where the tenant was faultless in the underlying eviction case. For example, responsible renters evicted from housing when their rental units are foreclosed upon—even when they had been paying timely rent and abiding by the terms of their lease agreements—had no ability to prevent the foreclosure that led to their eviction, yet the blemish on their rental history may serve as a bar to any future housing in the rental market. This is particularly concerning given that, according to national data from Apartment List, evictions are most common in areas hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis.119 Policies that deny rental applications solely on the basis of prior eviction often have a disproportionate impact on poor women of color. Tenants in Washington State filed a Fair Housing Act challenge to a landlord’s blanket policy of denying all tenants with any housing court history. The lawsuit alleged that Blacks were almost four times likelier than whites to have been sued in eviction cases, with Black women being over five times more likely than white men to have been sued. Similarly, renters with criminal records often face discrimination in access to rental units. While there may be some crimes that create a legitimate risk for landlords, blanket policies that exclude people with any criminal conviction are unjustifiably overbroad. Particularly in the current era of mass criminalization and incarceration, millions of people are excluded from housing based on convictions that are wholly unrelated to their ability to be responsible renters. Convictions for misdemeanor traffic offenses, for example, may bar a renter’s access to housing despite a lack of connection between ability to drive a car and to responsibly rent a home. Policies that discriminate against people with criminal convictions disproportionately affects poor men of color. Black and Hispanic men are incarcerated at much higher rates than their share of the general population, and are thus likelier to experience criminal records-based barriers to housing.120 Because of this disparate impact, blanket policies that bar renters with criminal histories likely violate the Fair Housing Act.121 119 Salviati, Rental Insecurity: The Threat of Evictions to America’s Renters, supra note 67. 120 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev., Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions (Apr. 4, 2016), https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/HUD_ OGCGUIDAPPFHASTANDCR.PDF. 121 Id. Discrimination Based on Housing Status or Source of Income A rental applicant who is currently experiencing homelessness or has done so in the past has a number of challenges in trying to find housing. According to a 2014 survey of 142 homeless individuals in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, over 90 percent of respondents reported that they had been discriminated against due to their housing status.122 It can be difficult to find decent housing without a current address or rental history, without landlord references, or credit history. People with experience of homelessness also face discrimination rooted in myths about their personal characteristics. “If we want to put people on the path to stable housing, we must end discrimination that creates another barrier in the way of people seeking to improve their situation.” –David Grosso, District of Columbia At-Large Councilmember123 For a number of people, the receipt of a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can signal a long-awaited escape from homelessness. But they can face additional discrimination when attempting to rent with these legal, and guaranteed, sources of income. A 2017 article in the Journal of Planning Literature reported that source of income discrimination laws, which prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to people with housing subsidies, increased renters’ likelihood of locating housing by 12 percent.124 The federal Housing Choice Voucher program, commonly referred to as “Section 8” grants recipients a voucher that allows them to rent where they wish in the private market. With a housing voucher, renters are typically required to pay only 30 percent of their income toward rent, with most or all of the remaining amount subsidized through housing assistance payments made through local Public Housing Authorities. 122 Nat’l Coal. for the Homeless, Discrimination and Economic Profiling among the Homeless of Washington, DC. (Apr. 2014), available at http://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ DiscriminationReport20141.pdf. 123 D.C. Councilmember Wants to Make Homelessness a Protected Class, Washington City Paper, July 11, 2017, https://www.washingtoncitypaper. com/news/housing-complex/blog/20867219/dc-councilmember-wants- to-make-homelessness-a-protected-class. 124 Tighe, Source of Income Discrimination and Fair Housing Policy, supra note 43, at 8 10.B.d Packet Pg. 412 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 20 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Unfortunately, landlords are free to refuse to rent to voucher holders in the majority of the states, and many choose to refuse to rent to Section 8 voucher holders (or other recipients of government assistance) over administrative concerns or prejudice. Because HUD requires most voucher holders to locate a residence within 120 days or risk forfeiting the voucher,125 discrimination against using this form of income to pay rent can make it difficult for voucher holders to secure housing—especially in desirable neighborhoods. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, around 66 percent of new voucher recipients ultimately lose it due to failure to locate a unit willing to accept it.126 125 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev. Office of Pub. & Indian Hous., Notice re: Section 8 Tenant-based Assistance (Enhanced and Regular Housing Choice Vouchers) For Housing Conversion Actions in Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 – Policy and Processing Guidance (Mar. 7, 2000), https://www.hud.gov/sites/ documents/DOC_9072.PDF 126 Affordable Housing Online, Source of Income Discrimination in Housing, https://affordablehousingonline.com/source-of-income- antidiscrimination-laws. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 413 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 21nlchp.org subsidy, can help keep housing affordable for renters by allowing them to more readily afford the cost of private market rental housing. • Laws prohibiting housing displacement due to nuisance ordinances. • Laws prohibiting discrimination against renters with eviction histories and criminal records, or that limit dissemination of such information to prospective landlords, can help to remove barriers to housing access. • Laws prohibiting discrimination against homeless people in rental housing. POLICY PROPOSALS: RENTERS’ RIGHTS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS In the current housing market, low-income households without subsidized housing face an impossible situation- one that appears to be increasing homelessness. These individuals and families earn too little money to afford market housing and are competing with too many others in the same situation. Their lack of power in the marketplace puts them at the mercy of landlords, and the result is housing instability, inadequate or unhealthy housing conditions, cycles of evictions, and difficulty finding new housing. Stronger legal protections for renters can help correct that imbalance and increase housing stability—in turn preventing homelessness and all of its societal costs. This section discusses some of the policies that can be enacted at the federal, state, and/or local levels to directly address this imbalance and lead to greater housing stability and fewer experiences with homelessness. As detailed above, evictions cause homelessness and create further economic and health problems for those who are subject to them. For all of these reasons, it is critical for communities to enact policies that prevent unnecessary evictions. Indeed, preventing and ending homelessness should be major factors in governments’ decision-making processes, laws, policies, and practices related to housing. The recommended policies below represent some renters’ rights laws that can help to keep rental housing affordable, reduce housing instability and eviction, and prohibit discriminatory rental admission policies. The Law Center invited experts from around the country to submit articles on these recommended policies. • Laws that limit evictions without just cause. • Rent stabilization laws can help to address the affordability crisis by reasonably limiting increases in rents. • Laws guaranteeing a right to counsel in housing cases can help ensure that the rights of tenants are enforced. • Laws preventing eviction based on foreclosure, incidents related to domestic violence, or no cause at all can help to prevent unjust evictions and keep people stably housed.127 • Laws prohibiting discrimination based on a prospective renter’s source of income, such as a federal housing 127 There are additional state and local laws that provide additional protections for renters who are survivors of domestic violence not discussed in this report. See e.g., Nat’l Hous. Law Project, Housing Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors: A State and Local Law Compendium (Dec. 2016), http://nhlp.org/files/CombinedD-HousingStateLawCompendium. pdf. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 414 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 22 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Stabilize Housing by Preventing Unnecessary Evictions Critical to preventing homelessness is preventing evictions in the first place. Adopting the law and policy recommendations discussed by experts below can help tenants keep their housing. Just Cause Evictions and Rent Control Aimee Inglis, Tenants Together (tenantstogether.org) Background Neighborhoods across the United States are being gentrified, displacing low-income tenants en masse and destabilizing housing markets by increasing rents. This process is expedited when landlords are able to evict low-income tenants without good cause. Without limitations on rent increases or no cause evictions, landlords are free to raise rents however much they want and evict good tenants for no reason at all. In gentrifying neighborhoods, building additional housing tends to increase prices, even as it increases supply. Instead of making market-rate homes more affordable over time, gentrification leads developers to buy and turn available housing into higher- end units that do not benefit low-income tenants.128 A single new high-cost building (or other development) can increase demand amongst higher-income groups for housing in that neighborhood. These groups, over time, are able to outbid current residents on all types of housing, from older single- family homes to apartments. While gentrification causes numerous problems including the dispersal of long-standing communities, it also increases costs for low-income residents who either have to pay more in order to stay in the same place or potentially experience the cost of moving to a distant neighborhood with higher daily transportation costs. Gentrification also reduces productivity, as competition for limited housing pushes tenants and job- seekers away from centers of economic activity.129 Policy Proposal: Just Cause Eviction Laws and Rent Control In order to stem the tide of rising rental costs and eviction of low-income tenants, states and localities should adopt just cause eviction and rent control policies. While these are two distinct protections, they often complement each other and provide critical protections to tenants who need stability when their communities are undergoing rapid gentrification. These 128 Pamela M. Blumenthal et. al, Strategies for Increasing Housing Supply in High-Cost Cities at 3 (Aug. 2016), available at https://www.urban.org/ sites/default/files/publication/83656/2000907-strategies-for-increasing- housing-supply-in-high-cost-cities-dc-case-study_1.pdf (citations omitted). 129 Id. at 2 (citations omitted). protective provisions prevent sudden evictions, protect tenants in short-term leases, hinder rapid rent increases, and stabilize communities by decreasing turnover rates.130 Rent control or stabilization establishes reasonable annual increases, meaning landlords cannot raise rents more than a small, reasonable percentage each year, typically based on a percentage of Consumer Price Index/inflation. Rent stabilization laws like those in California can prevent rent gouging and displacement while still allowing for a fair return on investments.131 Studies show rent control provides tenants with housing stability. Modern rent control laws have no negative impacts on the quality and quantity of rental units. Rent control does not increase rent overall and does not distort the rental market.132 On the contrary, eliminating rent control can lead to a dramatic increase in the costs of all housing, including formerly rent controlled and uncontrolled units.133 A 2011 study found that more housing was built after rent control was enacted.134 Accordingly, the boom and bust cycles of local housing construction are driven by the overall health of the economy, not rent control. Just cause eviction laws require landlords to give a reason for evicting tenants. Just cause eviction laws have been shown to motivate landlords to increase and improve maintenance of rental housing and to stabilize rental markets.135 Just cause eviction laws have been enacted in the form of state statutes or local ordinances. When the tenant is not at fault for being evicted, some just cause ordinances require landlords to cover the tenant’s relocation costs.136 In these jurisdictions, landlords 130 PolicyLink, Equitable Development Toolkit: Just Cause Eviction Controls [hereinafter Equitable Development Toolkit] (Mar. 2002), at 6, available at http://www.policylink.org/sites/default/files/just-cause-eviction-controls. pdf. 131 Richard Arnott, Time for Revisionism on Rent Control? 9 J. Econ. Pers. 99 (1995), available at https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/ jep.9.1.99. 132 See e.g., Eric Fischer, Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco apartments, Experimental Geography, http://experimental- geography.blogspot.com/2016/05/employment-construction-and-cost- of-san.html (accessed through http://observer.com/2016/05/a-guy-just- transcribed-30-years-of-for-rent-ads/). 133 See e.g., David H. Autor et al., Housing Market Spillovers: Evidence from the End of Rent Control in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 122 J. Pol. Econ. 661 (2014), available at https://economics.mit.edu/files/9760. 134 See generally, Hugh Grant, An Analysis of Manitoba’s Rent Regulation Program and the Impact on the Rental Housing Market (Jan. 31, 2011). 135 Gilderbloom, et. al. Thirty years of rent control: A survey of New Jersey cities (Apr. 2007), available at https://www.researchgate.net/ publication/229489080_Thirty_years_of_rent_control_A_survey_of_ New_Jersey_cities; see also Fischer, supra note 132 (Housing cost trends over the years). 136 Jessica Floum, Portland Landlords Must Pay Relocation Costs To Evict Tenants Without Cause, The Oregonian, Feb. 2, 2017, http://www. oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/portland_landlords_must_ pay_re.html; see e.g., City and County of San Francisco Rent Board, 10.B.d Packet Pg. 415 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 23nlchp.org Advocacy Tips and Resources Rent control and just cause eviction protections are generally met with a lot of hostility and false information, so dispelling myths may be necessary. Myth: Rent control will inhibit new development. Fact: Cities with rent control in California have some of the highest rates of development in the state.141 Myth: Rent control costs money. Fact: Programs are funded through a small per unit fee on landlords.142 Myth: Just cause eviction laws make it harder for landlords to evict bad tenants. Fact: Just cause eviction laws allow eviction for nonpayment of rent or tenant misconduct. Before beginning advocacy, check first to make sure your state or local jurisdiction does not have laws that undermine tenant protections or prevent you from enacting laws that strengthen renters’ rights. In California, for example, the effectiveness of rent control laws are restricted by other state laws. In many states, rent control is banned at the state level. Housing is a human right. Our laws need to start to treat it as such, instead of as a simple consumer good. Just cause eviction laws and rent control can help shift things in the right direction. 141 Haas Institute, Rent Control: The Key to Neighborhood Stabilization?, http://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/rent-control-key-neighborhood- stabilization (“When we looked at housing production numbers from 2007 to 2013, the six cities that had rent control in the Bay Area actually produced more housing units per capita than cities without rent control.”); Stephen Barton, Benefits of Rent Stabilization: A Brief Overview (Feb. 28, 2017), https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/ CommitteeMeetingDocument/101065, (“In the San Francisco Bay Area construction of multi-family housing is substantially higher in cities with rent stabilization than in cities without it.”). 142 See e.g., Tenants Together, Communities Thrive with Rent Control at 2, 6, https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/004/357/original/ Complete_Rent_Control_toolkit_final.pdf (the cost of administering the program can be funded through a small per unit fee paid by landlords or passed on to tenants). may be required to provide relocation assistance to each authorized occupant of the household being evicted. Just cause laws in most jurisdictions allow for landlords to evict tenants for numerous reasons including criminal activity, violation of house rules, refusal to allow landlord on the premises, excessive disruptions of others’ quiet enjoyment, damage of property, and failure to pay rent.137 The efficacy of each just cause eviction policy differs based on the types of housing units that are protected, the tenant’s rights when faced with eviction, and the legal process for eviction.138 These provisions are particularly helpful for tenants with month-to-month leases, low-income individuals and families, people of color, persons with disabilities, elderly persons, and those living in housing that have been foreclosed. Just cause for eviction ordinances in 19 California cities, including Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and East Palo Alto, protect countless low-income tenants from displacement.139In East Palo Alto, for example, Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) tracked their caseload over an eight-month test period in 2014 and found that the just cause eviction ordinance has had the effect of increasing the number of tenants who were able to avoid eviction and stay in their homes.140 Section 37.9C Tenants Rights To Relocation For No-Fault Evictions, http:// sfrb.org/section-379c-tenants-rights-relocation-no-fault-evictions. 137 Equitable Development Toolkit, supra note 130, at 2-3. 138 See id. 139 Id. at 6; see generally Urban Habitat, Strengthening Communities Through Rent Control and Just-Cause Evictions: Case Studies from Berkeley, Santa Monica, and Richmond (Jan. 2018), http://urbanhabitat.org/sites/default/ files/UH%202018%20Strengthening%20Communities%20Through%20 Rent%20Control_0.pdf; Stephen Barton, Review of the City of East Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Program (Jan. 28, 2015), https://www.ci.east-palo- alto.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/2049; Stephen Barton, Benefits of Rent Stabilization: A Brief Overview (Feb. 28, 2017), https://olis.leg.state.or.us/ liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/101065. 140 Management Partners, Rent Control and Just Cause Eviction: Review of Programs (June 2017), available at https://fremont.gov/ RentResearchReport (“Over the test period CLSEPA obtained “pay and stay” settlements (where the tenant agrees to a rent increase and is not evicted) for 70% of cases in East Palo Alto. However, in all other San Mateo County [where there are no just-cause for eviction ordinances,] cities pay and stay settlements were achieved in only 14% of cases.”). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 416 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 24 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Right to Legal Representation in Eviction Cases John Pollock, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (civilrighttocounsel.org) Background In most housing courts around the country, very few renters appear with counsel, whereas landlords are virtually always represented. For instance, until recently only 1 percent of tenants in New York City had a lawyer, compared to 99 percent of landlords.143 As a result, many tenants with meritorious defenses to evictions lose their homes because they do not know how to assert such defenses. Additionally, when unrepresented tenants square off against the landlord’s attorney, the judge often finds the landlord’s attorney to be more credible. Vulnerable tenants, such as the elderly and those with disabilities, may not be provided the necessary time to relocate and ensure their belongings do not wind up on the street. Finally, the systemic and massive imbalance of representation, when combined with the sizable eviction dockets, has caused a culture shift in the courts: it is considered normal for tenants to be shunted en masse into the hallway with the landlords’ attorneys in order to be pressured into an inequitable settlement instead of having a full and fair hearing before the judge. The line between eviction and homelessness is plain: substantial numbers of individuals and families live in homeless shelters as the direct consequence of an eviction.144 Policy Proposal: Legal Representation for Tenants Facing Eviction Providing tenants with legal representation to help avoid an eviction and the risk of subsequent homelessness makes a significant difference in a variety of ways. First and foremost, lawyers can ensure the eviction is lawful and that any defenses to the eviction are effectively asserted. Second, by having a lawyer as the landlords do, tenants can overcome the “credibility” gap described above. Third, even where a tenant lacks a defense to the eviction, there are many things a lawyer can do to secure relief for the client that may help prevent homelessness, such as: a) negotiate effectively for the extra time needed to secure alternative housing and avoid gap homelessness; b) negotiate a settlement whereby the eviction will not appear on the tenant’s 143 NYC Office of Civil Justice, 2016 Annual Report (June 2016), available at http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hra/downloads/pdf/services/civiljustice/ OCJ%202016%20Annual%20Report%20FINAL_08_29_2016.pdf. 144 See e.g., NYC Housing Help Program, Homelessness Prevention Pilot Final Report (June 2010), available at https://www.nycourts.gov/ip/nya2j/ pdfs/HHP_Seedco_rpt.pdf (finding that 47% of the families in homeless shelter were there due to eviction). record (which helps significantly in finding new housing); and c) help the tenant apply for public housing or rental subsidies. Fourth, if landlords know that tenants will be routinely represented (as opposed to occasionally, as is the present case), they may not choose to file unlawful evictions in the first place. Numerous studies have shown that the presence of counsel has a substantial impact on outcomes for eviction cases. For instance, a recent study in Massachusetts found that tenants with full representation were twice as likely to retain possession even when compared to those who received limited legal assistance.145 The Pro Bono and Legal Services Committee of the New York City Bar Association commissioned a similar cost/benefit analysis related to a proposal to provide a right to counsel in eviction proceedings. The report concluded that implementation of a right to counsel would not only reduce evictions by an estimated 77 percent when legal counsel is provided, but would also produce a net cost savings to the city of $320 million. This evidence helped lead to the first law in the nation establishing a right to counsel in eviction cases. In August 2017, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Intro 214-b into law, which guarantees counsel for all eviction defendants at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.146Additionally, 2017 saw the passage and/or introduction of other legislation to expand housing representation, such as D.C.’s Expanding 145 Boston Bar Association Task Force on Expanding the Civil Right to Counsel, The Importance of Representation in Eviction Cases and Homelessness Prevention (March 2012), available at http://www. bostonbar.org/docs/default-document-library/bba-crtc-final-3-1-12. pdf; see also Carroll Seron, et al.; The Impact of Legal Counsel on Outcomes for Poor Tenants in New York City’s Housing Court: Results of a Randomized Experiment, 35 Law & Soc’y Rev. 419 (2001) (finding 77 percent reduction in number of cases resulting in warrant of eviction); New York State Department of Social Services, The Homelessness Prevention Program: Outcomes and Effectiveness (1990), available at http://legalaidresearch. org/wp-content/uploads/NYS-Dept-social-services-Homelessness- Prevention-program-1990.pdf (concluding that Homelessness Prevention Program prevented “an estimated 797 spells of homelessness”). 146 Nat’l Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, NYC is First Place in Country to Provide Right to Counsel to Tenants in Housing Court (Aug. 11, 2017), http:// civilrighttocounsel.org/major_developments/894. Even where a tenant lacks a defense to an eviction, there are many things a lawyer can do to help. They can: • Negotiate extra time to move out • Negotiate a settlement whereby the eviction will not appear on the tenant’s record • Help the tenant apply for public housing or rental subsidies 10.B.d Packet Pg. 417 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 25nlchp.org Access to Justice Act,147 Philadelphia’s hearings on and funding of eviction counsel,148 and bills in Massachusetts to provide a right to counsel in housing cases.149 And most recently, a voter- driven initiative to provide a right to counsel for all eviction cases in San Francisco qualified to be placed on the June 2018 ballot.150 Article 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requires that State Parties undertake “to guarantee . . . [t]he right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice.” In paragraph 23 of its 2014 Concluding Observations on the United States, the CERD Committee: reiterate[d] its concern at the lack of a generally recognized right to counsel in civil proceedings (para.22), which disproportionately affects indigent persons belonging to racial and ethnic minorities, and hinders their seeking an effective remedy in matters such as evictions ...151 The Committee also recommended that the United States “allocate sufficient resources to ensure effective access to legal representation for indigent persons belonging to racial and ethnic minorities in civil proceedings, particularly with regard to proceedings that have serious consequences for their security and stability, such as evictions”152 Additionally, the interpretive body of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) issued General Comment No. 32, which explains that Article 14 of the ICCPR focuses on the right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial. In discussing the right to counsel in this context, the Comment stated that “[s]tates are encouraged to provide free legal aid in [non-criminal cases], for individuals who do not have sufficient means to pay for it. In some cases, they may even be obliged to do so.”153 Finally, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights has observed that “Lack of legal aid for civil matters can seriously prejudice the rights and interests of persons living in poverty, for example when they are unable to contest tenancy 147 Nat’l Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, D.C. Enacts Expanding Access To Justice Act Of 2017 (July 12, 2017), http://civilrighttocounsel.org/major_ developments/1031. 148 Nat’l Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, Philly City Council funds expanded counsel for tenants (June 29, 2017), http://civilrighttocounsel. org/major_developments/1034. 149 MA HB 968, https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/H968/2017, and MA SB 831, https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S831/2017. 150 San Francisco Right to Counsel Committee, http://www.sfrighttocounsel. com/. 151 Concluding Observations on the Combined Seventh to Ninth Periodic Reports of United States of America, CERD/C/USA/CO/7-9 CERD ¶ 23 (Aug. 2014). 152 Id. 153 United Nations, Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 32 (90th sess. 2007) CCPR/C/GC/32, para. 10, available at http://www2.ohchr. org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/gcart14.doc. disputes [and] eviction decisions”, and that “free legal aidh should not only be provided in criminal matters, but also in civil matters when individuals do not have sufficient resources to pay for legal assistance and, without such assistance, they are prevented from asserting their rights.”154 The right to counsel in civil matters is firmly established in Europe. The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention), ratified by forty-nine countries of Europe, provides that “everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing” to determine civil rights and obligations.155 In 1979, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Airey v. Ireland that to satisfy the requirements of fairness, governments may be required to provide free legal counsel to low income clients.156 Consistent with this mandate, many countries, including Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands have statutes that explicitly mandate the right to counsel for indigent litigants in civil proceedings.157 Two-thirds of the countries in the Council of Europe recognize a right to counsel in civil cases, including housing. Advocacy Tips & Resources There is no question that Intro 214-b in New York City benefited from a confluence of several things: 1) the appointment of a long-time legal services lawyer as Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration; 2) the election of a progressive Mayor who ran on a platform of ending homelessness within the City (and who later may have seen the right to counsel as a way to stake out a progressive national leadership position in response to the Trump Administration); 3) a grassroots, tenant-led effort that collaborated effectively with the legal aid community;158 4) a report by an independent financial services company stating that Intro 214-b would save the City $320 million every year;159 5) the release of a report by the NYC Office of Civil Justice showing that the City’s initial investment of $53 million in eviction defense resulted in a 24 percent decrease in evictions; and 6) the continued rise of homelessness after the Mayor took office (which was covered heavily by the media). Critical allies included the City Comptroller, the Chief Judge of the New York Court System, borough presidents, the City Bar Association, and constituency groups such as AARP. 154 Report of the Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, A/67/278 ¶¶ 61, 62 (Aug. 9, 2012). 155 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, art. 6, P 1, Nov. 4, 1950, 213 U.N.T.S. 221. 156 Airey v. Ireland, 2 Eur.H.R.Rep. 305 (1979-80) at P 24-26. 157 Lua Kamál Yuille, No One’s Perfect (Not Even Close): Reevaluating Access to Justice in United States and Western Europe, 42 Colum. J. TransNat’L L. 863 (2004). 158 Right to Counsel Coalition of NYC, http://www.righttocounselnyc.org/. 159 Ross, The Financial Cost and Benefits of Establishing a Right to Counsel in Eviction Proceedings Under Intro 214-A, supra note 79. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 418 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 26 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty in foreclosed properties, Congress acted in early 2009 to provide a basic set of rights for such tenants. Before the enactment of Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act in May 2009, it was legal in most states for tenants to be required to vacate a foreclosed rental property with only a few days’ notice. On May 20, 2009, President Obama signed PTFA into law.164 The PTFA was extended and clarified in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.165 However, the law expired on December 31, 2014. Under the PTFA, most tenants had the right to remain in their home for the remainder of their lease, or at least 90 days. Tenants with Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher assistance had additional protections, which allowed them to retain their Section 8 lease and required the successor in interest to assume the housing assistance payment contract associated with that lease. The PTFA applied to all foreclosures on all residential properties; traditional one-unit single-family homes were covered, as were multi-unit properties. The law applied in cases of both judicial and nonjudicial foreclosures. Tenants with lease rights of any kind, including month-to-month leases or leases terminable at will, were protected as long as the tenancy was in effect as of the date of transfer of title at foreclosure. The PTFA applied in all states but did not override more protective state laws. The PTFA specifically provided that it did not affect “any [s]tate or local law that provides longer time periods or other additional protections for tenants.”166 With the expiration of federal protections on December 31, 2014, however, state and local law now comprise the only protections available for renters living in foreclosed properties. At the time of writing, during the 115th Congress, Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced legislation (H.R. 915/S. 325) to renew the PTFA and make the law permanent. At the end of 2017, the Senate Banking Committee passed the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act” (S. 2155) that included provisions that would restore the PTFA permanently (which NLIHC does not support due to other provisions within the bill). It remains to be seen whether restoring the PTFA permanently will be approved by the full Senate and House of Representatives. NLIHC urges Congress to support, resume, and extend the PTFA protections for renters facing foreclosure by passing H.R. 915 and S.325. 164 Public Law 111-22, division A, title VII. 165 Public Law 111-203, section 1484. 166 Elayne Weiss, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure (2017), supra note 160. Protections for Tenants in Foreclosed Properties Elayne Weiss, National Low Income Housing Coalition (nlihc.org) Background Inappropriate lending, falling home prices, and high unemployment have led to a very high number of foreclosures across the U.S. in the past ten years. However, the impact of these foreclosures is not limited to homeowners; renters lose their homes every day when the owner of the home they are renting goes into foreclosure. In fact, one in five properties in the foreclosure process is likely to be a rental.160 Further, research from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) concludes that, since these properties often contain more than one unit, and many owner-occupied properties also house renters, roughly 40 percent of the families facing eviction as a result of the foreclosure crisis were renters.161 These families often have no idea that their landlord has fallen behind on mortgage payments, and they have usually continued to pay their rent even as their landlord has failed to pay the mortgage. Unlike homeowners, who have some indication that a foreclosure is coming, renters are often caught entirely off guard. As might be expected, very low-income families and low-income and minority communities bear the brunt of rental foreclosures. Analysis from NLIHC shows that for four states in New England, the census tracts with the lowest percentage of white individuals and the highest percentage of households that are under the poverty line have the highest foreclosure rates.162 Multi-family foreclosures, which more often than not impact at least some renters, also occur in these high-poverty, high-minority census tracts. Policy Proposal: the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) or state/local equivalents Prior to May 2009, protections for renters in foreclosed properties varied from state to state, and in most states, tenants had few protections. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (Law Center) and NLIHC issued a joint report on the foreclosure and eviction laws in each state and the District of Columbia.163 Recognizing the hardships experienced by tenants 160 Elayne Weiss, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure (2017), http://nlihc.org/ sites/default/files/AG-2017/2017AG_Ch06-S05_Protecting-Tenants-at- Foreclosure.pdf. 161 Renters in Foreclosure, supra note 104. 162 Id. 163 Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty & Nat’l Low Income Hous. Coal., Without Just Cause: A 50 State Review of the (Lack of) Rights of Tenants in Foreclosure (2009), available at https://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/ Without_Just_Cause1.pdf. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 419 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 27nlchp.org Advocacy Tips & Resources Beginning in late 2014, in anticipation of the expiration of the federal PTFA, the Law Center joined with Florida-based renters’ and consumers’ advocates to lobby for new state-level protections of renters in foreclosed properties. The advocates, located throughout Florida, shared local data and stories demonstrating the need for a uniform state law response to the problem of rental home foreclosures in diverse housing markets. The Law Center helped connect these advocates with successful lobbying campaigns in other states, which provided assistance in crafting legislative advocacy and communications strategies. These tactics, along with strong local leadership, broad-based support from statewide and regional legal aid organizations, and a willingness to negotiate resulted in longer notice requirements before tenants in foreclosed properties may be required to move. The bill, HB 779, was signed into law on June 2, 2015. Advocates are encouraged to work to pass local and state bills that protect renters in foreclosed properties, including legislation modeled after the PTFA. Passing such protections in more states and localities will require working with a variety of housing stakeholders, including banks and real estate professionals. The National Housing Law Project has compiled California state laws and local ordinances protecting tenants in foreclosed properties, and the Law Center has a list of state laws enacted to protect the rights of tenants in foreclosure since the PTFA.167 167 Nat’l Hous. Law Project, California State Laws Protecting Tenants in Foreclosed Properties, https://www.nhlp.org/wp-content/ uploads/2018/01/1-2017.09.01-California-State-Law-Protections- for-Tenants-in-Foreclosed-Properties.pdf; Nat’l Hous. Law Project, California Jurisdictions with Local Ordinances Protecting Tenants in Foreclosed Properties (Sept. 2017), https://www.nhlp.org/wp-content/ uploads/2018/01/2-2017.09.05-California-Local-Protections-for-Tenants- in-Foreclosed-Properties.pdf; Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, Eviction (Without) Notice: Renters and the Foreclosure Crisis (Dec. 2012), https://www.nlchp.org/Eviction_Without_Notice (updates forthcoming)). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 420 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 28 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Stopping Evictions Caused by Nuisance Ordinances Sandra S. Park, American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org/notanuisance) Background Across the country, thousands of municipalities have adopted local nuisance ordinances that severely undermine the rights of renters. These ordinances, also known as crime-free or disorderly house laws, impose penalties based on calls for police service or criminal activity occurring at a property without regard to whether the resident or caller needed emergency assistance or was the victim of the alleged crime. They typically require the landlord to abate the nuisance or face steep fines, loss of rental permits, property closure, or criminal consequences.168 Eviction of the entire household is the most commonly deployed means of nuisance abatement.169 Because calling 911 can trigger the ordinance, these laws threaten the housing of victims of crime and people who need emergency aid and chill them from accessing police services. They are especially likely to harm survivors of domestic violence who may seek protection from repeated acts of abuse.170 Landlords end up removing victims of domestic violence and other crimes from their homes, even when the perpetrator did not live at the property. Research conducted on Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s ordinance concluded that calls about domestic violence were the third most common reason for a nuisance citation.171 In 83 percent of cases where landlords received a citation, they evicted or threatened to evict victims if they called police again.172 A study of two upstate New York ordinances similarly concluded that domestic violence made up the largest category of incidents resulting in nuisance enforcement, frequently leading to eviction.173 168 ACLU Women’s Rights Project & the Soc. Sci. Research Council, Silenced: How Nuisance Ordinances Punish Crime Victims in New York 3 (2015) [hereinafter Silenced], https://www.aclu.org/report/silenced-how- nuisance-ordinances-punish-crime-victims-new-york; Emily Werth, Sargent Shriver Nat. Ctr. On Poverty Law, The Cost of Being “Crime Free”: Legal and Practical Consequences of Crime Free Rental Housing and Nuisance Property Ordinances 4 (2013), http://povertylaw.org/files/docs/ cost-of-being-crime-free.pdf. 169 Werth, supra note 168, at 8, 19 n.72. 170 Silenced, supra note 168, at 4; Matthew Desmond & Nicol Valdez, Unpolicing the Urban Poor: Consequences of Third-Party Policing for Inner- City Women, 78 am. SocioLogicaL rEv. 117, 121 (2013); Gretchen Arnold & Megan Slusser, Silencing Women’s Voices: Nuisance Property Laws and Battered Women, 40(4) Law and Soc. Inquiry 908 (2015); Gretchen Arnold, From Victim to Offender: How Nuisance Property Laws Affect Battered Women, J. Interpersonal Violence 1 (2016). 171 Desmond & Valdez, supra note 170, at 130. 172 Id. at 133. 173 Silenced, supra note 168, at 2. In addition, nuisance ordinances jeopardize the housing of people of color and persons living with disabilities. The Milwaukee study showed that a tenant living in a majority- Black neighborhood was three times more likely to receive a nuisance citation compared to a tenant in a majority- White neighborhood who also had violated the ordinance.174 Advocates and researchers likewise have documented the disparate impact of these ordinances on people of color and people with disabilities in Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio.175 Story Lakisha Briggs, a resident of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was assaulted by her boyfriend and told by a police officer that more 911 calls would lead to her eviction.176 At that time, the local ordinance penalized landlords and tenants when the police responded to three instances of disorderly behavior, including domestic violence, within four months. Lakisha stopped reaching out for protection, and the violence escalated. She did not even call 911 when she was stabbed, but her neighbor did. The city pressured the landlord to evict Lakisha and her young daughter for violating the ordinance. In 2013, represented by the ACLU, Lakisha filed a federal lawsuit against the city. Her case garnered significant media attention on the dire consequences of nuisance ordinances.177 This led to an outpouring of public opposition to the ordinance from state and federal lawmakers.178 In September 2014, the parties settled the suit, with full repeal of the law by Norristown and $495,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees to Lakisha.179 A couple of months later, Pennsylvania enacted a state law following 174 Desmond & Valdez, supra note 170, at 125. 175 Compl., HOPE Fair Hous. Ctr. v. City of Peoria, No. 1:17-cv-01360 (C.D. Ill. Aug, 10, 2017), ECF 1; Compl., Metro. St. Louis Equal Hous. and Opportunity Council v. City of Maplewood, No. 4:17-cv-00886 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 13, 2017), ECF 1; Joseph Mead et al., Who Is A Nuisance? Criminal Activity Nuisance Ordinances in Ohio (2017). 176 Briggs v. Borough of Norristown, 2:13-cv-02191-ED (E.D. Pa. 2014), available at https://www.aclu.org/cases/briggs-v-borough-norristown-et-al. 177 See, e.g., Erik Eckholm, Victims’ Dilemma: 911 Calls Can Bring Eviction, n.y. timES (Aug. 16, 2013), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/ us/victims-dilemma-911-calls-can-bring-eviction.html. 178 See, e.g., Carl Rotenberg, ACLU sues Norristown over landlord ordinance, timES hEraLd (Apr. 25, 2013), available at http://www.timesherald.com/ article/JR/20130425/NEWS01/13042976; Letter from Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. to U.S. Dep’t of Justice (July 19, 2013), available at https://www.casey. senate.gov/newsroom/releases/casey-to-feds-victims-of-domestic- violence-should-not-be-targeted-for-eviction. 179 See Release and Settlement Agreement, Briggs v. Borough of Norristown, supra note 176. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 421 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 29nlchp.org advocacy from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, ACLU, and others that preempts similar ordinances.180 This work in Norristown also fueled advocacy the ACLU led at the federal level, resulting in guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on the serious Fair Housing Act problems with local nuisance and crime-free laws.181 Policy Proposal: Get Rid of Nuisance Laws The simplest policy solution is for municipalities to refrain from adopting local nuisance laws in the first place, or to repeal those on the books. Many municipalities have chosen to rescind these laws once they understood the impact on community trust, housing stability, and law enforcement effectiveness. Some municipalities have taken a narrower approach by including an exception for domestic violence victims. In our experience, these exceptions are ineffective. Even in cities with a domestic violence exception, domestic violence victims still are punished. It may not be evident to officials assessing the situation that the calls or criminal activity involved domestic violence, as domestic violence often is characterized as other offenses, including noise, property damage, or disorderly conduct. In addition, in cases involving self-defense, victims of long-term abuse may be labeled as perpetrators. Moreover, it is vital for community safety that all people who need emergency assistance can access it. For these reasons, advocates have supported state legislation that guarantees the right of all people to seek emergency aid without fear of penalty from nuisance ordinances. The ACLU and its partners successfully supported legislation in Iowa and Pennsylvania that preempt local laws that impose penalties on tenants and landlords because they sought emergency services.182 Similar protections exist in Minnesota and Indiana.183 The United States has signed but not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Article 14(2) of CEDAW states that “Parties shall … ensure to such women the right: … To enjoy adequate 180 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 304. 181 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev., Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Enforcement of Local Nuisance and Crime-Free Housing Ordinances Against Victims of Domestic Violence, Other Crime Victims, and Others Who Require Police or Emergency Services, (Sept. 13, 2016), https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/ huddoc?id=FinalNuisanceOrdGdnce.pdf. 182 Iowa Code §§ 562.27A & 562B.25A(3); 53 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 304 (provides protections for any resident, tenant, or landlord who faces penalty under a local ordinance because police or emergency services responded to abuse, crime, or an emergency at a property, as well as authorizing remedies in court against any municipality that violates these protections). 183 Minn. Stat. § 504B.205; Ind. Code Ann. § 32-31-9-14. living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications.” Local nuisance ordinances that lead to evictions disproportionately affect women of color who are victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. A 2015 report of the CEDAW working group noted concerns about how the United States addresses gender-based violence and women victims of multiple forms of discrimination.184 In particular, the report “pointed out that victims of domestic violence were often among the homeless, either because they had been evicted as a result of the violence or because they had fled from their violent partner.”185 The report urged the United States to ratify CEDAW to confirm the U.S. commitment to provide all women with rights and protections guaranteed under CEDAW. Advocacy Tips & Resources Effective advocacy to challenge local nuisance ordinances should combine coalition-building and public education, policy advocacy, and litigation. Confronting local nuisance ordinances presents a unique opportunity to build coalitions. The issue often unites landlords and tenants, as both face unfair punishment under these laws. Law enforcement in many communities will support repeal of these laws, as they undermine the willingness of community members to report crime and divert police resources toward enforcing the nuisance law. Advocates for housing justice, domestic violence survivors, racial equity, disability rights, and civil liberties can build partnerships, given the myriad ways these ordinances damage communities. A key first step that coalitions can take is educating stakeholders about these ordinances. In many communities, few people are aware that these ordinances exist until they are caught up in their enforcement. Identifying ordinances in a jurisdiction, learning about their implementation, and informing people of their effects are important measures that can fuel advocacy on the local and state levels to address nuisance laws. Furthermore, litigation can be a strategic tool to fight these ordinances. The ACLU and others have brought lawsuits challenging these ordinances based on violations of the First Amendment right to petition the government, due process 184 Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice on its mission to the United States of America (Aug. 4, 2016), available at https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/ doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/172/75/PDF/G1617275.pdf?OpenElement. 185 Id. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 422 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 30 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and equal protection guarantees, the Fair Housing Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. Cases in Arizona and Pennsylvania resulted in repeal of the challenged ordinances, along with significant compensation and attorneys’ fees.186 A New York appellate court struck down a local nuisance ordinance because it could punish people who reached out to the police, in violation of the First Amendment.187 The ACLU has worked to challenge nuisance ordinances in over a dozen states. We are happy to provide support and collaborate with others engaging in this work in their communities. 186 Release and Settlement Agreement, Briggs v. Borough of Norristown, supra note 176; Release and Settlement Agreement, Markham v. City of Surprise, 2:15-cv-01696-SRB (D. Ariz. Mar. 16, 2016), available at https:// www.aclu.org/cases/nancy-markham-v-city-surprise. 187 Op. and Order, Bd. of Trs. of the Vill. of Groton v. Pirro, 152 A.D.3d 149, 58 N.Y.S.3d 614 (3d Dep’t June 15, 2017), available at https://www.aclu.org/ cases/board-trustees-village-groton-v-pirro?redirect=cases/groton-v- pirro. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 423 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 31nlchp.org Removing Barriers to Rental Housing Equally important to preventing homelessness is adopting laws and policies that remove barriers to obtaining rental housing, as discussed by experts below. Eviction Record Expungement Eric Dunn, Virginia Poverty Law Center (vplc.org) Background When a residential landlord files an eviction lawsuit to remove a tenant, the court information becomes public and will generally be available to “consumer reporting agencies,” such as tenant background check companies. This means when a tenant who has been sued for eviction later applies for rental housing somewhere else, and the new landlord orders a screening report about that person, the background check company will find the court record and produce a report showing that the tenant has been sued for eviction. About 90 percent of landlords use tenant-screening reports in deciding whether to accept applicants, and 85 percent of landlords review eviction records.188 Rental housing providers often disfavor applicants with eviction case records. Many deny any admission to any prospective tenant whose screening report reveals an eviction suit, regardless of the circumstances or even the outcome of the case. As the founder of On-Site Manager, Inc., one of the nation’s largest tenant-screening companies, once told the New York Times: “It is the policy of 99 percent of our customers in New York to flat out reject anybody with a landlord-tenant record, no matter what the reason is and no matter what the outcome is, because if their dispute has escalated to going to court, an owner will view them as a pain.”189 A more recent nationwide survey of landlords revealed that “eviction history [is] the second-most important factor in making a leasing decision, right after income and employment history.”190 188 See Collatz, Andrea, “Landlord Survey: Optimism In Renting Your Property,” Transunion SmartMove (June 6, 2017), available at https:// www.mysmartmove.com/SmartMove/blog/transunion-landlord-survey- summary.page (last visited Aug. 29, 2017). 189 Teri Kush Rogers,, Only the Strongest Survive, N.Y. Times, Nov. 26, 2006, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/realestate/26cov. html?mcubz=0. 190 See Andrea Collatz , Landlord Survey: Optimism In Renting Your Property, Transunion SmartMove (June 6, 2017), available at https:// www.mysmartmove.com/SmartMove/blog/transunion-landlord-survey- summary.page. Case in Point Beatrice left her job just before the 2008 financial crisis and was unable to find another job. She was evicted into homelessness. She now has a full-time job but has found her housing choices limited because of her eviction record. “I work with homeless families trying to find housing, and because of my eviction, I am in the same situation that they are in. Even though I am single, 59, and make over $50,000, I am forced to live in an apartment where I don’t feel safe. I can only dream of getting into a nice gated community. Because of my eviction, I can’t even get into a senior apartment. I have two degrees, 30 years of work and rental history, but I am made to feel like a criminal. This is not how I thought I would end up in my late 50’s.” --Beatrice M. Hogg (Sacramento, California) 191 Eviction itself, of course, is often a direct, proximate, and final cause of homelessness. But when housing providers deny admission to rental housing because an applicant was evicted from previous residence weeks or months or even years later, then the record of that eviction becomes a formidable barrier to leaving homelessness. Even though most evictions relate to tenants’ financial circumstances, landlords do tend to treat eviction records differently than other financially related characteristics. For instance, an applicant who has more collection items or delinquent accounts than a landlord allows will typically be approved upon paying off those collection items. An applicant who earns enough wages to meet the landlord’s required income-to-rent ratio (typically 5:2 or 3:1) will almost certainly not be denied admission for having been unemployed months or years ago. Yet eviction records linger—an old case may still cause an applicant to be rejected up to seven years later—and potentially even longer if a judgment was entered.192 191 Just Shelter, https://justshelter.org/2016/03/24/beatrice-m-hogg- sacramento-ca/#more-1987. 192 See 15 U.S.C. § 1681c(a)(2). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 424 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 32 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Case In Point Cassie’s landlord attempted to evict her without cause. Cassie responded that she would move out and the eviction would not be necessary, and the landlord agreed not to file. However, the landlord continued to send threatening emails and filed the lawsuit behind her back. Although the judge saw the emails and vacated the eviction, the eviction still affects Cassie’s credit, and now she needs a letter from her lawyer explaining her low credit score to find an apartment. “But unfortunately even if you get an eviction vacated, it is still on your credit report which is needed to rent most properties. Now to apply for an apartment, I will need a letter from my attorney about how this eviction was vacated in court.” --Cassie Bohannon (Seattle, Washington)193 Eviction records are an especially unreliable way to predict a tenant’s future performance. 1. Eviction lawsuits are usually filed against every adult member of a household—not just the specific person who may have done whatever it was that prompted the eviction suit. This means a person can acquire an eviction case record based entirely on another person’s conduct— including a person who would not be joining the new household where the applicant is seeking to rent. 2. Eviction records generally show just that a case was filed, not how it was resolved. A tenant could have an eviction record even after successfully winning against an illegal eviction. A record typically represents a landlord’s allegation that a person violated a prior rental agreement— not a judicial determination that such a violation actually occurred. And eviction cases are seldom decided on the merits; rather, most cases are resolved either by default or by settlement.194 Furthermore, there is evidence that landlords are more likely to file eviction against women of color, particularly in certain urban areas.195 Reliance on 193 Just Shelter, https://justshelter.org/2016/04/01/cassie- bohannon/#more-2056. 194 See, e.g., Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, 358 (2016). 195 See Matthew Desmond, Poor Black Women Are Evicted at Alarming Rates, Setting Off a Chain of Hardship, MacArthur Foundation How Housing Matters (March 2014), available at https://www.macfound.org/media/ files/HHM_Research_Brief_-_Poor_Black_Women_Are_Evicted_at_ eviction filings is potentially discriminatory and may even be a violation of the Fair Housing Act.196 3. Perhaps most significantly, most eviction lawsuits are based on non-payment of rent. This should not be surprising, for all the reasons described earlier in this report. Non- payment evictions are most often a function of low wages and the lack of affordable housing—not on the tenant’s irresponsibility or bad intent. But if a person’s financial standing has improved—whether through the acquisition of stable employment, an award of public benefits, a housing choice voucher, or other new resources—then a person’s failure to meet the financial obligations of a past, cost-burdened tenancy is likely not predictive of that person’s ability to perform in a new (potentially non-, or at least less-, cost-burdened tenancy). Policy Proposal Reliance on eviction records without additional context means some lower-income individuals and families are denied housing because they are (or were) low-income, not because of irresponsibility, malfeasance, or a character flaw. This barrier means that once someone has experienced an eviction, she will likely have fewer choices and be forced to pay more for a worse unit- making her more likely to face eviction again. It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some states have begun to permit the expungement of eviction records in certain circumstances. In Washington, tenants who show good cause can obtain “order for limited dissemination” that prohibit screening companies from sharing their eviction case records with landlords.197 California denies public access to eviction case records within the first 60 days after filing, and permanently if the landlord does not prevail.198 Minnesota allows some eviction records to be expunged in certain circumstances.199 Oregon prohibits landlords from denying admission based on dismissed eviction suits or cases more than five years old.200 Alarming_Rates.pdf. 196 For an analogous analysis, see Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions, supra note 120, at 4. 197 See Rev. Code of Wash., § 59.18.367. 198 See California Assembly Bill 2819 of 2016. 199 See Minn. Statutes, § 484.014. 200 See Oregon Rev. Statutes, § 90.303(1). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 425 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 33nlchp.org Advocacy Tips & Resources These promising enactments provide good models for other states to follow but may be politically unrealistic in some states. Another avenue that advocates are beginning to pursue is litigation. Research is beginning to emerge that shows African-American women are disproportionately represented among eviction defendants, particularly in lower-income urban areas.201 The emergence of this critical demographic research could enable advocates to pursue effective litigation strategies against landlords who categorically exclude eviction defendants using the existing federal Fair Housing Act. The first case of this kind was filed in 2017 in Seattle, Washington, where (the plaintiffs allege) Black women are more than five- times more likely than white men to be sued for unlawful detainer (i.e., eviction).202 For this reason, they contend that a landlord policy of automatically denying any applicant with an eviction record disproportionately excludes Black women— which makes the policy unlawful under the Fair Housing Act unless “necessary to achieve one or more substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interests” of the landlord.203 While avoiding problem tenants is likely a substantial, legitimate interest, the plaintiffs contend that rejecting all applicants with past eviction suits is not necessary to achieve that interest because the landlord could evaluate such applicants on a case-by-case basis instead.204 If successful, this is a strategy advocates can potentially replicate across the country, especially as more demographic data becomes available for analysis. Where possible, advocates should strive to ensure that eviction remains a one-time crisis—a setback that occurs, ends, and is moved on from. Until then, non-payment evictions can become a step on the path to homelessness. 201 See Desmond, Poor Black Women Are Evicted at Alarming Rates, Setting Off a Chain of Hardship, supra note 195. 202 See generally, Complaint, Smith v. Wasatch Property Management, Inc., 2:17-cv-00501 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 30, 2017). 203 24 C.F.R. § 100.500(b)(1)(i). 204 See 24 C.F.R. § 100.500(b)(1)(ii). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 426 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 34 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Limiting Use of Criminal Records Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (povertylaw.org) Background In the United States, as many as one out of three people have a criminal record.205 In 2016 alone, more than 640,000 people left state and federal prisons, and millions more were processed by local jails.206 For many low-income renters, having a criminal record often poses a significant barrier to obtaining safe, decent, and affordable housing.207 In a 2015 survey of formerly incarcerated individuals, nearly four out of five reported being denied or determined ineligible for housing because of their criminal history.208 It comes as little surprise, then, that for men who have been incarcerated, their risk of homelessness is four times the risk for those who have never been incarcerated.209 These policies also make a return to the criminal justice system more likely because homelessness increases the risk of incarceration, and vice versa. A person in jail is seven to eleven times more likely to have recently experienced homelessness than someone in the general population.210 Similarly, a survey of women in the Cook County Jail in 2004 found that half of the women were either living in unstable housing or experiencing homelessness prior to their incarceration.211 In the absence of evidence that such policies improve public safety,212 policies that perpetuate this revolving cycle of incarceration and homelessness are difficult to justify. 205 The Sentencing Project, Americans with Criminal Records 1, http://www. sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Americans-with- CriminalRecords-Poverty-and-Opportunity-Profile.pdf. 206 Press Release, Peter Wagner & Bernadette Dauby, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2017 (Mar. 14, 2017), https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/ pie2017.html. 207 For a discussion of criminal records barriers in federally subsidized housing, see Marie Claire Tran-Leung, When Discretion Means Denial: A National Perspective on Criminal Records Barriers to Federally Subsidized Housing (2015), http://www.povertylaw.org/files/docs/WDMD-final.pdf. 208 Saneta deVuono-Powell et al., Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families 27 (Sept. 2015), http://whopaysreport.org/who-pays-full- report/. 209 Amanda Geller & Marah A. Curtis, A Sort of Homecoming: Incarceration and the Housing Security of Urban Men, 40 Soc. Sci. Res. 1196, 1203 (2011). 210 Greg A. Greenberg & Robert A. Rosenheck, Jail Incarceration, Homelessness and Mental Health: A National Study, 59 Psychiatric Servs. 170, 175 (2008), http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/ ps.2008.59.2.170. 211 Seijeoung Kim et al., Risk Factors for Homelessness and Sex Trade Among Incarcerated Women: A Structural Equation Model, 12 J. Int’l Women’s Studies 128, 129 (2011), http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent. cgi?article=1088&context=jiws. 212 See Merf Ehman & Anna Reosti, Tenant Screening in an Era of Mass Incarceration: A Criminal Record is No Crystal Ball, NYU J. Legislation & Public Policy Quorum 19 (2015). The unfettered use of criminal records in housing is also problematic because it amplifies the racial disparities that run rampant in the criminal justice system. In 2014, for example, while African-Americans accounted for 12 percent of the general population in the United States, they represented 36 percent of the prison population. In contrast, non-Hispanic whites, who comprised more than 60 percent of the general population, represented only one-third of the prison population.213 Housing policies that rely on criminal records, therefore, continue those disparities from the justice system to the housing market. Policy Proposal: Individualized Assessment To counteract the overbroad practice of criminal records screening, housing providers must abandon blanket bans that categorically disqualify individuals based on their criminal records. These bans come in different forms (i.e., bans on all criminal history vs. bans on felonies only), but the result is the same: their exclusions rely on the four corners of a background check and little else.214 Instead, the central component of a sound screening policy should be individualized assessments of the applicants. These individualized assessments should consider the circumstances of any underlying criminal activity and whether those circumstances weaken the relevance of the criminal record, such as how long ago it took place and whether the conduct was serious in nature. Other factors to consider are whether the criminal activity arose from the applicant’s status as a person with a disability or a survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking. The individualized assessment should also consider other factors that would outweigh the importance of the criminal record, such as the applicant’s history of education, employment, substance abuse treatment, or community involvement since leaving the criminal justice system. In general, certain types of records should be off-limits, including records of arrests that did not ultimately result in a conviction, juvenile records, and sealed or expunged records. Finally, housing providers should make their criminal records policies transparent to give applicants adequate notice and to prevent them from self-selecting themselves out of the application process. 213 U.S. Dep’t of Hous. & Urban Dev., Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions 3-4 (2016), [hereinafter HUD Fair Housing Guidance] https://portal.hud.gov/ hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=hud_ogcguidappfhastandcr.pdf. 214 For a more in-depth discussion of the problem of overbroad criminal history bans in federally subsidized housing, see Marie Claire Tran-Leung, When Discretion Means Denial: A National Perspective on Criminal Records Barriers to Federally Subsidized Housing (2015), http://www. povertylaw.org/files/docs/WDMD-final.pdf. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 427 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 35nlchp.org Advocacy Tips & Resources Recent legislative campaigns have benefited greatly from the inclusion and leadership of directly impacted individuals. This is especially true when the goal is increasing housing access for people with criminal records, since misguided fear and myths about criminality can overpower rational discussions about public safety and family reunification. Involving people with criminal records both ensures that the legislation responds directly to the challenges they are facing and compels opponents to respond to lived experiences rather than stereotypes. Examples of successful campaigns led by directly impacted individuals include Seattle, San Francisco, and Richmond). This emphasis on an individualized assessment over blanket bans has been adopted by a variety of jurisdictions. Most prominently, HUD has stated that housing providers should incorporate individualized assessments into their screening policies to comply with the Fair Housing Act.215 Although some states have taken steps to create protections for people with criminal records,216 most of the more protective policies have originated at the local level. The last five years have seen just as many local ordinances passed to increase access to housing for people with criminal records: Newark, New Jersey (2012);217 San Francisco, California (2014);218 Richmond, California (2016);219 Washington, D.C (2016),220 and Seattle, Washington (2017).221 Most of these ordinances include provisions that: 1. Prohibit certain housing providers from considering arrest records, juvenile records, and sealed or expunged records; 2. Set time limits on inquiries into a person’s criminal history; 3. Require housing providers to conduct individualized assessments of applicants using multiple factors, such as the nature, severity, and recency of the criminal activity; 4. Install procedural safeguards to add transparency to the decision-making process, such as delaying consideration of criminal history information until after the applicant receives a conditional offer of housing (i.e., “ban the box”). Of these cities, Seattle stands out as the most progressive because it prohibits landlords from relying on any criminal record, even if a person has been released recently. An exception is made for people who have been convicted of sex offenses, but even in these cases, the landlord must provide a legitimate business justification for denying the application.222 215 See HUD Fair Housing Guidance, supra note 213, at 7. 216 See Or. Rev. Stat. § 90.303 (2016) (state law limiting the types of criminal activity that landlords may consider when screening applicants); California Fair Employment & Housing Council, Proposed Text of Housing Regulations Regarding Discriminatory Effect, Discriminatory Land Use Practices, and Use of Criminal History Information 6-10 (2017), https:// www.dfeh.ca.gov/files/2017/02/Text-HoueRegDiscriminatoryEffectLandU sePracticesandCriminalHistory.pdf (proposed state regulation that would govern criminal records screening in housing). 217 Newark, N.J. Muni Code, tit. 2, §§ 31-1 to 31-9 (2016). 218 S.F., Cal., Police Code, art. 49, § 4906 (2016) (“Procedures for Considering Arrests and Convictions and Related Information in Employment and Housing Decisions”). 219 Richmond, Cal., Ordinance 20-16 N.S. (Dec. 20, 2016), http://www. ci.richmond.ca.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/7690. 220 Washington, D.C., Bill 21-706 (Dec. 21, 2016), http://lims.dccouncil.us/ Download/35646/B21-0706-Engrossment.pdf. 221 Seattle, Wash., Ordinance 125393 (Aug. 23, 2017), http://seattle.legistar. com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=5387389&GUID=6AA5DDAE-8BAE-4444-8C17- 62C2B3533CA3. 222 Id. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 428 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 36 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty In many areas, source of income discrimination has a disproportionately severe effect on groups already likely to face discrimination on the basis of characteristics protected by the Fair Housing Act, such as race and disability. Because of this, patterns of source of income discrimination can also reinforce patterns of residential segregation. Policy Proposal: Prohibit Source of Income Discrimination and Provide Incentives In response to the problem of Section 8 discrimination (and discrimination against families with other types of government assistance), twelve states and dozens of cities and towns have adopted laws prohibiting housing discrimination against families because of their lawful source of income. In addition, three states provide incentives to promote the acceptance of housing choice vouchers. These laws protect households who rely on legal sources of income such as housing choice vouchers or public benefits to pay their rent—preventing landlords from denying, evicting, or treating them unfairly on these bases. These protections are promising and show an evolving recognition of the benefits of Source of Income (SOI) laws. The Poverty & Race Research Action Council keeps an annually updated list of all the states and localities that maintain these laws—this comprehensive summary is posted on our website as “Appendix B” and can be accessed at http://www.prrac.org/ pdf/AppendixB.pdf. You can scan the table of contents to see if your state or city has adopted a source of income discrimination law—and get some ideas for pushing for a source of income discrimination law in your area. Furthermore, property owners participating in the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits program and other certain types of federally assisted housing that already prohibit discrimination against voucher holders provide additional protections to tenants in these properties. Success Story New York City has a source-of-income anti-discrimination law that protects recipients of housing assistance, including New York’s Living in Communities (LINC) Rental Assistance Program (the LINC Program) which is designed to move people from homeless shelters to stable housing. A participant in the LINC program named Sandra worked with a local fair housing group, the Fair Housing Justice Center, to successfully challenge a landlord who refused to rent to her because she was using housing assistance. This landlord owned over 350 rental units and had repeatedly stated that he would not rent to subsidized housing program participants. Sandra and her lawyers filed a complaint and obtained a favorable settlement agreement that required the landlord and property manager to take non- (Nov. 2014), http://www.relmanlaw.com/docs/ZachariasiewiczArticle.pdf. Source of Income Discrimination Philip Tegeler and Megan Haberle, Poverty & Race Research Action Council (prrac.org) Background Source of income discrimination occurs when a landlord denies housing to an applicant because of the type of lawful income the applicant plans to use to pay for the housing. Of particular concern is when landlords deny applicants who will pay for the housing with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Social Security Disability Insurance, or other income or housing benefits from the government. Only about one in four eligible low-income families is able to obtain a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, and receiving one of these vouchers is an important step toward long-term housing stability. Families with a voucher generally pay 30-40 percent of their monthly income toward rent, and the administering local public housing agency (PHA) pays the remainder of the rent directly to the landlord. To be eligible for the program, housing units must pass inspection, and also have gross rents below the “payment standard” for the area. Once someone receives a Housing Choice Voucher, she is required to find an apartment within the time limit given by the PHA (at least 60 days) or risk forfeiting the subsidy. But receiving a Housing Choice Voucher is only the first step; families have to overcome other barriers to using their voucher, especially in low poverty neighborhoods. The biggest barrier is the low “fair market rent” level used by many PHAs that tend to restrict vouchers to poor neighborhoods, but discrimination by landlords who refuse to take Section 8, regardless of the rent level, is also a serious barrier. This type of “source of income discrimination” can also affect families receiving other types of federal or state assistance. Discrimination against families with a Housing Choice Voucher is systemic but can be a particular problem in “hot” rental markets, with rising rents and low vacancy rates. Landlords discriminate against voucher holders because they prefer to rent to higher-earning tenants. If a family is not able to use their voucher to find an apartment that will pass inspection before the voucher expires, they risk losing the voucher and going to the end of the waiting list- increasing their vulnerability to homelessness. Further compounding this problem is the unwillingness of some insurance companies to issue policies to landlords who accept voucher-holding tenants.223 223 See e.g., Jean M. Zachariasiewicz, Not Worth the Risk: The Legal Consequences of the Refusal to Insure Properties with Section 8 Tenants 10.B.d Packet Pg. 429 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 37nlchp.org discrimination measures and provide financial damages. This not only helped Sandra leave homelessness but also sent a clear message to landlords and renters about the rights of voucher holders. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 430 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 38 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Discrimination Based on Housing Status Michael Santos, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (nlchp.org) Background Potential renters who are experiencing homelessness, or who have experienced it in the past, face multiple barriers to getting rehoused. But the most maddeningly ironic might be when someone is denied housing because they are currently, or formerly homeless. Yet such discrimination is a major problem, with homeless people experiencing discrimination in seeking housing, employment, or even public benefits. In a 2014 survey of homeless individuals in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, over 90 percent of respondents reported that they had been discriminated against due to their housing status—even in accessing the very housing that they need to escape homelessness.224 This type of discrimination does not exist in a vacuum, and it frequently overlaps and intersects with other types of prohibited discrimination; homelessness disproportionately affects people of color, people with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, and people who identify as LGBTQ. People exiting homelessness are also more likely to pay rent with a housing choice voucher or disability benefits, the use of which—as described above—also may face discrimination. Individuals who have experienced or are currently experiencing homelessness are at a higher risk of continued housing instability because landlords and property managers usually require housing applicants to list their current residence or address and provide references, which homeless individuals are often unable to meet. Policy Proposal: Outlaw Discrimination on the Basis of Housing Status The Fair Housing Act, at the federal level, and equivalent laws at the state and local levels, protect people from discrimination that is based on a protected characteristic. It may be legal to exclude all rental applicants wearing red shoes, but it is not legal to exclude all people of Filipino origin. To help address the discrimination based on housing status, legislators can add “housing status” to the list of protected classes in their fair housing legislation. 224 Nat’l Coalition for the Homeless, Discrimination and Economic Profiling among the Homeless of Washington, DC. (Apr. 2014), available at http://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ DiscriminationReport20141.pdf. One legislative vehicle is a stand-alone piece of legislation that prohibits discrimination of homeless persons. For example, Washington, D.C., introduced a bill that would amend the D.C. Human Rights Act, include homelessness as a protected trait and prohibit discrimination because of someone’s housing status.225 Another option is to build housing status nondiscrimination laws into a homeless bill of rights, a broader bill to protect homeless people from various forms of discrimination. In the employment context, some have proposed “banning the address,” similar to “banning the box,” both of which are usually unrelated to someone’s job qualification. Several jurisdictions have passed “ban-the-box” policies in an effort to reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records. Ban- the-address could prevent employers from discriminating against people experiencing homelessness.226 If such an approach proves useful in the employment context, it could also be explored for rental applications. Advocacy Tips & Resources Enacting a law protecting people from discrimination based on housing status can improve the lives of homeless people by removing barriers to obtaining rental housing. There are multiple approaches to passing such a bill, offering advocates some degree of flexibility to tailor it based on the needs of the community. Developing a strategic plan with a strong coalition of local partners and including people who are currently experiencing homelessness and those that have experienced it in the past, is important. It is also important to ensure that homeless people are able to enforce the law through judicial and/or administrative enforcement mechanisms.227 225 Michael A. Stoops Anti-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2017, http:// www.davidgrosso.org/grosso-analysis/2017/7/11/michael-a-stoops-anti- discrimination-amendment-act-of-2017. 226 See e.g., Amanda Agan & Sonja Starr, Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Statistical Discrimination: A Field Experiment (Aug. 24, 2016), available at https://law.yale.edu/system/files/area/workshop/leo/leo16_starr.pdf. 227 See generally, Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, From Wrongs to Rights: The Case for Homeless Bill of Rights Legislation, , available at https:// www.nlchp.org/documents/Wrongs_to_Rights_HBOR. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 431 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 39nlchp.org Saving Affordable Homes Jessie Cassella, National Housing Law Project (nhlp.org) Background Existing affordable housing is rapidly decreasing nationwide. For every new affordable home that is built, two affordable homes are lost due to poor physical conditions or conversion to more expensive housing. This can lead to homelessness for low-income renters and further limits the availability of affordable homes that low-income renters can move to. Public housing properties and other federally supported affordable housing properties are at risk in a variety of different ways. First, the physical conditions of public housing properties, owned and operated by the government, put the housing stability of over 1 million households at risk.228 Because Congress has not adequately funded public housing for decades, public housing units nationwide need over $49 billion in repairs and approximately 10,000 units are lost each year because they are no longer habitable.229 Additionally, Congress has not provided federal funds to build any new public housing units since the mid-1990s.230 HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program seeks to preserve a limited number of these public housing units by converting them to other federal housing assistance (project-based rental assistance or project- based vouchers),231 but this process can often be tumultuous and disruptive of renters’ lives. In order to ensure that all current public housing renters have the right to remain in their homes after RAD conversions, significant protections are built into the RAD program (i.e. rents cannot exceed 30% of the renter’s income, renters have the right to remain at the property after the RAD conversion, and rent increases must be phased in over 3 or 5 years).232 228 Picture of Subsidized Households, U.S. Dept. of HoUS. & Urban Dev., https:// www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/assthsg.html. 229 Abt Associates, Inc., Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program: Revised Final Report, Nov. 24, 2010, available at https://www.hud.gov/sites/ documents/PH_CAPITAL_NEEDS.PDF. 230 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Policy Basics: Public Housing, Nov. 15, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-public-housing. 231 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-55 (Nov. 18, 2011), as amended. 232 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-55 (Nov. 18, 2011), as amended; Rental Assistance Demonstration – Final Implementation, HUD Notice PIH 2012-32 (REV-3), available at http://radresource.net/sources/public/rad_notice_rev3_final.docx; Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Notice Regarding Fair Housing and Civil Rights Requirements and Relocation Requirements Applicable to RAD First Component – Public Housing Conversions, HUD Notice 2016-17, available at http://radresource.net/sources/public/RAD%20Relocation%20 Notice_11.10.16.pdf. For more information about RAD tenants’ rights, see National Housing Law Project, Don’t Get RAD-dled: 30 Minute Trainings for Tenant Advocates on What You Need to Know about the Rental Assistance Demonstration, https://www.nhlp.org/webinars/dont-get-rad-dled- 30-minute-trainings-tenant-advocates-need-know-rental-assistance- demonstration-rad/. Second, the structure of other federally supported affordable housing, privately owned by for-profit and nonprofit owners, creates certain long-term affordability risks. 233 In fact, nearly 1-in-10 publicly supported affordable homes that are owned and managed by for-profit and non-profit owners are at risk of losing their affordability in the next 5 years.234 These include homes created with federally subsidized mortgages and project-based rental assistance contracts provided by HUD and USDA Rural Development (RD). These also include newer properties that received allocations under the federally funded but state-administered Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. These developments are threatened by a variety of factors, including: Prepayment of Government-Subsidized Mortgages In the 1960s, the federal government began providing federally guaranteed loans to private owners through a mortgage and regulatory agreement with terms and conditions for specified lengths of time (i.e. 40 years).235 A mortgage prepayment occurs when an owner fully repays the loan before the mortgage’s originally scheduled end date.236 A mortgage prepayment can create significant challenges for renters because the prepayment terminates the restrictions contained in the regulatory agreement. This means that the property will lose its affordability restrictions and the owner can increase tenants’ rent to the market rate, which most low-income families and seniors cannot afford. To protect residents, HUD is authorized to provide Enhanced Vouchers to renters who wish to remain in their home. 237 The owner is also subject to certain federal notice requirements.238 Occasionally, there may be other 233 See, e.g., Alexander von Hoffman, To Preserve Affordable Housing In The United States: A Policy History, April 7, 2016, available at http://www.jchs. harvard.edu/research/publications/preserve-affordable-housing-united- states-policy-history; National Housing Trust, What is Preservation?, http:// www.nationalhousingtrust.org/what-preservation. 234 Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation & National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2017 Preservation Profiles, National Housing Preservation Database, http://preservationdatabase.org/reports/2017- preservation-profiles/. 235 See, e.g., 42 U.S.C. § 1437f; 12 U.S.C. § 1715z–1; 12 U.S.C. § 1715l(d)(5); 42 U.S.C. § 1485. See also Alexander von Hoffman, To Preserve Affordable Housing In The United States: A Policy History, April 7, 2016, available at http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research/publications/preserve-affordable- housing-united-states-policy-history. 236 See, e.g., Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing, HUD Handbook 4350.1, U.S. Dept. of HoUS. & Urban Dev., available at https:// www.hud.gov/program_offices/administration/hudclips/handbooks/ hsgh/4350.1. 237 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t). 238 Pub. L. No. 105-276 (Oct. 21, 1998). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 432 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 40 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty restrictions from additional federal, 239 state, or local assistance provided to renters at the property. Mortgage Maturity When a government-subsidized mortgage reaches its originally scheduled end date, the mortgage “matures.” Most HUD and RD mortgages are for 40 or 50 years, although some are for 30 years. 240 When a loan is fully repaid according to its original amortization schedule, the mortgage and accompanying regulatory agreement end. This means that the property loses its affordability restrictions and the owner can raise renters’ rents to the market rate. If there are no other contractual restrictions or applicable legislation, the owner is free to convert the property to market-rate use. HUD is authorized to provide assistance, through Housing Choice Vouchers or Enhanced Vouchers, to renters residing in these properties in low- vacancy areas who would otherwise pay more than 30% of their income for rent. 241 Unlike mortgage prepayments, federal law does not guarantee any prior written notice when the affordability restrictions expire. Some renters may have additional protections under state/local notice or rent control laws. HUD Project-Based Section 8 Contract “Opt-Outs” In addition to federally insured mortgages, HUD also provides rental assistance through “project-based Section 8” contracts with private owners. Each time the term of the contract ends (usually 15 or 20 years), the owner can choose whether to renew or to “opt-out” of the contract. An opt-out will cause renters to lose their current rental assistance. If the owner refuses to renew the contract, federal law requires an owner to give a one-year written notice to current renters and HUD of its intention to opt-out of the contract. 242 Owners who fail to 239 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-15. 240 See, e.g., 42 U.S.C. § 1437f; 12 U.S.C. § 1701q; 12 U.S.C. § 1701; 42 U.S.C. § 1485. See also Alexander von Hoffman, To Preserve Affordable Housing In The United States: A Policy History, April 7, 2016, available at http://www. jchs.harvard.edu/research/publications/preserve-affordable-housing- united-states-policy-history. 241 Funding Availability for Set-Aside Tenant-Protection Vouchers – Fiscal Year 2017 Funding, HUD Notice PIH 2018-02, U.S. Dept. of HoUS. & Urban Dev., Feb. 8, 2018, available at https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/OCHCO/ documents/18-01hsgn.pdf. 242 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(c)(8)(A). See also HUD Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook, U.S. Dept. of HoUS. & Urban Dev., July 28, 2017, available at https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/508FIN_CONSOL_GUIDE6_8_17. PDF. give renters proper notice may either renew the contract for up to one year, or permit renters to remain while paying the same amount of rent until one year after proper notice is served.243 Where this rental assistance is not renewed, most renters can receive Enhanced Vouchers to enable them to remain in their homes.244 HUD Project-Based Section 8 Contract Terminations or Foreclosure If a property is in poor physical condition, the owner has seriously violated the project-based Section 8 contract, and/or the owner defaults on its mortgage, HUD may decide to terminate the contract or foreclose the property. These actions can result in the loss of the property, a new landlord, and/or higher rents for low- income renters. Congress requires HUD to maintain any project-based Section 8 contract and minimize renter displacement, as long as the property is not physically obsolete.245 If the property is physically obsolete, HUD can transfer the project-based Section 8 contract and affordability restrictions to another property.246 HUD must notify and consult tenants during this process.247 Policy Proposals: While advocates should be sure that the above rights and responsibilities are enforced, the following state and local policies can also support preservation of existing affordable housing: • Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. State and local governments can enact preservation purchase laws that 243 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(c)(8)(B). 244 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t). See also Section 8: Enhanced Vouchers, U.S. Dept. of HoUS. & Urban Dev., https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/ENHANCED_ VOUCHERS_ENG.PDF. 245 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-31, §§ 215 & 223 (May 5, 2017). 246 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(bb); Transferring Budget Authority of a Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contract under Section 8(bb)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD Notice 2015-03, available at https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/15-03HSGN.PDF; 24 C.F.R. § 401.480; Frequently Asked Questions on Transferring Budget Authority under Section 8(bb)(1), Feb. 18, 2016, available at http://nlihc.org/sites/ default/files/8bb_FAQ.pdf. 247 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(bb); Transferring Budget Authority of a Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contract under Section 8(bb)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD Notice 2015-03, available at https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/15-03HSGN.PDF; 24 C.F.R. § 401.480; Frequently Asked Questions on Transferring Budget Authority under Section 8(bb)(1), Feb. 18, 2016, available at http://nlihc.org/sites/ default/files/8bb_FAQ.pdf. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 433 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 41nlchp.org provide rights of first refusal or rights to purchase to tenants or tenant-supported organizations when an owner seeks to convert property to market-rate use.248 These laws support preservation by favoring purchasers who commit to preserving the property as affordable. State and local purchase opportunity laws can vary, depending on what kinds of affordable properties are covered, triggering events, and which entities can take advantage of the purchase opportunity. Existing state and local laws usually address at least prepayment of mortgages on HUD- or RD-subsidized properties, as well as properties with expiring project-based Section 8 contracts or contract terminations.249 In addition to covering these HUD and RD properties, other state and local laws also cover properties with expiring rent restrictions under the LIHTC program.250 • Preservation Compacts. Another important part of saving existing affordable housing is collaboration and data-sharing. In places like Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, Colorado, and Washington, D.C., there are multi-sector working groups (often called “preservation compacts”) who meet regularly with HUD officials, state and local government representatives, and local developers and nonprofit organizations.251 These groups collaborate to identify at-risk affordable housing properties, 248 See, e.g., MD. ANN. CODE, HOUS. & COMM. DEV. § 7-102; R.I. GEN. LAWS § 34-45-4(5) and 34-45-7; D.C. STAT. § 42-2851.03 and 42.2851.02(6); DENVER MUN. CODE § 27-46 (definitions of “federal” and “local” preservation projects); PORTLAND CITY CODE § 30.01.030 (definitions of “federal” and “local” preservation projects); SAN FRANCISCO ADMIN. CODE § 60.4(a) and (y). See also Notice and Purchase Opportunity Laws, prezCat, http://www.prezcat.org/catalog-search?keys=&combine=&field_ catalog_tags_tid%5B%5D=88&created=&changed=&between_date_fil ter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&field_start_date_value%5Bvalue%5D %5Bdate%5D=&field_end_date_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&ite ms_per_page=15. 249 See, e.g., MD. ANN. CODE, HOUS. & COMM. DEV. § 7-102; ME. REV. STAT., Title 30-A, §§ 4972 and 4973; R.I. GEN. LAWS § 34-45-4(5) and 34-45-7; D.C. STAT. § 42-2851.03 and 42.2851.02(6); DENVER MUN. CODE § 27-46 (definitions of “federal” and “local” preservation projects); PORTLAND CITY CODE § 30.01.030 (definitions of “federal” and “local” preservation projects); SAN FRANCISCO ADMIN. CODE § 60.4(a) and (y). See also Notice and Purchase Opportunity Laws, prezCat, http://www.prezcat.org/catalog- search?keys=&combine=&field_catalog_tags_tid%5B%5D=88&create d=&changed=&between_date_filter%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&fie ld_start_date_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&field_end_date_value %5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&items_per_page=15. 250 See, e.g., 310 ILL. COMP. STAT. § 60/4; CAL. GOVT. CODE § 65863.11(a) (incorporating definition of “assisted housing development” in § 65863.10(a)(3)); NYC ADMIN. CODE § 26-801. Compare TEX. GOVT. CODE ANN. §§ 2306.185(f) & 2306.853 (notice requirements for prepayments and opt-outs, but not LIHTC properties with expiring use restrictions); TEX. GOVT. CODE ANN. §§ 2306.6702(a)(5) & 2306.803 (developments with expiring LIHTC restrictions considered “at risk” for purposes of allocating future credits and other resources). 251 See Models for Affordable Housing Preservation, U.S. Dept. of HoUS. & Urban Dev., https://www.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/em/summer13/ highlight3.html; Policy and Program Coordination, National Housing Trust, http://www.nationalhousingtrust.org/policy-and-program-coordination. brainstorm and coordinate preservation strategies, and engage in other related policy advocacy. • Improved Local Data. In addition to the National Housing Preservation Database,252 several states and localities have developed searchable databases of affordable housing properties in their communities and when their affordability restrictions will expire. 253 These databases support the work of preservation working groups and others to target resources and preservation efforts at certain at-risk properties. • Improved State and Local Notice Laws. Because the loss of affordable housing will displace low-income renters, adequate written notice to renters may help prevent homelessness, even when their homes cannot be preserved. Some states and localities have adopted additional notice requirements beyond what federal law provides.254 These laws can also require notice to entities like public housing authorities and local governments who may have the desire and means to purchase and preserve the property. 252 Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation & National Low Income Housing Coalition, National Housing Preservation Database, http://preservationdatabase.org/reports/2017-preservation-profiles/. 253 DC Preservation Catalog Online, http://www.neighborhoodinfodc.org/ dcpreservationcatalog/; Affordable Housing Database, Ohio Preservation Compact, http://www.ohiopreservationcompact.org/housingdatabase. aspx; Preservation Database, Preserve Oregon Housing, http://www. preserveoregonhousing.org/database.php. 254 See, e.g., COLO. REV. STAT. § 24-32-718 (state database for notices of termination); CONN. GEN. STAT. §8-68c (one-year notice for prepayments and terminations to tenants and state and local governments); WASH. REV. CODE § 59.28.040 (one-year notice for prepayments and expirations to tenants, PHA and state and local governments); MINN. STAT. § 504B.255 (one-year notice to tenants for prepayments or Section 8 terminations); MINN. STAT. § 471.9997 (requiring tenant impact statement to local government at least twelve months prior to intended prepayment or termination). 10.B.d Packet Pg. 434 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 42 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty International human rights provide a helpful framework for understanding where the United States could, and perhaps should, go to protect the rights of renters. In 1948, the U.S. was an international leader in promoting the human right to housing. It led the world in shaping the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides, among other things, that “everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living… including the right to housing.”255 The following year, the 1949 Federal Housing Act stated a goal of “a decent home and suitable living arrangement for every American family.”256 The United States signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1979, recognizing the human right to housing, but the Senate has not yet ratified that treaty.257 Under international law, countries that sign a treaty are obligated to refrain from actions that would defeat the “object and purpose” of that treaty, even before ratification.258 The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, made up of leading global experts mandated to implement the ICESCR, defines the human right to housing to include seven elements.259 (1) Security of Tenure: Everyone needs legal protection against forced eviction and harassment—including renters, homeowners, and persons in emergency circumstances (experiencing homelessness)—as well as for access to legal counsel.260 (2) Availability of Services, Materials, and Infrastructure: adequate housing includes access to sanitation and 255 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, G.A. Res. 217, U.N. GAOR, 3d Sess., pt. 1, art. 25(1), U.N. Doc. A/810 (1948). 256 The Housing Act of 1949 (Title V of P.L. 81-171). 257 See Int’l Covenant on Econ., Soc. & Cultural Rights, opened for signature Dec. 16, 1966, art. 11(1), 993 U.N.T.S. 3, 5 (entered into force Jan. 3, 1976); Ratification/Signature Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, available at http://www.un.org/ Depts/Treaty/final/ts2/newfiles/part_boo/iv_boo/iv_3html. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President signs treaties, and the Senate must ratify them by a 2/3 vote. See U.S. ConSt. Art. II, Sec. 2. 258 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties art. 18, May 23, 1969, 1155 U.N.T.S. 331. 259 See General Comment 4, The Right to Adequate Housing (6th sess., 1991), U.N. Doc. E/1992/23, annex III at 114 (1991), reprinted in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6 at 18 (2003)(hereinafter “General Comment 4”). 260 Id. at ¶ 8(a). (“All persons should possess legal protection against forced eviction, harassment and other threats. States are therefore required to take immediate measures to confer legal security of tenure for those lacking such protection, following genuine consultation with affected persons and groups.”). emergency services, plumbing and electricity, etc.261 (3) Affordability: Housing costs should not force people to choose between paying rent and paying for other basic needs (food, health, etc.).262 (4) Habitability: Housing must provide adequate space to protect against internal dangers (overcrowding) and external ones (weather, insects, hazards like lead, etc.).263 (5) Accessibility: Accessibility of housing means physically accessible (for those facing disabilities, for example) and practically accessible (no discriminatory barriers for marginalized groups).264 (6) Location: Housing is more than four walls and a roof, but must exist in an environment with access to jobs, medical care, schools, etc., as well as not be threatened by pollution.265 (7) Cultural Adequacy: Housing and land use must respect the cultural traditions of inhabitants.266 261 Id. at ¶ 8(b). (“All beneficiaries of the right to adequate housing should have sustainable access to natural and common resources, safe drinking water, energy for cooking, heating and lighting, sanitation and washing facilities, means of food storage, refuse disposal, site drainage and emergency services.”). 262 Id. at ¶ 8(c). (“All costs associated with housing should be at a level sufficient to ensure that the attainment and satisfaction of other basic needs are not threatened or compromised. Housing subsidies should be available for those unable to obtain affordable housing, and tenants have to be protected from unreasonable rent levels”). 263 Id. at ¶ 8(d). (Adequate housing implies that inhabitants are provided with adequate space, and protected from the elements and other threats to health such as structural hazards and disease. Physical safety of the occupants must be guaranteed.) 264 Id. at ¶ 8(e) (“Adequate housing must be accessible to those entitled to it. Disadvantaged groups such as the elderly, children, physically disabled persons, the terminally ill, HIV-positive individuals, persons with persistent medical problems, the mentally ill, victims of natural disasters, people living in disaster-prone areas and other groups should be assured of some degree of priority consideration in the housing sphere.”) 265 Id. at ¶ 8(f). (“Adequate housing must be in a location which allows access to employment options, health-care services, schools, child-care centres and other social facilities. This is true both in large cities and in rural areas where the temporal and financial costs of getting to and from the place of work can place excessive demands upon the budgets of poor households. Similarly, housing should not be built on polluted sites nor in immediate proximity to pollution sources that threaten the right to health of the inhabitants.”) 266 Id. at ¶ 8(g). (“The way housing is constructed, the building materials used and the policies supporting these must appropriately enable the expression of cultural identity and diversity of housing. Activities geared towards development or modernization in the housing sphere should ensure that the cultural dimensions of housing are not sacrificed, and that, inter alia, modern technological facilities, as appropriate are also ensured.”) HUMAN RIGHTS & RENTERS’ RIGHTS 10.B.d Packet Pg. 435 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 43nlchp.org Human rights standards require that countries take progressive steps to respect, protect, and fulfill the right, to the maximum of the country’s available resources, in a non-discriminatory manner.267 The government can use a wide variety of measures, from market regulation to subsidies, public-private partnerships to tax policy, to help ensure the right. Implementing the human right to housing would not require the government to immediately build a home for each person in America or to provide housing for all, free of charge. But it does require much more than the U.S. is doing now, and more than a mere provision of emergency shelter—it requires affirmative steps to be taken to ensure fully adequate housing, based on all the criteria outlined above. Human rights law does not compel specific renters’ rights ordinances to be passed in any given community, but it does provide a rights-based framework to understand which ordinances or guarantees might be most helpful. This section will describe some of the standards to which governments are responsible for, and how the renters’ protections described elsewhere in this report could be used to meet those obligations. Human rights law gives governments the affirmative responsibility to ensure a right to housing. Under international law, governments must “not simply to ensure that they do not explicitly violate rights, but also to ensure that the rules under which they operate and their actions are consistent with the realization of the right to adequate housing.”268 The right to adequate housing is further reinforced and recognized by other relevant human rights instruments. These include the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD),269 ratified by the U.S.; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)270 the Convention on the Rights of 267 Id. 268 U.N. Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/34/51 (2017). 269 Int’l Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 660 U.N.T.S. 195, entered into force Jan. 4, 1969. Article 5(e)(iii): “In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights: … (e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular: … (iii) The right to housing”. U.S. reservations, declarations, and understandings, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 140 Cong. Rec. S7634-02 (daily ed., June 24, 1994). 270 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, G.A. res. 34/180, 34 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 46) at 193, U.N. Doc. A/34/46, entered into force Sept. 3, 1981. Art. 14(2): “States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women the Child,271 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,272 all signed, but not yet ratified by the U.S.; the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,273 not signed by the U.S. and other regional human rights instruments to which the U.S. is not a party, such as the 1996 Revised European Social Charter,274 and the European Convention on Human Rights.275 In 2015, the U.S. also signed on to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, including goal 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities pledging to make cities inclusive, resilient, safe and sustainable.276 And in October 2016, the U.S. signed on to the New Urban Agenda, the outcome report of the U.N. Habitat III conference. 277 The signatories “commit to promote national, in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, that they participate in and benefit from rural development and, in particular, shall ensure to such women the right: … To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications.” 271 Convention on the Rights of the Child, G.A. res. 44/25, annex, 44 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 167, U.N. Doc. A/44/49 (1989), entered into force Sept. 2, 1990. Article 27(3): “States Parties, in accordance with national conditions and within their means, shall take appropriate measures to assist parents and others responsible for the child to implement this right and shall in case of need provide material assistance and support programmes, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing.” 272 Int’l Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights & Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, G.A. Res. 61/106, Annex I, U.N. GAOR, 61st Sess., Supp. No. 49, at 65, U.N. Doc. A/61/49 (2006), entered into force May 3, 2008. Article 28: “States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions, and shall take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the realization of this right without discrimination on the basis of disability.” 273 Int’l Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, G.A. res. 45/158, annex, 45 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49A) at 262, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (1990), entered into force July 1, 2003. Article 43(1)(d): Migrant workers shall enjoy equality of treatment with nationals of the State of employment in relation to: … Access to housing, including social housing schemes, and protection against exploitation in respect of rents.” 274 Revised European Social Charter, Article 31: With a view to ensuring the effective exercise of the right to housing, the Parties undertake to take measures designed: to promote access to housing of an adequate standard; to prevent and reduce homelessness with a view to its gradual elimination; to make the price of housing accessible to those without adequate resources. 275 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Article 8: “Everyone has the right to respect for … his home … There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others”. 276 G.A. Res. 70/1, Transforming Our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Sept. 25, 2015), available at: http://www.un.org/ga/search/ view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1&Lang=E; Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, Sustainable Development Goal 11, available at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg11. 277 UN conference agrees new urban development agenda creating sustainable, equitable cities for all, UN Sustainable Development 10.B.d Packet Pg. 436 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 44 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty sub-national, and local housing policies that support the progressive realization of the right to adequate housing for all as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, that address all forms of discrimination and violence, prevent arbitrary forced evictions, and that focus on the needs of the homeless, persons in vulnerable situations, low income groups, and persons with disabilities, while enabling participation and engagement of communities and relevant stakeholders, in the planning and implementation of these policies including supporting the social production of habitat, according to national legislations and standards.”278 In short, while these international treaties and declarations have varying degrees of legal effect in U.S. courts, these documents at a minimum demonstrate our professed values as Americans. We can use these commitments to guide domestic efforts to pass stronger housing protections in our communities. Human rights law requires that housing costs be affordable The Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights defines affordability in housing as follows: Personal or household financial costs associated with housing should be at such a level that the attainment and satisfaction of other basic needs are not threatened or compromised. Steps should be taken by States parties to ensure that the percentage of housing-related costs is, in general, commensurate with income levels. States parties should establish housing subsidies for those unable to obtain affordable housing, as well as forms and levels of housing finance which adequately reflect housing needs. In accordance with the principle of affordability, tenants should be protected by appropriate means against unreasonable rent levels or rent increases. In societies where natural materials constitute the chief sources of building materials for housing, steps should be taken by States parties to ensure the availability of such materials.279 Blog (Oct. 20, 2016), http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ blog/2016/10/un-conference-agrees-new-urban-development-agenda- creating-sustainable-equitable-cities-for-all/; Outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat III), Quito Declaration on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All, Quito, October 17-20, 2016, ¶ 31, 33, 108 (2016) (hereinafter “New Urban Agenda”), https://www2.habitat3.org/bitcache/97ced11dcecef85d41f74 043195e5472836f6291?vid=588897&disposition=inline&op=view. 278 Id. at ¶ 31. 279 See General Comment 4, The Right to Adequate Housing (6th sess., 1991), U.N. Doc. E/1992/23, annex III at 114 (1991), reprinted in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6 at 18 (2003). Yet in the U.S., as discussed in depth earlier in this report, housing has become increasingly unaffordable as wages have failed to keep pace with the rents. The affordability prong of the right to adequate housing puts the ultimate responsibility for ensuring affordability on government, at all levels. While federal housing subsidies have been dramatically cut back (and should be reinstated), state and local governments have also failed in their duties to address rental costs in their jurisdictions. Rent regulation is explicitly set forth in the above prong as a means of meeting that responsibility. Human rights law requires security of tenure, including procedural protections, and the right to counsel to make effective use of those protections, before an eviction Legal security of tenure refers to a tenant’s guarantee of legal protection against forced eviction, harassment, and other threats.280 According to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Tenure takes a variety of forms, including rental (public and private) accommodation, cooperative housing, lease, owner-occupation, emergency housing and informal settlements, including occupation of land or property. Notwithstanding the type of tenure, all persons should possess a degree of security of tenure which guarantees legal protection against forced eviction, harassment, and other threats. States parties should consequently take immediate measures aimed at conferring legal security of tenure upon those persons and households currently lacking such protection, in genuine consultation with affected persons and groups.”281 Again, as described throughout this report, the U.S. is currently failing to guarantee the legal security of tenure for most renters. In a few cities and states, landlords are limited to evictions for just cause, but in many, renters can be evicted for no cause whatsoever,282 including the foreclosure of their landlord due to no fault of their own.283 Even where legal protections exist, often they can be circumvented by informal eviction measures or landlords bank on the lack of legal knowledge and legal 280 See id. 281 Id. 282 See Community Alliance of Tenants, Campaigns: What is Just Cause Eviction? http://oregoncat.org/what-we-do/campaigns/. (“Only a few states, such as New Jersey and New Hampshire, have Just Cause eviction statutes. Many cities also have Just Cause eviction statutes such as in California: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Glendale, Hayward, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, San Diego, Palm Springs…Other Cities: Seattle and Chicago. Most rent controlled cities also require Just Cause evictions..” 283 See Eviction Without Notice, supra note 101, at 6; Renters in Foreclosure: A Fresh Look at an Ongoing Problem, supra note 104. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 437 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 45nlchp.org assistance to tenants to make these protections moot.284 Under the human rights framework, “forced evictions” are expressly forbidden. Forced evictions are defined as “the permanent or temporary removal against their will of individuals, families and/or communities from the homes and/or land which they occupy, without the provision of, and access to, appropriate forms of legal or other protection. The prohibition on forced evictions does not, however, apply to evictions carried out by force in accordance with the law and in conformity with the provisions of the International Covenants on Human Rights.”285 Thus, evictions are not entirely forbidden, but they are only allowable where adequate procedural protections are in place, and adequate access to legal counsel to ensure them. In this case, the right to access to counsel is a necessary requirement of human rights law. The Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights has noted that ensuring effective judicial remedies (including by providing access to counsel) for the right to adequate housing is an immediate obligation of States, since there cannot be a right without a remedy to protect it.286 This justice gap produced by lack of access to counsel is particularly stark when compared to other countries. The World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index, which measures experience of the rule of law through 100,000 individual and 2,400 expert surveys in countries around the globe, routinely ranks the U.S. at or near the bottom of industrialized countries for accessibility and affordability of the civil justice system. The 2016 Rule of Law Index placed the United States 94th overall out of 113 countries on accessibility and affordability of civil justice, dropping 30 places since the previous year, and below every 284 See DeSmonD, supra, note 61, at 4. (“These days, housing courts swell, forcing commissioners to settle cases in hallways or makeshift offices crammed with old desks and broken file cabinets—an most tenants don’t even show up….But there are other ways, cheaper and quicker ways, for landlords to remove a family than through court order. Some landlords pay tenants a couple hundred dollars to leave by the end of the week. Some take off the front door. Nearly half of all forced moves experienced by renting families in Milwaukee are “informal evictions” that take place in the shadow of the law….”) 285 General Comment No. 7: The right to adequate housing (Art.11.1), supra note #. 286 See U.N. Comm. on Econ., Soc., & Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 9, Domestic Application of the Covenant, ¶ 2-3, E/C.12/1998/24 (1998); see also, Human Rights Comm., General Comment 13, art. 14 (21st sess., 1984) ¶ 8, Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, UN Doc. HRI\GEN\1\Rev.1, at 14 (1994); General Recommendation No. 31: Prevention of Racial Discrimination in the Administration and Functioning of the Criminal Justice System, U.N. Comm. on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 60th Sess., Supp. No. 18, at 103 ¶ C(17)(b), U.N. Doc. A/60/18 (2005). General Recommendation No. 29: Discrimination Based on Descent, U.N. Comm. on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 61st Sess., at 111 ¶ 5(u), U.N. Doc. A/57/18 (2002), reprinted in Compilation of General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6 at 223 (2003). country in Europe, and many in the rest of the world.287 In cases where eviction is considered to be justified, it should be carried out in strict compliance with the relevant provisions of international human rights law and in accordance with general principles of reasonableness and proportionality. The following procedural protections should be applied in relation to forced evictions: (a) an opportunity for genuine consultation with those affected; (b) adequate and reasonable notice for all affected persons prior to the scheduled date of eviction; (c) information on the proposed evictions and, where applicable, on the alternative purpose for which the land or housing is to be used, to be made available in a reasonable time to all those affected; (d) especially where groups of people are involved, that government officials or their representatives be present during an eviction; (e) that all persons carrying out the eviction be properly identified; (f) that evictions do not take place in particularly bad weather or at night unless the affected persons consent otherwise; (g) provision of legal remedies; (h) provision, where possible, of legal aid to persons who are in need of it to seek redress from the courts.288 The African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, which has a mandate to protect and promote human and peoples’ rights and to interpret the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, has interpreted the Charter to implicitly include the right to housing. In the case Social and Economic Rights Action Centre and the Centre for Economic and Social Rights v. Nigeria, where it decided on the violation of the right to housing in connection with exploitation of oil fields and the consequent displacement of the Ogoni people, the Commission has underlined that “forced evictions are extremely traumatic” and stated that they increase the levels of homelessness.289 287 See World Justice Project, WJP Rule of Law Index (2016), http://data. worldjusticeproject.org/#index/USA ; see also, Nat’l Coal. for a Civil Right to Counsel, U.S. rank on access to civil justice in Rule of Law Index drops to 94th out of 113 countries, (Oct. 27, 2016), http://civilrighttocounsel.org/ major_developments/217. 288 U.N. Comm. on Econ., Soc. & Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 7: The right to adequate housing (Art.11.1): forced evictions, 20 May 1997, E/1998/22. 289 155/96, Social and Economic Rights Action Centre and the Centre for Economic and Social Rights v. Nigeria, 15th Annual Activity Report of the ACHPR (2002); 10 IHRR 282 (2003) (SERAC), para 63. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 438 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 46 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Human Rights Law Limits Evictions Leading to Homelessness International law limits evictions that lead to homelessness, stating that evictions “should not result in individuals being rendered homeless or vulnerable to the violation of other human rights. Where those affected are unable to provide for themselves, the State party must take all appropriate measures, to the maximum of its available resources, to ensure that adequate alternative housing, resettlement or access to productive land, as the case may be, is available.”290 Human rights systems recognize that evictions leading to homelessness can have a devastating impact on the lives of children and families.291 This can violate not only one’s civil right to respect for one’s home and right to adequate housing,292 but also undermine a number of other fundamental human rights, including the rights to life, health, education, security of person, privacy, protection of the home and family, and the freedom from cruel and inhuman treatment.293 There is no doubt that evictions are the proximate cause of hundreds of thousands of cases of homelessness each year. Renters’ rights such as adequate notice, just cause, and prohibition on “nuisance” evictions, particularly those due to domestic violence, and access to counsel to enforce them, are steps communities can take to prevent evictions from leading to homelessness. In deciding on the violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights has taken into consideration the risk of homelessness following an eviction as one of the factor to balance in determining whether the eviction was proportionate. In Tuleshov and Others v. Russia, the Court discusses the threat of homelessness in the analysis of the proportionality of the eviction, concluding that the threat of expulsion and the uncertainty about receiving substitute housing made the forced eviction disproportionate to the aim it pursued.294 In Yordanova and Others v. Bulgaria, the court considered that the removal was not proportionate (and therefore violated Article 8) because of the lack of alternative housing, among other factors.295 290 General Comment No. 7, supra note 261. 291 U.N. Habitat, Global Report on Human Settlements - Planning Sustainable Cities, at 262 (2007), 292 Adélaïde Remiche et al. v. Bulgaria: The Influence of the Social Right to Adequate Housing on the Interpretation of the Civil Right to Respect for One’s Home , Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 12(4): 787-800 (2012). 293 B. Scholz, ‘Crushed homes, crushed lives’, Habitat Debate 8(4): 14–1 (2002)5; U.N. Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/31/54 (2015). 294 Tuleshov and Others v Russia, Application No 32718/02, Judgment, 24 May 2007, para 53. 295 Yordanova and Others v Bulgaria, Application No 25446/06, Merits and Human rights law prohibits racial and other forms of discrimination in housing The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), recognizes the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, color, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law in the enjoyment of the right to housing. In General Comment 14, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) clarified that to determine “whether an action has an effect contrary to the Convention, it will look to see whether that action has an unjustifiable disparate impact upon a group distinguished by race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin.”296 The CERD, in its 2014 review of the U.S., urged the government “to intensify its efforts to eliminate discrimination in access to housing . . . based on race, color, ethnicity, or national origin” by ensuring “the availability of affordable and adequate housing for all,” implementing federal laws that help address and combat discrimination, and “[u]ndertaking prompt, independent and thorough investigation into all cases of discriminatory practices by private actors.”297 As noted elsewhere in this report, homelessness disproportionately affects people of color. Similarly, people of color constitute a disproportionate percentage of individuals who are rent-burdened, living in substandard housing, and have eviction or criminal records. Prohibitions on nuisance ordinances, on discrimination based on eviction or criminal records, and on discrimination based on housing status or source of income are all policies that would help to remedy these historical and structural problems. Human rights law can inform federal, state, and local tenant advocacy efforts These standards and human rights instruments provide a strong alternative framework to U.S. federal, state, and municipal law, and practitioners can use human rights theories and standards to help improve security of tenure and other tenant protections under domestic law. Governments must take all appropriate measures to ensure adequate alternative housing and consider all feasible alternatives to end and prevent forced evictions and homelessness, including considering the threat of homelessness Just Satisfaction, 24 April 2012, para 126. 296 Comm. on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, General Recommendation 14, Definition of Racial Discrimination, para. 114, U.N. Doc A/48/18 (1994), reprinted in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, para. 203, U.N. Doc. HRI\GEN\1\Rev.6. 297 U.N. Int’l Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi- nation (Sept. 2014), http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler. ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2fPPRiCAqhKb7yhspzOl9YwTXeABruAM8pBAK1Q% 2fDZ6XAqlyobgts1zwlHPkQhsSqMrVxuS6brQbHYpDYGXBUCX1bgRtTg3 HaweAr5PBs9soaesD5KdByekI9OS. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 439 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 47nlchp.org as a major factor in its decision-making processes, laws, policies, and practices.298 Federal and state courts, as well as executive agencies, have looked to international law to inform their interpretation of their own constitutions and statutes. At the federal level, Justice Kennedy dedicated a full quarter of the decision in Roper v. Simmons to discussion of human rights law and how it confirms our own evolving standards of decency under the Eighth Amendment.299 The Department of Justice signaled their approval of a proposed Seattle ordinance regulating evictions from homeless encampments by noting it was consistent with both our constitutional and human rights obligations.300 HUD has recognized the relevance of human rights law in interpreting its obligations both with respect to the criminalization of homelessness and in interpreting the Violence Against Women Act.301 State courts have cited international human rights law in expansive interpretations of their own constitutional obligations as well.302 298 U.N. Habitat, Global Report on Human Settlements - Planning Sustainable Cities 143 (2009);see also 1998: U.N. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2,Feb. 11, 1998, principle 8.2: “At the minimum, regardless of the circumstances, and without discrimination, competent authorities shall provide internally displaced persons with and ensure safe access to … Basic shelter and housing”; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, The Right to Adequate Housing (Art.11.1): Forced Evictions, CESCR General Comment No. 7, May 20, 1997, para 14; Special Rapporteur on Right of Housing, Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-Based Evictions and Displacement (2007), para 43; see also Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, The Right to Adequate Housing (Art.11.1): Forced Evictions, CESCR General Comment No. 7, May 20, 1997, para 16. 299 Roper v. Simmons, 125 S.Ct. 1183 (2005). 300 Letter from Lisa Foster, Director, Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Dept. of Justice, to Seattle City Councilors, (Oct.13, 2016),https://assets. documentcloud.org/documents/3141894/DOJ-ATJ-Letter-to-Seattle- City-Council-10-13-2016.pdf. 301 U.S. Dept. of Hous. & Urban Dev., Alternatives to Criminalizing Homelessness, (2015), https://www.hudexchange.info/homelessness- assistance/alternatives-to-criminalizing-homelessness; Preamble,Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Implementation in HUD Housing Programs , 81 Fed. Reg. 80724, 80726 (Nov. 16, 2016) (“This final rule reflects the Federal government’s recognition that all people have a right to live their lives safely. On September 9, 2014, in Presidential Proclamation 9164 – Twentieth Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, and on September 30, 2014, in Presidential Proclamation 9181—National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2014, President Obama discussed the “basic human right to be free from violence and abuse.” The implementation of the policies laid out in this rule will help to enforce this basic human right”). 302 See Opportunity Agenda and Program on Human Rights & Global Economic at Northeastern University School of Law, Human Rights in State Courts (2014), http://opportunityagenda.org/human_rights_state_ courts_2014. Human rights advocacy is an important complement to traditional forms of civil rights organizing and advocacy that can help to improve the conditions of the most marginalized in our society.303 The Law Center issued a report card in late 2016 on the progress of the federal government in meeting the right to housing, holding our government accountable to the seven elements of adequate housing described above. 304 State and local organizations can adopt similar formats to hold their own governments accountable and inject a rights-based framework into the local policy conversation. 303 See Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, Human Rights to Human Reality: A 10-Step Guide to Strategic Human Rights Advocacy (2014), available at https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Human_Rights_to_ Human_Reality. 304 See Nat’l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, Grading the U.S. Response to Homelessness: The 2016 Human Right to Housing Report Card (2016), available at https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Right_to_Housing_ Report_Card_2016. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 440 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) PROTECT TENANTS, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS 48 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty CONCLUSION As a lack of affordable rental housing fuels a nationwide homelessness crisis, communities working to end homelessness should adopt legal protections that make it easier for renters to find, and stay in, affordable and decent housing. Strong renters’ rights can help prevent and end homelessness by promoting housing affordability, limiting housing displacement through eviction, and prohibiting discriminatory barriers to new housing access. Strong renters’ rights can also save communities millions of dollars in reduced use of high-cost systems, including emergency shelter, and also preserve the health and general welfare of millions of low-income individuals and families. Moreover, robust renter protections can help reduce the discriminatory impact of housing policies on communities of color. Governments at the local, state, and federal levels should take concrete steps to prevent and end homelessness from a human rights-based framework by enacting laws and policies that protect low-income renters from housing loss and discrimination in housing access. It is critical for these entities to adopt policies that help tenants keep their housing, such as laws that limit evictions without just cause, laws that stabilize rents, laws that guarantee right to legal counsel in housing court, laws that protect tenants living in foreclosed properties, and laws that provide constructive alternatives to nuisance ordinances. Equally important is to enact laws and policies that remove barriers to rental housing, such as laws that prohibit discrimination against tenants based on their source of income, housing status, and criminal and eviction records. Advocates working on housing and homelessness issues should work collaboratively to broaden and strengthen support for strong renters’ rights. 10.B.d Packet Pg. 441 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10.B.d Packet Pg. 442 Attachment: National Law Center report - "Protect Tenants, Prevent Homelessness" - 2018 (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:John Fowler <jwfowler@caltech.edu> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:19 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 443 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Caylin <caylin.ellowitz@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:19 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 444 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Tim Hanson <timhans@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:19 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Tim Hanson ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 445 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Jessica Ferraro <jessicaferraro@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:20 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Best, Jessica Raise Your Bar ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 446 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:janejohn <janejohn@roadrunner.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:22 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. A previous Santa Monica renter for 25 years, before an Ellis evicƟon ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 447 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Zakiya - <zakiyalivefree@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:23 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Zakiya Fellow Santa Monica Renter ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 448 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:pancakepow@gmail.com Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:23 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Thank you ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 449 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Kelly Wine <kwine333@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:24 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Mr. Kelly Wine 643 Grant St., Unit E Santa Monica ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 450 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:pat jam <patjamejam@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:25 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: Lets GO1 I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Patrick Armstrong 511 Hill st 101 SM CA 90405 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 451 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Nancy Mozur <nancymozur@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:26 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 452 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Matt Tolerico <mtolerico109@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:26 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 453 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Amy Reece <toamyreece@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:27 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 454 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:zamia cohen <cohenzs@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:28 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Get Outlook for iOS ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 455 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Janet Carter <carterjanet2001@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:30 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sincerely, Janet D Carter 2803 Kansas Ave. Santa Monica CA 90404 Cell: 310‐467‐4494 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 456 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Kirk Johnson <kirkpj@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:30 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Kirk Johnson kirkpj@gmail.com 310‐922‐0435 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 457 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Babak Bina <bobbybina1@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:30 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 458 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Megan Pamula <meganpamula@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:32 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 459 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Megan Pamula <meganpamula@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:32 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 460 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Loris Rivera <lorisrivera@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:32 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 461 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Lynn Peterson <lynnp310@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:36 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Lynn O. Peterson 310 707‐7750 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 462 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:Sarah <sarahsb8801@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:38 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 463 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Tognozzi, Elissa <tognozzi@humnet.ucla.edu> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:38 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Elissa Tognozzi ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 464 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Cody Alexander <cody@codyalexander.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:38 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Cody Alexander 310.779.7457 m Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 465 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Al Hobbs <alhobbs@earthlink.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:39 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 466 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Gina Schneider Marchese <gina1155@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:40 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 467 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:jodi domanic <jodi15@me.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:42 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I love my apartment in Santa Monica; while it’s not a house, it is my home. I fear being in a David vs. Goliath situation in the future that will force me and others to leave our “homes" involuntarily due to lengthy construction projects brought on by the mammoth real estate corporation that owns my building. This “Goliath” I fear will see an opportunity to clear out all us rent‐controlled residents, some who are elderly living in their “homes” for decades, via constructive revisions, so that they can then pursue residents at a much higher rent. I, as one person, need protection from this Goliath. I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jodi Domanic Script & Continuity Supervisor jodi15@mac.com 917‐673‐5403 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1194346/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 468 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:SARAH BASSIRY <sarahsbsky@g.ucla.edu> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:44 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: As someone raised in Santa Monica since I was 2, who is now facing being pushed out of my hometown despite just graduating from UCLA, because wages don’t match rent prices and the gap keeps increasing; it’s important that we do what we can to protect and expand renters rights. I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you for your time and consideration! ‐Sarah B. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 469 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:Jai Prabakaran <jaiprabakaran@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:44 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 470 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:Bruce Schonfeld <bruceschonfeld@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:45 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Bruce Bruce Schonfeld (310) 395‐3555 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 471 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 Xavier Mota From:ChF <bonelessskinless@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:45 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 472 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 Xavier Mota From:Dan Hall <daniel.stephen.hall@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:45 PM To:Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Caroline Torosis; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Dan Hall Santa Monica Resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 473 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 22 Xavier Mota From:Diane Olson <puckdog@roadrunner.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:47 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Diane Olson 521 Montana Ave. #305 90403 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 474 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 23 Xavier Mota From:Coila Hodges <coilahodges@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:47 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Coila Hodges Santa Monica Resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 475 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 24 Xavier Mota From:Debra Gavlak <dgavlak@earthlink.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:48 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 476 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 25 Xavier Mota From:in_elation@yahoo.com Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:48 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 477 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 26 Xavier Mota From:Kana Koinuma <kanakoinuma@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:49 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. / Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 478 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 27 Xavier Mota From:MARKUS HOFMANN <markus7a@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:51 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Get Outlook for iOS ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 479 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 28 Xavier Mota From:Dannee Boy <dino90404@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:53 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent via iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 480 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 29 Xavier Mota From:Stephanie Roberts <srelax23@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:53 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 481 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 30 Xavier Mota From:Marie Frankel <marfrann@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:55 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 482 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 31 Xavier Mota From:Dennis Moloney <dmoloney08@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:56 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 483 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 32 Xavier Mota From:Pamela Maloney <pam@pamelamaloney.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:57 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; SMRR - Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Pamela Maloney pam@pamelamaloney.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 484 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 33 Xavier Mota From:Denise Stewart <stewartstory@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:57 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sincerely, Denise E. Stewart Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 485 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 34 Xavier Mota From:Lollie Ragana <lragana.lr@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:58 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Renters need relief, even beyond this ordinance, but this is a good start. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 486 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 35 Xavier Mota From:NORMAN DUARTE <normanduarte@verizon.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 5:59 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES on 10B EXTERNAL Dear Council members: My name is Norman Duarte, and I have lived in Santa Monica since 1986, and at my current address since 1998. For medical reasons, I’ve been disabled since 2012, and surviving on a very fixed income. My age is 58, so not eligible for rental assistance offered to low income seniors by the city. It is criƟcal, for me, and many others, that all efforts are made to protect rent control in Santa Monica, and do what is needed to give renters the power to protect our tenancies, and keep us housed. The out of control rent increases that happen in other ciƟes, are cruel and frightening, please act responsibly in your upcoming vote. I write urging you to please vote Yes to formally adopt item 10‐B. Thank you for your Ɵme, Norman Duarte ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 487 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Judd Greener <juddgreener@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:04 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. W. Judd Greener Assistant Director 323.217.8515 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 488 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Bita Golban-moghaddam <bitamog@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:05 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 489 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:sira sanchez <92sira@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:05 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 490 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Brad Franklin - j66co <brad@j66.co> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:05 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. All the best, Brad Franklin Founder & Managing Director Product Development Brand Strategy j66 co | done brad@j66.co 310.461.4161 hƩps://urldefense.com/v3/__hƩp://www.j66.co__;!!OfuUnHCITYtmmjM!oAgqR3_tB2EyFxR‐ gVZQ_w_BXojQ5ciLKSmolHxp‐iPskyRA1vWRDauss5glY9NxnuJd1bbdIILrImKKfIAhHNR9$ IG / FB / Everywhere @j66co @bradfranklin #j66labs #bradfranklinJITD ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 491 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Joe Coonan <joecoonanphoto@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:06 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Joe Coonan Santa Monica, CA ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 492 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Rose Driscoll <driscollrosemarie@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:06 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Rose Driscoll ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 493 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Mike Randle <mrandle_99@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:10 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Michael Randle 3222 Santa Monica Blvd Apt. 13 Santa Monica CA 90404 Texted with loving kindness ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 494 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:ogawak@verizon.net Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:09 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 495 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Marilyn Shirk <marilynjs@roadrunner.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:11 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. I have lived in Santa Monica all but 11 of the past 45+ years. Rent control made it possible for me to eventually become a homeowner in Santa Monica. Affordable housing is a criƟcal community issue. Rent control is an important part of curtailing homelessness! Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Marilyn Shirk Santa Monica renter 1975‐1981 SM homeowner 1992‐present ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 496 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Donna Armentor <donna.armentor@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:12 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Donna.Armentor@gmail.com 415.305.7810 (c) ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 497 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:Diane Brand <dianebrand01@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:12 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 498 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Maia Berens <maiaberens@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:13 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 499 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Susan Craig <suecraig13@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:13 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 500 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:John Ellis <john@johnellisphoto.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:15 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: Please please formally adopt item 10‐b. I’m a reƟred school teacher and rely on a secure, life long, rent stabilized unit in order to have housing. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 501 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Donald H Hewitt <donaldhhewitt@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:16 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Donald H Hewitt father/renter ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 502 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:Lisa Cherry <lchrry@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:17 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Lisa Cherry 305 San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica, Ca 90402 Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 503 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:Ned Sonnenschein <ned.sonnenschein@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:17 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 504 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:Peter Ryan <peter.ryan1000@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:19 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:10-B EXTERNAL Please support 10-B. Thx... ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 505 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:Yuri Bukhman <ybukh@roadrunner.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:20 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 506 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 Xavier Mota From:Anastasia Foster <arfoster888@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:25 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. > Anastasia Foster > Adam Schiff for Senate Organizer > Commissioner‐Santa Monica Rent Control Board Meals on Wheels West > Board of Directors CADEM CredenƟals CommiƩee Co‐Chair CEPS Steering > CommiƩee > ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 507 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 Xavier Mota From:nick Flaig <flaign@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:28 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 508 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 22 Xavier Mota From:Kyle Miller <kylemiller860@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:28 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Kyle A. Miller ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 509 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 23 Xavier Mota From:PAT ALLEN <itspallen@aol.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:29 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 510 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 24 Xavier Mota From:Geoff Keith <glkeith@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:29 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 511 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 25 Xavier Mota From:Noah P <noahrules96950@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:29 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 512 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 26 Xavier Mota From:Bijan Khajebag <Javanji4519@outlook.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:32 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Get Outlook for iOS ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 513 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 27 Xavier Mota From:Carole Phillips <carolephillips@roadrunner.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:34 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 514 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 28 Xavier Mota From:Jeanette Vincent <nettievincent71@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:35 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 515 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 29 Xavier Mota From:Robert Hyry <roberthyry@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:36 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 516 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 30 Xavier Mota From:Nick Simonelli <nsimonelli1@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:36 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Nicholas Simonelli 1942 Euclid St. Unit 11 Santa Monica, CA 90404 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 517 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 31 Xavier Mota From:Francine <francine.simone333@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:36 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Francine Silverman ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 518 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 32 Xavier Mota From:Ryan Botsford <ryanbotsford@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:36 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 519 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 33 Xavier Mota From:Nadine Kijner <nadinekijner@me.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:40 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. It means so much to be able to stay in my home. Respecƞully, Nadine Kijner 2224 Montane Avenue D Santa Monica, Ca 90403 Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 520 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 34 Xavier Mota From:Frans Klinkenberg <fransklinkenberg@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:42 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 521 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 35 Xavier Mota From:JAY KLINE <a1023k@aol.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:43 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 522 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 36 Xavier Mota From:John Baumgartner <jsbfilm@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:44 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. John Baumgartner, director JohnBaumgartner.com 310‐593‐1164 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 523 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 37 Xavier Mota From:Carole bender <clbender15@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:45 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone Carole Bender ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 524 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 38 Xavier Mota From:gw176 <winfield.greg@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:45 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 525 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 39 Xavier Mota From:TSHOMBE SAMPSON <starren@verizon.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:45 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 526 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 40 Xavier Mota From:Stacey Grigas <staceygrigas@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:47 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 527 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 41 Xavier Mota From:pierce deborah <piercedeborah61@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:50 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 528 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 42 Xavier Mota From:Steve Stoddard <s4stoddard@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:51 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights - SMRR Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 529 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 43 Xavier Mota From:Nancy McHugh <mvm2ryland@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:52 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 530 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 44 Xavier Mota From:Rose Dosti <rosedosti@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:56 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Rose dosƟ Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 531 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 45 Xavier Mota From:Sandra Pettway <sandrap1958@aol.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:01 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 532 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 46 Xavier Mota From:Irene Miracle <miraclegirl2222@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:03 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 533 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 47 Xavier Mota From:Deborah Knox <deb.knox@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:04 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 534 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 48 Xavier Mota From:Deborah Knox <deb.knox@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:04 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 535 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 49 Xavier Mota From:Paul Boucher <paubou@mac.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:08 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. I have been a Santa Monica rent control tenant for over 20 years and I am very grateful for the opportunity to live in the wonderful community of Santa Monica. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you very much! Paul Boucher 501 Raymond Ave #10 Santa Monica, CA 90405 (310) 343‐8988 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 536 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 50 Xavier Mota From:Mews Small <mews.small@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:09 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. All the Best, Mews Small http://www.mewssmall.com http://www.facebook.com/mews.small http://www.flickr.com/photos/mewssmall http://twitter.com/#!/mewssmall http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=23184 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14480 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 537 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 51 Xavier Mota From:Jon Amsden <thewriterscoach@verizon.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:13 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL I am voting YES to formally adopt Item 10-B Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 538 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 52 Xavier Mota From:LRachelle H <halliburton.lauren@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:14 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: Thank you for your time hearing this request in advance and for all you do. Please vote YES to officially adopt Item 10‐B. Why: Supporting this ordinance gives us renters more power to protect our tenancies, our finances, and our future ‐ which are coupled with the power given to a landlord/owner's personal interests..so we beseech you to protect us and the futures we are working so hard for in this city. Since Rent Control initiated in 1979 (my birth year), Santa Monica has protected renters' rights, against displacement and being mistreated. I was a recipient of some of these successful efforts twice in the last 3 years ‐ for which I am so grateful for ‐‐ amidst mandatory work in my apartment I've lived in since 2010 ‐ due to pipe water damage, which made my apartment uninhabitable. I thank God for those who created a sound system for Santa Monica Renters to have their displaced cost of living protected while having to still pay rent where they cannot abide (this was ~2mos I lived in hotels, 2x and travelling much farther for work, having to create a pup‐childcare system (during times at work due to her unable to be in our apartment and barjinggndue to being in an unfamiliar location), all of which increased costs during that period, not to mention not having a kitchen! THANK YOU. I was able to keep and maintain good work ethic and standards during those periods in my place of work, where I've been now for 15yrs, as a senior Clinical Dietitian helping our state's sickest Liver and Intestinal Transplant patients admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood. I pray and sincerely ask you to help Santa Monica to maintain strict and security‐providing renter protections. Enacting the new protections the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted, should be done to expand them Santa Monica, so we can continue to safely serve the city and county of LA (and state, in my case, with so many of the sickest turned away at other centers, coming to UCLA as a last resort where we resuscitate and give them new life again). And as I have been faithfully doing, to serve our people all during the pandemic, before and after, with passion and tenacity to bring hope and healing to our brothers and sisters who are ill and suffering. I urge you to VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B, so I can continue to serve in my calling and career here, with dedication & focus. Thank you, again, for your time and your listening ear... to those you govern and serve, like me. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 539 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 53 Sincerely, Lauren Halliburton MS, RD, CNSC, CCTD ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 540 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 54 Xavier Mota From:Victor Stella <eurovic@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:15 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 541 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 55 Xavier Mota From:Victor Stella <eurovic@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:18 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Re: Automatic reply: Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL ટઠડટઠડટઠડટઠડટઠડટઠડڐڑڒ Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2024, at 7:15 PM, councilmtgitems <councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov> wrote: Thank you for your email. Please be advised that this email will: 1) become part of the public record, 2) be filed with the City’s official records, and 3) be posted online at smgov.net/council/agendas. Comments will not be redacted and appear online as they are submitted. If you plan to speak at the meeting and have an electronic presentation to show, please submit it to clerk@smgov.net no later than 12 PM on the day of the meeting. Thank you, The City Clerk’s Office ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 542 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 56 Xavier Mota From:robyn@brightbluegorilla.com Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:18 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Robyn Rosenkrantz Remain Calm... Share Your Bananas... Bright Blue Gorilla Movies & Music www.brightbluegorilla.com Watch 36 Husbands! Watch Mr. Rudolpho’s Jubilee! Watch Go with Le Flo! ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 543 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Catherine O’Neill <avalonrose7@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:19 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 544 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:michael@brightbluegorilla.com Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:22 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights - SMRR Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 545 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Tze-Yin Hwang <dancingqueen888@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:23 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 546 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Jess & Jon <jessbjonb@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:23 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. *Mobile Transmission* ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 547 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Jon Beanlands <jonbeanlands@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:23 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. *Mobile Transmission* ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 548 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Heather Stewart <heather@smokinggunmedia.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:25 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 549 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Michael Detto <dettonation@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:27 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 550 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Mimi Chung <minimjy@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:27 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 551 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Mimi Chung <minimjy@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:28 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 552 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Myra Morris <myram654@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:31 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Sincerely, Myra Morris Voting Santa Monica Resident for over 20 years ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 553 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:Sadik Money <sadik_money@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:31 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 554 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Alexandra Harbert <harbert.alex@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:35 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Please Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Alex ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 555 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:skald123@aol.com Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:37 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 556 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Michael Everding <michaeleverding@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:37 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION of RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE 10-B EXTERNAL Dear Council Member, Please Vote Yes to Formally Adopt the Expansion of Renter Protections Ordinance 10‐B. I'm now a retired school teacher, but I moved to Santa Monica 20 years ago so my son could go to SaMoHi. He's in his 30s now and a college graduate in Oregon, but because of Rent Control, I was able to stay in the little apartment we got back then and still afford to live in this wonderful city on my modest pension. I love Santa Monica and greatly appreciate your work on the council. Yes, we face the problems of modern urban life, like most places, but our city council gives me hope that Santa Monica will continue to address our difficult issues with thoughtful, kind and compassionate policies, including the expansion of renter protections in Item 10‐B. Thanks and best regards, Michael Everding 401 Washington Ave. Apt. 204 (310)405‐1472 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 557 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Tim Roller <tjroller@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:44 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you! Tim Roller Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 558 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:Erika Janes <erikajanes1@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:48 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 559 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:Mar Yvette <marpop@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:52 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Marlene Brazilian 18‐Year Santa Monica Resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 560 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:Gakenia M <gakenia3@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:57 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Gakenia S. Muigai "If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you." T. Alan Armstrong ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 561 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:Aaron Thomas <aat@ucla.edu> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 7:59 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sincerely, Aaron Thomas ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 562 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 Xavier Mota From:Norma McNair <ndmcnair@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:02 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Norma D McNair ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 563 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 Xavier Mota From:Judy R Reicher <judyrreicher@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:06 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 564 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 22 Xavier Mota From:Jennifer Mack <missjenmack@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:07 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 565 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 23 Xavier Mota From:Andrea Harmon <andreah310@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:08 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; SMRR - Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. I work in Santa Monica and my son attends SMC. We could not afford to live in Santa Monica if it were not for our rent‐controlled apartment. Thank you, ~Andrea Harmon ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 566 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 24 Xavier Mota From:CHRISTA POLKINHORN <cpolkinhorn@msn.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:09 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. __________________________________ Christa Polkinhorn Tel: 310‐409‐6094 Tel: 310‐393‐7199 E‐Mail: cpolkinhorn@msn.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 567 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 25 Xavier Mota From:Karen Bailey <kteaches@earthlink.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:14 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Respecƞully, Karen Bailey ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 568 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 26 Xavier Mota From:Alexandra Sundell <alexandra.sundell@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:18 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 569 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 27 Xavier Mota From:Sherida Sisk <sisksherida@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:19 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Sherida Sisk MSN RN ACNPC‐AG ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 570 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 28 Xavier Mota From:timelesssymbols timelesssymbols <timelesssymbols@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:21 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Take Care Of Yourself. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 571 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 29 Xavier Mota From:ciliegina2 <ciliegina2@aol.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:25 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my T‐Mobile 4G LTE Device ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 572 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 30 Xavier Mota From:Micheline Auger <micheauger@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:34 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Best, Micheline Auger ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 573 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 31 Xavier Mota From:Se Young Au <seyoungau@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:36 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Best, Se Young Au ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 574 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 32 Xavier Mota From:Christina Nesi <christinanesi@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:50 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 575 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 33 Xavier Mota From:Antony <antonyemail@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 9:04 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 576 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 34 Xavier Mota From:Maria Sampaio <mariacsmason@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 9:25 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Maria Sampaio 925‐234‐0991 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 577 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 35 Xavier Mota From:Levitz, Tamara <tlevitz@humnet.ucla.edu> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 9:32 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Tamara Levitz ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 578 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 36 Xavier Mota From:Ella taylor <gabtay6500@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 9:39 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 579 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 37 Xavier Mota From:leila khajehnouri <leilajoon2001@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:14 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote NO NO NO NO NO NO to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote. NO NO NO to formally adopt Item 10-B. Please VOTE NO NO NO to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 580 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 38 Xavier Mota From:craig cacek <craigcacek@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:19 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 581 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 39 Xavier Mota From:Todd <toddassorted@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:22 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; council@santamonica.gov Subject:Item 10-B EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: Quoted text: "I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you." My 2 cents: Long time SM resident here (since 1995 - with a few years in San Fran and Boston for work). With great respect and admiration for your service, I would like to request that you vote to pass Item 10-B. The continued support and strengthening of renters' rights in Santa Monica is vital to preserve the health and vitality of our great city. I do NOT live in a rent controlled property; however, I am a renter and have benefitted in ancillary ways from the pro-renter slant of SM codes, standards and practices. My landlord is not perfect, nor am I, but we peacefully coexist in a system that respects the reality of both sides needing to be awarded some power. Land owners have an inordinate level of control and power in the US system, and this includes SM and CA. SM's mild use of ordinances to guide landlords to temper their harsher capitalist instincts is a good thing. A greater service to the overall "look and feel" of our community than could ever be measured. The obvious signs of "gentrification" and "development" are all around us on a daily basis. Just drive north on Lincoln from Ocean Park Blvd (yes, it's a Blvd!) and count the cranes (3 right now). But these terms are not bad things either, and I applaud the growth of our city. The continued strengthening of renters' rights will only add to the power of our community to continue to attract new workers, families, etc. to move into our great city, knowing they have the support of the City Council in helping their success in establishing a new life here. Respectfully, ‐‐‐ Todd ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 582 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 40 Xavier Mota From:JAMES ARENA <arenapolarity@aol.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:34 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 583 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 41 Xavier Mota From:Joshua Kramer <kramerjoshuaj@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:50 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Joshua Hickman‐Kramer ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 584 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 42 Xavier Mota From:Robert Bernacchi <rbernacchi@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:50 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sincerely, Robert Bernacchi Tel. +1.310.880.1086 RBernacchi@gmail.com IMPORTANT: This e‐mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e‐mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 585 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 43 Xavier Mota From:Evelyn Pavon <mse_pavon@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:18 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 586 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 44 Xavier Mota From:lisahong@bu.edu Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:18 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Lisa Hong Santa Monica resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 587 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 45 Xavier Mota From:Bernice Glenn <btglenn6@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:24 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 588 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 46 Xavier Mota From:kerry Thatcher <kerrylynn12000@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:27 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 589 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 47 Xavier Mota From:Bob Levitt <rdl@sonic.net> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:30 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 590 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 48 Xavier Mota From:Nhoelle Alcoba <nanis26@aol.com> Sent:Saturday, January 20, 2024 11:35 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from Nhoelle’s iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 591 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 49 Xavier Mota From:Veronique Roblin <vroblin@icloud.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:48 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 592 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 50 Xavier Mota From:V?ronique Roblin <vero@veroniqueroblin.com> on behalf of Véronique Roblin <vero@veroniqueroblin.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:47 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 593 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Isabel Coelho <luckycoelho123@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:54 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 594 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Karla Silva <karlasilva24@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:02 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 595 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Derek Loughran <derekmark53@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:15 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 596 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:O Hernandez <hernandezosmc@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:55 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 597 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:ARMAND VENTURA <mlventura2@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:02 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 598 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:carmiereyes@verizon.net Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 3:01 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 599 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Nicole Pusateri <npusateri@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 5:52 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 600 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Niles McElroy <nilesmc@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 6:00 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Thank you, Niles McElroy IATSE local 728 (310)849‐8907 nilesmc@gmail.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 601 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Klier Vernice <verniceklier@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 6:26 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Vernice Klier 2103 Third St. #3 Santa Monica California 90405 Cell: 310.309.0815 verniceklier@gmail.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 602 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Pamela Grenman <pamelagrenman@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 6:33 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Pam Grenman Santa Monica renter of the same apt since 1975 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 603 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:Esteban Sardera <esardera@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 6:57 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Esteban Sardera 913 20TH Street Apt 1 Santa Monica, CA 90403 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 604 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Kim Mahnken <kjoylee@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:01 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Kimberlee Mahnken ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 605 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Jeanne C Davis <jeanne.davis@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:17 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jeanne c. Davis Peace & Warmheartedness ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 606 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Monica Trinca <monicatrinca@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:18 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 607 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Karen Sampson <kes1498@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:32 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 608 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:Jackie Simons <justjackie.simons@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:36 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jackie Simons ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 609 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:Julie Desnick <juliedesnick@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:38 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Julie Desnick ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 610 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:John Kirby <kirbypost@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:09 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Regards, John Kirby ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 611 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:Farah Afnan <houseoffarah@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:18 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Farah Afnan Santa Monica ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 612 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 Xavier Mota From:Andy Liberman <teachins1@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:38 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 613 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 Xavier Mota From:Robert Coleman <rgcoleman09@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:38 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 614 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 22 Xavier Mota From:Candice Phaneuf <candice.phaneuf@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:52 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 615 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 23 Xavier Mota From:Jennifer Rima <jrima@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:01 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 616 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 24 Xavier Mota From:Annie Azzariti <annieazzariti@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:05 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. As a renter under rent control, I could not live here in Santa Monica without it. And I am not alone in that assessment. Please allow the expansion of Renter ProtecƟons Ordinance.. Thank you, Annie AzzariƟ ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 617 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 25 Xavier Mota From:Jezebel corpuz-Todd <jcorpuztodd@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:07 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 618 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 26 Xavier Mota From:Dale Todd <daletodd@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:08 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 619 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 27 Xavier Mota From:Alyssa McGovern <alyssacmcg@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:36 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 620 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 28 Xavier Mota From:Nancy Rutkowski <naancers@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:46 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 621 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 29 Xavier Mota From:D13 <kirk@division13.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:49 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights - SMRR Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 622 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 30 Xavier Mota From:Jacob Wasserman <jacoblwasserman@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:53 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:In Support of Expansion of Renter Protections: Item 10-B EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers, As a Santa Monica resident and renter, I write to urge you to vote to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of rent control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please vote to formally adopt the expansion of the Renter Protections Ordinance in Item 10-B. Thank you, Jacob Wasserman ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 623 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 31 Xavier Mota From:userfriendly1@verizon.net Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:09 AM To:Christine Parra; Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; councilmtgitems Subject:VOTE YES, EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE, EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. S. Dean Userfriendly1@verizon.net ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 624 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 32 Xavier Mota From:Joanne Anderson <joannecarole@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:18 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 625 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 33 Xavier Mota From:Robyn Reyes <robynreyes45@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:36 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 626 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 34 Xavier Mota From:Justine Ceballos <jmceball2537@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:41 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 627 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 35 Xavier Mota From:Spencer Beckman <sbeckman7@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:42 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 628 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 36 Xavier Mota From:Joan Grossman <joang736@verizon.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:43 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Joan Grossman Joang736@verizon.net 424‐268‐4498 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 629 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 37 Xavier Mota From:Joan Grossman <joang736@verizon.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:43 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Joan Grossman Joang736@verizon.net 424‐268‐4498 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 630 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 38 Xavier Mota From:Liz Oyenoki <loyenoki@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:49 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 631 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 39 Xavier Mota From:Al Hobbs <alhobbs@earthlink.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:50 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!! I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. THANK YOU very much, AL HOBBS ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 632 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 40 Xavier Mota From:Bernice Glenn <btglenn6@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:54 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 633 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 41 Xavier Mota From:Mary <omaryohalloran@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:55 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Council Members: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Sincerely, Mary O'Halloran ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 634 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 42 Xavier Mota From:RobinSherry <robin.sherry@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:59 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 635 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 43 Xavier Mota From:Jeff Cummings <jeff.cummings@me.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:06 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jeff Cummings jeff.cummings@me.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 636 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 44 Xavier Mota From:Robert Fleischer <rfleischer1240@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:08 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 637 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 45 Xavier Mota From:Sara Gurkin <saracgurkin@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:10 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 638 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 46 Xavier Mota From:Gloria Albert <gloria@wellnessworksusa.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:19 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 639 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 47 Xavier Mota From:Alex Sokolow <alexsokolow370@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:33 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 640 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 48 Xavier Mota From:Joell Jackson <joelljackson@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:39 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 641 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 49 Xavier Mota From:Meddy Hurd <medh22@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:44 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 642 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 50 Xavier Mota From:Joan Sekler <joan.sekler@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:54 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Joan Sekler 833 Lincoln Blvd. Apt. 4 Santa Monica, CA. 90403 Joan.sekler@gmail.com 310 968‐6566 Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 643 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:JMA Work <jasminemariealhambra@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:18 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Cheers Jasmine Marie Alhambra ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 644 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Sandra Petitjean <sapmeek@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:20 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 645 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Sam Franklin <samfranklin18@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:21 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Samuel Franklin Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 646 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:martinzfamily@aol.com Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:31 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 647 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Trine Jensen <trine@elpconsulting.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:38 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Trine Jensen Trine@ELPconsulting.com 818‐600‐1216 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 648 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Katie Holland <holland.katie@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:53 PM To:Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Cc:van holland Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. My husband and I are 75 yrs old and live in a rent controlled building in Santa Monica. I have lived here for over 30 years. We both have serious health issues cardiac, kidney and others. Our doctors are here at UCLA S.M. Being retired and living on a fixed income makes it extremely important for us to remain here. Last year our landlord gave us a buyout offer which we rejected. We are grateful to live here. Thank you for your consideration, Katie Holland ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 649 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Elena Shtromberg <eshtromb@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:55 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 650 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Elysia Lanzone <elysialrn@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:59 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 651 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Shannon Sadler <shannonlsadler@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:05 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Shannon Sadler ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 652 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:alisab2016@icloud.com Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:26 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Council members, I urge all of you to vote YES to formally adopt the expansion of renter protections ordinance as prescribed in Item 10‐B The ordinance will: Ensure tenants who receive a bad faith excessive rent increase (i.e. a rent increase imposed with the intent of influencing the tenant to vacate and to get around a just cause eviction requirement) have a defense to any eviction based on a failure to pay that bad faith rent increase; Mandate permanent relocation financial assistance for tenants in rent controlled or non‐rent controlled units who are facing constructive evictions and are forced to vacate involuntarily; Provide additional examples of prohibited coercion and intimidation in the Tenant Harassment Ordinance and increase the maximum potential penalty; Increase oversight of, and requirements for, tenant buyout agreements; Prevent housing discrimination based on housing status. Thank you for your careful consideration Alisa Beaton 2306 28th St., #2 Santa Monica 90405 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 653 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:Joey Tamer <joey@joeytamer.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:49 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ~joey ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: joey tamer Santa Monica, California 310.245.5310 mobile www.joeytamer.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 654 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Elea Oberon <eleainla@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:53 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent by Magical Forces ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 655 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Kaysie Kent <kaysiekent@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:56 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Kaysie Kent 2800 Neilson Way #1616 Santa Monica, CA 90405 Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 656 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Elise Anderson <elise1250@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:58 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 657 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Joanna Fancy <jfancy@verizon.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:59 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 658 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:EARL MILLER <vonnidore@verizon.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:05 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 659 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:EARL MILLER <vonnidore@verizon.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:05 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 660 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:Pamela de Liz <ziled.map@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:29 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear SM City Councilmembers: I am writing as a SM senior citizen resident, who just last year (2023) after multiple SMRCB Hearings before a SMRCB Hearing Officer appeared before the SM Rent Control Board at a public hearing to testify to the SMRC Bd that I was indeed a tenant in occupancy of my long‐time rent controlled unit. My landlords, Pacific 1 LLC/Bold Partners LLC own multiple multifamily buildings in LA County, Santa Monica and in other states under various LLCs; their business operating model is to make continual efforts to displace long‐time residents who are protected under SM rent control laws from their homes so that they can get the maximum market rate rents for the units. I ask the City Council to request from the SMRCB a summary report on my case prior to your final vote, since my particular case is an excellent example of an unethical SM landlord and their management company's effort to displace a long‐time, elderly SM rent control resident. This case is factually well documented and is on‐going, since the SM RENT CONTROL Board voted to rule in my favour in 2023. Currently, the SMRCB is being taken to the LA County Superior Court/Santa Monica Courthouse for ruling review in an effort to overturn my hard fought victory. [Please reference Case filing #: 23SMCP00497 ‐ Pacific 1 LLC vs. SMRCB filed 11 Sept 23]. It is due to my unhappy experience that I am writing to the Council urging all members to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you for your time. Sincerely yours, Pamela A. de Liz Resident in occupancy @ Unit #1 520 Pacific Street; One Santa Monica, CA 90405‐2461 21 January 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 661 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:Nikhita Jain <nikhitajain101@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:30 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Nikhita Jain ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 662 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 Xavier Mota From:ssleah <ssleah2@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:33 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights - SMRR Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Stephanie Speights 30‐year resident renter ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 663 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 Xavier Mota From:James Brine <jbrine@unitehere11.org> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:36 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ‐James Brine ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 664 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 22 Xavier Mota From:Jan Hayes <jan_hayes@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:52 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 665 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 23 Xavier Mota From:Jan Hayes <jan_hayes@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:52 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 666 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 24 Xavier Mota From:arezo yousefi <arezo60@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:54 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 667 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 25 Xavier Mota From:Kaysie Kent <kaysiekent@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 3:07 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Re: Automatic reply: Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Yes Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2024, at 13:56, councilmtgitems <councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov> wrote: Thank you for your email. Please be advised that this email will: 1) become part of the public record, 2) be filed with the City’s official records, and 3) be posted online at smgov.net/council/agendas. Comments will not be redacted and appear online as they are submitted. If you plan to speak at the meeting and have an electronic presentation to show, please submit it to clerk@smgov.net no later than 12 PM on the day of the meeting. Thank you, The City Clerk’s Office ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 668 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 26 Xavier Mota From:Nicole Papetti <npapetti7@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 3:09 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 669 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 27 Xavier Mota From:Diane McGee <dianemcgee@ymail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 3:10 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Diane McGee, Grateful Santa Monica renter for 33 years! ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 670 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 28 Xavier Mota From:Nancy Taylor <ntaylor16@verizon.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 3:48 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 671 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 29 Xavier Mota From:Liz Oyenoki <loyenoki@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 4:52 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Re: Automatic reply: Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Thank you. Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Sunday, January 21, 2024, 10:48 AM, councilmtgitems <councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov> wrote: Thank you for your email. Please be advised that this email will: 1) become part of the public record, 2) be filed with the City’s official records, and 3) be posted online at smgov.net/council/agendas. Comments will not be redacted and appear online as they are submitted. If you plan to speak at the meeting and have an electronic presentation to show, please submit it to clerk@smgov.net no later than 12 PM on the day of the meeting. Thank you, The City Clerk’s Office ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 672 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 30 Xavier Mota From:Barry Dresner <barry_dresner@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 4:55 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 673 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 31 Xavier Mota From:Kevin McKeown <kevin@mckeown.net> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 4:55 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Lana Negrete; jesse.zwick@santamonic.gov; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems Subject:Item 10-B -- SUPPORT EXTERNAL We renters, who consƟtute a majority of our community, rely for housing security on publicly voted charter protecƟons and the ongoing vigilance of the City Council. Periodically, to counter changing condiƟons and new renter displacement strategies, the Council is called upon to improve Charter provisions, update our tenant protecƟon laws, and affirm their enforcement. Tonight is such a Ɵme. I strongly urge your support for Item 10‐B. Kevin McKeown ———————————— K e v I n M c K e o w n hƩps://urldefense.com/v3/__hƩp://www.mckeown.net__;!!OfuUnHCITYtmmjM!ufKVHTrZas6PWgSpMBFlyCGXhVB41p3 42IJo4So5j2cWmwAmeDM6BiAiQd‐DZFxhYGbbtjtY3VyScDN_uaamRMKOsXc$ Choose to be conscious ———————————— ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 674 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 32 Xavier Mota From:julie white <310clickclick@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 4:59 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 675 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 33 Xavier Mota From:Andra <andrabard@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 5:31 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 676 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 34 Xavier Mota From:Anna Boorstin <flimfrik@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 5:56 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Thank you, Anna Boorstin ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 677 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 35 Xavier Mota From:joevisual <joevisual@me.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 6:15 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; SMRR - Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Thank you, Marin Joe Garcia ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 678 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 36 Xavier Mota From:Temple Mathews <templemathews@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 6:19 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 679 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 37 Xavier Mota From:Robert Powell <robertpowell@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:14 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 680 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 40 Xavier Mota From:Lizeth Bejarano <lizethbejarano@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:38 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Council members: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 681 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 41 Xavier Mota From:Michell Wimberly <afusionite@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:43 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 682 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 42 Xavier Mota From:S. J. Smith <sallyjeans1@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:50 PM To:S. J. Smith; Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:RE: Please adopt 10-B EXTERNAL If this is to be posted online, kindly use the below version, from which I have redacted my personal information. Thank you. From: S. J. Smith <sallyjeans1@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:43 PM To: S. J. Smith <sallyjeans1@hotmail.com>; phil.brock@santamonica.gov, <phil.brock@santamonica.gov>; gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, <gleam.davis@santamonica.gov>; oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, <oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov>; lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, <lana.negrete@santamonica.gov>; christine.parra@santamonica.gov, <christine.parra@santamonica.gov>; caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, <caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov>; jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, <jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov>; councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov Subject: RE: Please adopt 10‐B From: S. J. Smith <sallyjeans1@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2024 7:33 PM To: phil.brock@santamonica.gov, <phil.brock@santamonica.gov>; gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, <gleam.davis@santamonica.gov>; oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, <oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov>; lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, <lana.negrete@santamonica.gov>; christine.parra@santamonica.gov, <christine.parra@santamonica.gov>; caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, <caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov>; jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, <jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov>; councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov Cc: S. J. Smith <sallyjeans1@hotmail.com> Subject: Please adopt 10‐B Dear Councilmembers: I am a senior citizen who has lived in a Santa Monica rent-controlled unit for the past twenty- five years. Since 2015, my landlords have made two eviction attempts against me. I prevailed in both suits and am still in my unit. After the second attempt, I filed a harassment lawsuit that settled out of court, and about which I am constrained from saying more. It was a rough nine years dealing with this, and I was grateful to have the Santa Monica tenant laws to rely upon. Had I not had some training as a paralegal, I might have experienced a very different outcome. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 683 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 43 "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain In this course of these legal actions, I watched the eviction proceedings in the Santa Monica courthouse. Sadly, it had the feel of a kangaroo court, with landlords and process servers swearing they had served the defendants with papers, which, if my experience was any indication, they probably had not —ultimately leading to a default judgment and a lock-out by the sheriff’s department. The landlords’ attorneys sat on risers behind the bar and were treated like assistants to the court rather than oppositional legal representatives. The whole set-up appeared to favor the landlords. On my first trip to court to file a motion to quash service, there was a man in the crowd who was dressed like a veteran, accompanied by some sort of advocate. The man pulled one of the landlord attorneys aside, insisting: “The process server committed perjury. I never got notice!” She leaned over and practically spat in his face as she said: “I don’t care!” To see a licensed attorney openly mock due process was appalling. Based on my experiences, I urge you to strengthen the laws protecting tenants. I fear that Santa Monica landlords will never stop trying to do end-runs around the law, aided and abetted by unscrupulous attorneys, and anything you can do to discourage that behavior and protect the tenants’ rights would be welcome. The following are not my words, but do reflect my sentiments. I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Thank you for your time and attention. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 684 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 44 Xavier Mota From:Susan Suntree <sfsuntree@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:46 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 685 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 45 Xavier Mota From:Susan Suntree <sfsuntree@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:47 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Susan Suntree, 1223 11th Street, Santa Monica, 90401 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 686 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 46 Xavier Mota From:Victoria Best <vectord7@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 8:50 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Victoria Best Santa Monica, CA ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 687 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 47 Xavier Mota From:Heavensaim Heard <heavensaim@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:00 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 688 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 48 Xavier Mota From:cathy hillman <chillman@greenourwalls.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 9:51 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 689 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 49 Xavier Mota From:HERUY DAWIT <dawit_heruy@student.smc.edu> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:01 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 690 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 50 Xavier Mota From:Robert Gould <robert.jay.gould@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 10:44 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 691 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 51 Xavier Mota From:April Joy <aprilmiala@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:31 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 692 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 52 Xavier Mota From:Natalie <ntlrosas@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, January 21, 2024 11:57 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 693 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Michelle Naden <michellenaden@aol.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 12:53 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Cc:info@smrr.org Subject:Please vote YES on 10-B - YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I have lived in Santa Monica under rent control for 11 years and have never seen more lying, deception, bad behavior and law-breaking from my landlord who owns 30+ rental / airbnb properties in Santa Monica. (This landlord was actually taken to court by the SM Rent Control Board for their "alternate interpretation" of the Ellis Act.) My landlord has: - Moved their 90 year old dying father into one of our units in an attempt to gain occupancy. He was in a hospital bed on a feeding tube with 2-3 caretakers and a large set of monitors and could not hold his own head up or get out of bed. They put him in the front room in front of a set of large windows and I saw all of this happening. Unfortunately he was taken away by an ambulance mid-month and never came back. - Neglected to abide by the city's Measure RC last year, and tried to have me and the other rent control tenants keep paying the increased amount. We knew the deadline, and had to report them to the Rent Control Board who sent them a letter. Then they complied. - Personally harassed me, telling me they "needed my apartment" for a family member, that family member "was going to move in" to "their" unit. - Made me an off the books financial buyout offer. - Told me and the other tenants so many lies over the years. One was "we're taking this whole property off of rent control so you should think about moving because your rent is going to go up, way up." - Tried to evict another set of tenants when they called the city and reported an ongoing raw sewage problem (it's roots in the pipes, but the landlord doesn't want to fix it.) This landlord lied in court and eventually got what they wanted which was a settlement and the tenants leaving. These tenants told me it was the worst 9 months of their lives. - My landlord owns about 30 properties, many if not most of which are now questionably legal airbnb operations. There are airbnb renters here all the time who tell me why they're renting (in town for the summer, a project, etc.) The landlord will lie and tell me they're tenants every time she has the chance. Tenants don't move out after 2-3 months. - There are files and letters and documents online that speak to even more underhanded behavior. These people are deceptive, untruthful and underhanded to the point they'll ignore the law and put family members' health at risk. I'm sure there are more like them. I'm glad I was able to do extensive research into my rights and city / court documents; others might not be so fortunate. I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 694 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Warm regards, Michelle Naden ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 695 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Sarah Endsley <sarah.endsley@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 6:54 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Fwd: Take Action to Ensure Expanded Renter Protections! Attachments:Requested Document(s) #3.pdf; Requested Document(s) #2.pdf EXTERNAL s.e.e. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Sarah Endsley <sarah.endsley@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 6:50 AM Subject: Re: Take Action to Ensure Expanded Renter Protections! To: Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights ‐ SMRR <info@smrr.org> Renters insurance for HUD Complaint. Complaint submitted to HUD May 5, 2023. s.e.e. On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights ‐ SMRR <info@smrr.org> wrote: View this email in your browser To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Please Take Immediate Action To Ensure Expanded Renter Protections! ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 696 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Last August you answered SMRR's Call to Action and urged Council to EXPAND renter protections as proposed by Councilmember Caroline Torosis. As a result of your voices, the full Council directed staff to draft an ordinance to do just that. On Tuesday, January 23rd, Council will vote whether or not to adopt the staff drafted ordinance EXPANDING renter protections. It is critical that you write to Council NOW and urge them to VOTE YES! Please include your individual stories about the need for robust renter protections. Click here and urge Council to vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of renter protections! The new renter protections will: ensure tenants who receive a bad faith excessive rent increase (i.e. a rent increase imposed with the intent of influencing the tenant to vacate and to get around a just cause eviction requirement) have a defense to any eviction based on a failure to pay that bad faith rent increase; mandate permanent relocation financial assistance for tenants in rent controlled or non- rent controlled units who are facing constructive evictions and are forced to vacate involuntarily; provide additional examples of prohibited coercion and intimidation in the Tenant Harassment Ordinance and increase the maximum potential penalty; increase oversight of, and requirements for, tenant buyout agreements; prevent housing discrimination based on housing status. You can read the entire agenda item here. SMRR leadership supports this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. If you care about your family, your neighbors and yourself, please immediately contact all City Councilmembers and urge them to VOTE YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of renter protections! Here’s how: ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 697 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Click here and urge Council to vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of renter protections! If that link doesn't automatically open a draft email for you, then please write to City Councilmembers directly using your own email before their Tuesday night (January 23) meeting. You can copy and paste Council's email addresses from this text: phil.brock@santamonica.gov, gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, christine.parra@santamonica.gov, caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov and tell them: Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Please add your own personal stories to the email! Please tell your family, friends and neighbors about this community mobilization effort and ask them to join us to TELL COUNCILMEMBERS to VOTE YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS NOW! ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 698 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Thank you for your support. The SMRR Team www.smrr.org Copyright © 2024 Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights, All rights reserved. Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights is a grassroots organization whose primary mission is to keep renters secure in their homes, and that advocates for policies and candidates that support renter protections in Santa Monica. SMRR has built a solid reputation as the city's voice for wise, thoughtful development that includes affordable housing, community benefits, neighborhood preservation, and promotes a sustainable Santa Monica. Our mailing address is: Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights 2118 Wilshire Blvd. #832 Santa Monica, CA 90403 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 699 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Policy Number Payment Method Account ending in Coverage For Agency Name BCMS4005-0419 Dear SARAHEENDSLEY, You're signed up for automatic payments for your insurance policy. For quick reference, the last 4 digits of the payment method you selected is noted above. We'll keep using this payment method for all payments including renewal until you want to change it, just let us know 5 days before your next due date. Certain monthly payment plans require payment through autopay. If this applies and you'd like to change it, we'll offer you a new pay plan. SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS Since your payments have been set to autopay, we wanted to outline all the dates that you'll be automatically charged. You can expect each payment to be charged within 3 business days of the date shown below. These amounts include installment fees, previous balance and your down payment, if applicable. If you make any changes to your policy, we'll send you an updated payment schedule. SARAHEENDSLEY 1540 6TH ST SANTA MONICA CA 90401 We'll be glad to answer any of your billing questions. Give us a call at 1.800.370.1990. Our automated Billing Information Line is available 24 hours. Thank you for being a valued customer. Renters Insurance 04/21/2021 SARAH ENDSLEY RI 8285887 05/11/2021 $435.79 0384 GEICO INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA 23852 NETWORK PLACE CHICAGO IL 60673-1238 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 700 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) BARPAGE *904012549826* SARAH ENDSLEY SANTA MONICA CA 90401-2549 1540 6TH ST APT 307 *1201*ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 701 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) *02RI 8285887030500**02RI 8285887030500* ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 702 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Interested Party COVERAGE Your personal property protection and liability coverage will not change. For details, see Declaration page attached. PAYMENTS As your due date approaches, we will send you an updated payment schedule based on your current preferences. DISCOUNTS GEICO auto customers may receive a Multi-Line Discount on their policy. Check your policy documents for any other discounts applied. MOVING? Still Renting? You can take your policy with you. Simply change your address to your new location. Buying a home? Give us a call at 1.800.566.1518 to discuss your options. Your Renters Policy Renewal If you don't need to make any changes, you're all set. Your policy automatically renews. MyAssurantPolicy.com 1.877.900.0344 Our automated Renters Information Line is available 24 hours. Our customer service representatives are available 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Thank you for being a valued customer! Property Covered 1540 6TH ST APT 307 SANTA MONICA CA 90401 Hi Sarah Endsley, Your policy RI 8285887 will automatically renew in 60 days starting 04/11/2023 to 04/11/2024. Don't worry, Assurant makes policy renewal a seamless process. We are required by your state's department of insurance to renew your policy, which means coverage will continue as long as payment is received. Attached is a copy of your Declaration of Insurance which outlines your coverages. Below is a quick overview of what you can expect. 02/05/2023 APT. 307 1540 6TH ST. SANTA MONICA CA 90401 Sarah Endsley Co Greystar PO BOX 115009 CARROLLTON TX 75011-5009 If you have an interested party, we will send them a copy of your renewal. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 703 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2018 © Assurant, Inc.GEXDRRI_C-0519 Your Renters Insurance policy covers: PERSONAL PROPERTY COVERAGE Covers your stuff if you experience something like theft or fire. Coverage is worldwide, so even if you're on vacation, you're protected. If you have a covered claim and you need to stay at a hotel, don't worry, we'll reimburse you for additional living expenses. DEDUCTIBLE Just like with health insurance, if you have to use your renter's policy, a deductible applies. You selected this when you bought your policy. REPLACEMENT COST Your stuff loses value over time. If you selected replacement cost, we'll pay to replace your items at today's cost. Yes, that includes your electronics and headphones. PERSONAL LIABILITY COVERAGE Covers your responsibility if you accidentally cause damage to your home from fire, smoke, water or an explosion. Without this coverage, you could be on the hook for the cost of repairing your home, which is why we offer various liability coverage limits. It also covers your responsibility if someone were to get hurt while visiting you. WANT TO INCREASE YOUR COVERAGE FOR SPECIAL ITEMS? If you have big ticket valuables, like fancy jewelry, musical equipment, artwork or cameras, you can get coverage for their full value. Give us a call to talk about your options. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW? If you ever have a claim, we need proof of what you owned. Since most people don't keep receipts, it's a good idea to take plenty of photos of all your belongings and emailing them to yourself for safe keeping. LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE MONEY? GEICO is always looking for more ways to save you money. If you already insure your car with us, you may be receiving a Multi-Policy Discount on your auto policy! If you don't currently have an auto policy with GEICO, we want you to know we're here to help with your other insurance needs, too. And it's possible you could save even more. That's savings made simple. Call 1.800.841.3000. The info above is just a general overview, please check your policy for full details, exclusions and limitations. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 704 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Secured through: Service/Claims: 1-877-900-0344 Dear Sarah Endsley, We want to take this opportunity to thank you for renewing your Renter's Insurance policy through the GEICO Insurance Agency, underwritten by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida! We’re so delighted you chose us to serve your insurance needs and we’re grateful for your loyalty. Your policy information is enclosed. Please review your declarations page and read your policy carefully. GEICO’s here to make life easy Customers who also have an auto policy with us can benefit from our convenient and easy to use self-service options, which make it simple to review a policy, make payments, enroll in paperless billing, and more. Visit geico.com to activate your online account. GEICO INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC. 1-877-900-0344 1 GEICO BLVD FREDERICKSBURG VA 22412 02/05/2023 If you have any questions about your Renter's Insurance policy, don’t hesitate to visit geico.com, log in to the GEICO Mobile App, or feel free to give us a call at 1-877-900-0344. It’s our priority to make sure you’re getting the protection you need at the right price, complete with the discounts and service you deserve. Thanks again for choosing the GEICO Insurance Agency. We’re so grateful for your business, and we look forward to continuing to serve you for many years to come. Sincerely, Melissa Gallaro President GEICO Insurance Agency, LLC Some discounts, coverages, payment plans and features are not available in all states, in all GEICO companies, or in all situations. Homeowners, renters and condo coverages are written through non-affiliated insurance companies and are secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency, LLC. GEICO is a registered service mark of Government Employees Insurance Company, Washington, D.C. 20076; a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary. © 2019 GEICO GEICMLCR-0421 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 705 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) POLICY NUMBER AREA ID: POLICY TYPE AGENCY YOU AS NAMED INSURED AND ADDRESS AGENT/ACCOUNT PPOLICY PERIODFROM TO RIUNIV CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE RI 8285887 03 02/05/23 CA R 00 05 ML RENEWAL DECLARATION * THERE IS NO GRACE PERIOD. YOUR COVERAGE WILL EXPIRE IF PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED BY 04/11/23 12:01 AM, STANDARD TIME RI 8285887 04/11/23 04/11/24 RENTERS INSURANCE 0DW2001 00 SARAH ENDSLEY APT. 307 1540 6TH ST. SANTA MONICA CA 90401 GEICO INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC. 1 GEICO BLVD FREDERICKSBURG VA 22412 RFN0004D-0321 LIVING AT SANTA MONICA 1-877-900-0344 Insured Print Copy IMPORTANT: THIS POLICY DOES NOT INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR FLOOD LOSSES TO YOUR BUILDING, CONTENTS, OR POSSESSIONS. RATING INFORMATION - APARTMENT/CONDOMINIUM, TERRITORY 1 INSURED RESIDENCE PREMISES IS LOCATED AT: 1540 6TH ST APT 307 SANTA MONICA CA 90401 COVERAGE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE PREMIUM PERSONAL PROPERTY $95,000 LESS DEDUCTIBLE OF $100 $584.00 PERSONAL LIABILITY $300,000 PER OCCURRENCE $16.00 MEDICAL PAYMENTS $1,000 PER PERSON INCL LOSS OF USE $19,000 PER OCCURRENCE INCL ADDITIONAL COVERAGES AND CREDITS/SURCHARGES NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE PREMIUM IDENTITY FRAUD $15,000 LIMIT $20.00 LEASE REQUIREMENT $15.00CR DRAIN/SEWER BACKUP $2,500 LIMIT $15.00 TOTAL ADDITIONAL PREMIUM $20.00 POLICY FEE $15.00 TOTAL PREMIUM $635.00 ADDITIONAL COVERAGES AND CREDITS/SURCHARGES INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL PREMIUM REPLACEMENT COST INCL WORKERS COMPENSATION COVERAGE INCL AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157-6596 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 706 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) POLICY NUMBER AREA ID: POLICY TYPE AGENCY YOU AS NAMED INSURED AND ADDRESS AGENT/ACCOUNT PPOLICY PERIODFROM TO RIUNIV1 INTERESTED PARTY: CO GREYSTAR PO BOX 115009 CARROLLTON TX 75011 FORMS AND ENDORSEMENTS ECAF2520-0203, DF00965A-0520 *, NIP1982-0213, NT0081-0915, NT0132-0916, RFN0004E-1115, RFN0016E-0419, N1875-0715 *, N2252-1119, N3431-0321, N3449-0222 *, N8079-0204 *, N8121-1119, AB4771EC-1021 *, AB5073EC-0605, AB5075EC-0605 *, AB5087EC-0805, AJ8485EC-0605, AJ8850PC-0307, AJ9551EPC-0419, AJ9818EPC-0811, AJ9854EPC-0708. THIS POLICY INCLUDES BUILDING CODE UPGRADE COVERAGE. REFER TO ATTACHED NOTICE FOR TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR RESTRICTIONS. RI 8285887 03 02/05/23 CA R 00 05 ML RENEWAL DECLARATION * THERE IS NO GRACE PERIOD. YOUR COVERAGE WILL EXPIRE IF PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED BY 04/11/23 12:01 AM, STANDARD TIME RI 8285887 04/11/23 04/11/24 RENTERS INSURANCE 0DW2001 00 SARAH ENDSLEY APT. 307 1540 6TH ST. SANTA MONICA CA 90401 GEICO INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC. 1 GEICO BLVD FREDERICKSBURG VA 22412 RFN0004D-0321 LIVING AT SANTA MONICA 1-877-900-0344 Insured Print Copy AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157-6596 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 707 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) N3449-0222 Important Notice This notice contains important information about your billing options. Payment Method Installment Fee AutoPay Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) $1.00 AutoPay Electronic Credit Card (ECC) $5.00 Direct Invoice* $5.00 Policies paid in full will not include an installment fee. * To enroll in Autopay, visit our website located on your cover letter. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 708 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) N8079-0204 RENTERS INSURANCE CONSUMER NOTICE RENEWAL POLICY CALIFORNIA If you have any inquiries or complaints concerning your Renters Insurance policy renewal, please contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-852-2244, extension 35752. AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA Administrative Office: 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 709 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB4771EC-1021 Page 1 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida A Stock Insurance Company 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157-6596 • 305.253.2244 RENTERS INSURANCE PROGRAM MANDATORY AMENDATORY ENDORSEMENT CALIFORNIA THIS ENDORSEMENT AMENDS THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. NOTICE Throughout this policy, the term spouse includes an individual registered under California law as a domestic partner with the “named insured” shown in the Declarations. DEFINITIONS Under item 3. “Insured”, the following is added to the definition of “insured”: e.With respect to “property damage” under SECTION II, any person residing at the “insured location” but only if that person is listed on the lease that applies to the “insured location”. The following definitions are added: 10. “Fungi” means: a.Any type or form of fungus, including mold or mildew, and any mycotoxins, spores, scents or by-products produced or released by “fungi”. b.Under Section II, this does not include any “fungi” that are, are on, or are contained in, a good or product intended for consumption. 11.“Interested Party” means the person or organization listed on the Declarations Page that has an interest in ensuring coverage exists on the “residence premises”. 12.“Personal Injury” means injury, other than “bodily injury”, arising out of one or more of the following acts: a.False arrest, detention or imprisonment; b.Malicious prosecution; c.Wrongful eviction of a person from premises that the person occupies; d.Oral or written publication of material that slanders or libels a person or organization; e.Oral or written publication of material that violates a person’s right of privacy. SECTION I - PROPERTY COVERAGES Under COVERAGE C - Personal Property, the first and second paragraphs are deleted and replaced by the following: We cover personal property owned or used by an "insured" while it is anywhere in the world. At your request, we will cover personal property owned by: 1.Others while the property is on the part of the "residence premises" occupied by an "insured"; 2.A guest while the property is in any residence occupied by an "insured"; 3.A "Residence employee" while the property: a.Is in any residence occupied by an "insured", or b. Is in the physical custody of that employee and that employee is engaged in the service of an "insured." Our limit of liability for personal property usually located at an “insured’s” residence, other than the “residence premises”, is 10% of the limit of liability for Coverage C, or $1000, whichever is greater. Personal property in a newly acquired principal residence is not subject to this limitation for the 30 days from the time you begin to move the property there. Our limit of liability for personal property owned or used by an “insured” and located in a self-storage facility is 20% of the limit of liability for Personal Property or $5,000, whichever is greater. However, this limitation does not apply to personal property usually located in an “insured’s” residence, other than the “residence premises”. The Special Limits of Liability section is deleted and replaced by the following: Special Limits of Liability. These limits do not increase the Coverage C limit of liability. The special limit for each numbered category below is the total limit for each loss for all property in that category. 1.$200 on money, bank notes, bullion, gold other than goldware, silver other than silverware, platinum other than platinumware, coins, medals, scrip, stored value cards and smart cards. 2.$1500 on securities, accounts, deeds, evidences of debt, letters of credit, notes other than bank notes, manuscripts, personal records, passports, tickets and stamps. This dollar limit applies to these categories regardless of the medium (such as paper or computer software) on which the material exists. This limit includes the cost to research, replace or restore the information from the lost or damaged material. 3.$1500 on watercraft of all types, including their trailers, furnishings, equipment and outboard engines or motors. 4.$1500 on trailers or semitrailers not used with watercraft. 5.$1500 for loss by theft of jewelry, watches, furs, precious and semi-precious stones. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 710 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB4771EC-1021 Page 2 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. 6.$2500 for loss by theft of firearms and related equipment. 7.$2500 for loss by theft of silverware, silver-plated ware, goldware, gold-plated ware, platinumware, platinum-plated ware and pewterware. This includes flatware, hollowware, tea sets, trays and trophies made of or including silver, gold or pewter. 8.$2500 on property, on the “residence premises”, used at any time or in any manner for any “business” purpose. 9.$500 on property, away from the “residence premises”, used at any time or in any manner for any “business” purpose. However, this limit does not apply to loss to adaptable electronic apparatus as described in Special Limits 10. and 11. below. 10.$1500 for loss to electronic apparatus and accesories, while in or upon a motor vehicle or other motorized land conveyance, if the electronic apparatus is equipped to be operated by power from the electrical system of the vehicle or conveyance while retaining its capability of being operated by other sources of power. Accessories include antennas, tapes, wires, records, discs or other media that can be used with any apparatus described in this item 10. 11.$1500 for loss to electronic apparatus and accessories, while not in or upon a motor vehicle or other motorized land conveyance, if the electronic apparatus: a.Is equipped to be operated by power from the electrical system of the vehicle or conveyance while retaining its capability of being operated by other sources of power; b.Is away from the “residence premises”; and c.Is used at any time or in any manner for any “business” purpose. Accessories include antennas, tapes, wires, records, discs or other media that can be used with any apparatus described in this item 11. COVERAGE D - Loss of Use Under Coverage D - Loss Of Use, the following paragraph is added to item 1. However, if a state of emergency under California Law is declared, payment will be for a period of no less than; a.The time required to repair or replace the damage or, if you permanently relocate, the shortest time required for your household to settle elsewhere; or b.24 months from the date of loss; whichever is shorter. If you, acting in good faith and with reasonable diligence, encounter a delay or delays in approval for, or reconstruction of, the “residence premises” that are beyond your control, we shall provide an additional extension of 12 months. Circumstances beyond your control include, but are not limited to: a.Unavoidable construction permit delays; b.The lack of necessary construction materials; or c.The unavailability of contractors to perform the necessary work. We shall provide one or more additional extensions of six months for good cause. Item 3. is deleted and replaced by the following: 3.If a civil authority prohibits you from use of the “residence premises” as a result of direct damage to neighboring premises by a Peril Insured Against in this policy, we cover the Additional Living Expense and Fair Rental Value loss as provided under 1. and 2. above for no more than two weeks. However, in the event of a covered loss relating to a state of emergency (as defined in *Government Code section 8558), we cover the Additional Living Expense loss as provided under 1. and 2. above for a period of 24 months. If a state of emergency under California law is declared and is accompanied by an order from a civil authority that prohibits you from use of the "residence premises" related to a Peril Insured Against, we cover the loss as provided in 1. Additional Living Expense above for a period of two weeks. We shall provide one or more additional extensions of two weeks for good cause. SECTION I – PERILS INSURED AGAINST Item 6. is amended as follows: 6. Vehicles. Damage or loss to property as a result of a vehicle accident. Item 11. is replaced with the following: 11. Weight of ice, snow or sleet, which causes damage to the property contained in the building. Item 15. is deleted and replaced by the following: 15. Sudden and accidental damage from artificially generated electrical current. SECTION I - EXCLUSIONS Item 2. Earth Movement is replaced by the following: 2. Earth Movement, meaning: a.Earthquake, including land shock waves or tremors before, during or after a volcanic eruption; b.Landslide, mudslide or mudflow; c.Subsidence or sinkhole; or d.Any other earth movement including earth sinking, rising or shifting. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 711 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB4771EC-1021 Page 3 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. This exclusion 2. applies regardless of whether any of the above in 2.a. through 2.d. is caused by an act of nature or is otherwise caused. However, direct loss by fire, explosion or theft resulting from any of the above in 2.a. through 2.d. is covered. Item 3. Water Damage is deleted and replaced by the following: 3. Water Damage, meaning: a.Flood, including but not limited to flash flood, surface water, waves, including tidal wave and tsunami, tides, tidal water, overflow of any body of water, or spray from any of these, all whether or not driven by wind, including storm surge; b.Water or water borne material which backs up through sewers or drains or which overflows from a sump, sump pump or related equipment; or c.Water below the surface of the ground, including water which exerts pressure on, or seeps, leaks or flows through a building, sidewalk, driveway, patio, foundation, swimming pool or other structure. This exclusion applies to, but is not limited to, escape, overflow or discharge, for any reason, of water or waterborne material from a dam, levee, seawall or any other boundary or containment system whether natural, man-made or otherwise made. However, direct loss by fire, explosion or theft resulting from water damage is covered. Under item 8. Intentional Loss, the following paragraph is added: This exclusion does not apply, with respect to loss to covered property caused by fire, to an “insured” who does not commit or conspire to commit, any act that results in loss by fire. We cover such “insured” only to the extent of that “insured’s” legal interest, but not exceeding the applicable limit of liability. We may apply reasonable standards of proof to claims for such loss. SECTION I - CONDITIONS Under item 2.b. Your Duties After Loss, item b. is amended as follows: b.Notify the police in case of loss by theft or vandalism or malicious mischief. Item 6. Appraisal is deleted and replaced by the following: 6. Appraisal. If you and we fail to agree on the amount of loss, then either party may make a written request for an appraisal. However, both parties must agree to the appraisal. In this event, each party will select a competent and impartial appraiser. Each party shall notify the other of the a. b. appraiser selected within 20 days of the request. Where the request is accepted, the two appraisers will select a competent and impartial umpire. If they cannot agree upon an umpire within 15 days, you or we may request that the choice be made by a judge of a court of record in the state where the “residence premises” is located. The appraisers will appraise the loss, stating separately the loss to each item. If they fail to agree, they will submit their differences to the umpire. An award in writing, agreed to by any two, will set the amount of loss. Each party will: Pay its own appraiser; and Bear the other expenses of the appraisal and umpire equally. Item 8. Action Against Us is replaced by the following: 8. Action Against Us. No action shall apply against us unless: a.There has been full compliance with all the terms of this policy; and b.The action is brought within 1 year from the date when you discover the loss. If the loss is related to a state of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code, the time limit to bring action is extended to 2 years after inception of the loss. Item 10. Loss Payment is deleted and replaced by the following: 10. Loss Payment. We will adjust all losses with you. We will pay you unless some other person is named in the policy or is legally entitled to receive payment. Loss will be payable 30 days after we receive your proof of loss and: a.Reach an agreement with you; b.There is an entry of a final judgment; or c.There is a filing of an appraisal award with us. SECTION II - EXCLUSIONS Under 2. Coverage E - Personal Liability, the following exclusion is added: g.Personal injury of any sort, including but not limited to “bodily injury”, psychological or emotional injury, or defamatory injury to reputation. SECTION II – ADDITIONAL COVERAGES Under 3. Damage to Property of Others, paragraph b. is deleted and replaced by the following: b.Caused intentionally by an “insured” who is 13 years of age or older, except with respect to loss to property caused by fire, this exclusion does not apply to any “insured” who does not commit or conspire to ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 712 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB4771EC-1021 Page 4 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. commit, any act that results in loss by fire. We may apply reasonable standards of proof to claims for such loss; SECTION II – CONDITIONS Condition 2. Severability of Insurance is deleted and replaced by the following: 2. Severability of Insurance. This insurance applies separately to any “insured”. This condition will not increase our limit of liability for any one “occurrence”. SECTIONS I AND II - CONDITIONS Condition 2. Concealment or Fraud is deleted and replaced by the following: 2. Concealment or Fraud. a.Under SECTION I - PROPERTY COVERAGES, with respect to loss caused by fire, we do not provide coverage, to the “insured” who, whether before or after a loss, has: (1)Intentionally concealed or misrepresented any material fact or circumstance; or (2)Engaged in fraudulent conduct; or (3)Made false statements; relating to this insurance. Under SECTION I - PROPERTY COVERAGES, with respect to loss caused by a peril other than fire, we provide no coverage under this policy if, whether before or after a loss, an “insured” has: (1)Intentionally concealed or misrepresented any material fact or circumstance; or (2)Engaged in fraudulent conduct; or (3)Made false statements; relating to this insurance. b.Under SECTION II - LIABILITY COVERAGES, we do not provide coverage to an “insured” who, whether before or after a loss, has: (1)Intentionally concealed or misrepresented any material fact or circumstance; (2)Engaged in fraudulent conduct; or (3)Made false statements; relating to this insurance. Under item 5. Cancellation. Paragraphs b. (2), b. (3), b. (4), c, d, e and f. are deleted and replaced by the following: b. (2) When this policy has been effect for less than 60 days and is not a renewal with us, we may cancel for any reason, except as provided below, by letting you know at least 20 days before the date cancellation takes effect. We may not cancel this policy solely because you: (a)have accepted an offer of earthquake coverage; or (b)have a license to operate a home day care at the “residence premises.” (c)cancelled or did not renew an earthquake policy issued by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) that included an earthquake policy premium surcharge. However, we may cancel this policy if you have accepted a new or renewal policy issued by the CEA that included an earthquake policy premium surcharge, but you failed to pay the earthquake policy premium surcharge authorized by the CEA. b. (3)When this policy has been in effect for 60 days or more, or at any time if it is a renewal with us, we may cancel if there has been: (a)Conviction of a crime having as one of its necessary elements an act increasing the hazard insured against; or (b)Discovery of fraud or material misrepresentation by: (i)any “insured” or his or her representative in obtaining this insurance; or (ii)you or your representative in pursuing a claim under this policy; or (c)Discovery of grossly negligent acts or omissions substantially increasing any of the hazards insured against; or (d)Physical changes in the property insured against which result in the property becoming uninsurable. (e)Acceptance of a new or renewal policy issued by the CEA that included an earthquake policy premium surcharge, but you failed to pay the earthquake policy premium surcharge authorized by the CEA. This can be done by notifying you at least 30 days before the date cancellation takes effect. b. (4)When this policy is written for a period longer than one year, we may cancel for any reason at ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 713 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB4771EC-1021 Page 5 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. (1) (2) anniversary by notifying you at least 45 days before the date cancellation takes effect. c. When the policy is cancelled, the premium for the period from the date of cancellation to the expiration date will be refunded pro rata. d.If, when we cancel this policy, the return premium is not refunded with the notice of cancellation, we will refund it within 25 days after we send the cancellation notice to you. If, when you cancel this policy, the return premium is not refunded when this policy is returned to us, we will refund it within 25 days of the date when we receive your notice of cancellation. e.When we provide evidence of coverage under this policy to meet requirements of a lease or rental agreement to the “landlord” or “interested party”, we may also provide notice of cancellation or nonrenewal to the “landlord” or “interested party”. Failure to mail such notice shall not impose any obligation or liability of any kind upon us. f.If you have designated an additional person or company to receive notice of lapse, termination, expiration, nonrenewal, or cancellation of your policy for nonpayment of premium, we will mail or deliver to the designated person or company advance written notice at least 10 days before the effective date of such lapse, termination, expiration, nonrenewal, or cancellation of your policy for nonpayment of premium. The designated person or company does not have any rights to benefits under this policy, other than the right to receive such notice. Under item 5. Cancellation, item g. is added: g.If a state of emergency under California Law is declared and the “residence premises” is located in any ZIP Code within or adjacent to the fire perimeter, as determined by California Law, we may not cancel this policy for one year, beginning from the date the state of emergency is declared, solely because the “residence premises” is located in an area in which a wildfire has occurred. However, this requirement will not apply in the following circumstances: When you have not paid the premium at any time by letting you know at least 10 days before the date cancellation takes effect. If willful or negligent acts or omissions by you, or your representatives, are discovered that materially increase any of the risks insured against; or (3)If there are physical changes in the property insured against, beyond the d. (1) (2) (3) catastrophe-damaged condition of the structures and surface landscape,which result in the property becoming uninsurable. Item 6. Nonrenewal is deleted and replaced by the following: 6. Nonrenewal. a.We may elect not to renew this policy, subject to the provisions of b. below. We may do so by delivering to you at your mailing address shown in the Declarations, written notice at least 75 days before the expiration date of this policy. Proof of mailing will be sufficient proof of notice. b.We will not refuse to renew this policy solely because you: (1)have accepted an offer of earthquake coverage; or (2)have a license to operate a home day care at the “residence premises”; or (3)have a claim that is pending under the policy unless such claim is made under coverage for loss caused by an earthquake; or (4)cancelled or did not renew an earthquake policy, issued by the CEA, that included an earthquake policy premium surcharge. c.If this policy is written for a period of less than one year, we agree not to refuse to renew except at the end of an annual period commencing with the original or renewal effective date. If a state of emergency under California Law is declared and the “residence premises” is located in any ZIP Code within or adjacent to the fire perimeter, as determined by California Law, we may not nonrenew this policy for one year, beginning from the date the state of emergency is declared, solely because the “residence premises” is located in an area in which a wildfire has occurred. However, this requirement will not apply in the following circumstances: If willful or negligent acts or omissions by you, or your representatives, are discovered that materially increase any of the risks insured against; or If there are physical changes in the property insured against, beyond the catastrophe-damaged condition of the structures and surface landscape, which result in the property becoming uninsurable; or If losses unrelated to the post disaster loss condition of the property have occurred that would collectively render the risk ineligible for renewal. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 714 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB4771EC-1021 Page 6 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE POLICY REMAIN THE SAME. *Government Code 8558 - CA "State of emergency" means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, complications resulting from the Year 2000 Problem, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy or conditions causing a "state of war emergency," which, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission. "Local emergency" means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, complications resulting from the Year 2000 Problem, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 715 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) AB5075EC-0605 Page 1 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. We agree, with respect to “residence employees”: Under Coverage I To pay when due all benefits required of an “insured” by the California Workers’ Compensation Law; and Under Coverage II To pay on behalf of an “insured” all damages for which the “insured” is legally liable because of “bodily injury” sustained by a “residence employee”. The “bodily injury” must be caused by accident or disease and arise out of and in the course of employment by the “insured” while: a.In the United States of America, its territories or possessions, or Canada, or b.Temporarily elsewhere if the “residence employee” is a citizen or resident of the United States or Canada. Coverage II does not apply to any suit brought in or judgment rendered by any court outside the United States of America, its territories and possessions, or Canada, or to any action on such judgment. Who is Covered A “residence employee” is covered if during the 90 calendar days immediately before the date of injury the employee has: a.Actually been engaged in such employment by the “insured” for no less than 52 hours, and b.Earned no less than one hundred dollars ($100) in wages. Application of Coverage This insurance applies only to “bodily injury” which occurs during the policy period. If the “bodily injury” is a disease, it must be caused or aggravated by the conditions of the “residence employee’s” employment by the “insured”. Policy Provisions This insurance is subject to all the provisions of this endorsement and the following provisions of this policy: a.Under Sections I and II – Conditions: 4.Waiver or Change of Policy Provisions. 5.Cancellation. 7.Assignment. 8.Subrogation. b.Under Section II – Conditions: 3.Duties After Loss. 6.Action Against Us. c.Our agreement to defend the “insured” as provided under Coverage E – Personal Liability. d.Under Section II – Additional Coverages: 1.Claim Expenses. 2.First Aid Expenses. e.The definition of “bodily injury”, “business”, “insured” and “residence employee”. Additional Provisions Applicable to Coverage I The following provisions are applicable to Coverage I: a.We shall be directly and primarily liable to any “residence employee” of an “insured” entitled to the benefits of the California Workers’ Compensation Law. b.As between the “residence employee” and us, notice to or knowledge of the “occurrence” of the injury on the part of an “insured” will be deemed notice or knowledge on our part. c.The jurisdiction of an “insured” will, for the purpose of the law imposing liability for compensation, be our jurisdiction. d.We will be subject to the orders, findings, decisions or awards rendered against an “insured”, under the provisions of the law imposing liability for compensation, subject to the provisions, conditions and limitations of this policy. This policy shall govern as between an “insured” and us as to payments by either in discharge or an “insured’s” liability for compensation. e.The “residence employee” has a first lien upon any amount which we owe you on account of this insurance. In case of your legal incapacity or inability to receive the money and pay it to the “residence employee”, we will pay it directly to the “residence employee”. Your obligation to the “residence employee” will be discharged to the extent of such payment. Limits of Liability Coverage II Our total limit of liability will not exceed $100,000 for all damages because of “bodily injury”: a.Sustained by one or more “residence employees” in any one accident; or AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157-6596 • 305.253.2244 RENTERS INSURANCE PROGRAM WORKERS COMPENSATION RESIDENCE EMPLOYEES CALIFORNIA THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 716 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Page 2 Includes copyrighted material of Insurance Services Office, Inc., with its permission. AB5075EC-0605 b.Caused by disease and sustained by a “residence employee”. Our total limit of liability will not exceed $500,000 for all damages arising out of “bodily injury” by disease regardless of the number of “residence employees” who sustain “bodily injury” by disease. Other Insurance This insurance does not apply to any loss to which other valid and collectible Workers’ Compensation or Employers’ Liability Insurance applies. Conformity to Statute Terms of this insurance which are in conflict with the California Workers’ Compensation Law are amended to conform to that law. Exclusions This policy does not apply: a.To liability for additional compensation imposed on an “insured” under Sections 4553 and 4557, Division IV, Labor Code of the State of California, because of the serious and willful misconduct of an “insured”, or because of “bodily injury” to an employee under 16 years of age and illegally employed at the time of injury; b.To liability for “bodily injury” arising out of “business” pursuits of an “insured”. c.Under Coverage II: 1.To liability assumed by the “insured” under any contract or agreement. 2.To “bodily injury” by disease unless a written claim is made or suit brought against the “insured” within 36 months after the end of the policy period. 3.To any obligation under a workers’ compensation, unemployment or disability benefits law or any similar law. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE POLICY REMAIN THE SAME. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 717 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) N1875-0715 IMPORTANT: PLEASE BE SURE YOU HAVE FULLY COMPLETED THIS FORM. American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida A Stock Insurance Company 11222 Quail Roost Drive, Miami, FL 33157-6596 • 305.253.2244 IMPORTANT NOTICE EARTHQUAKE COVERAGE REQUEST FORM (CALIFORNIA) YOUR RENTER’S INSURANCE POLICY DOES NOT COVER EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE TO YOUR CONTENTS. TO COVER EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE TO YOUR CONTENTS YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A SEPARATE EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE POLICY. THE COVERAGE PROVIDED BY AN EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE POLICY IS DIFFERENT FROM, AND TYPICALLY MORE LIMITED THAN, THE COVERAGE PROVIDED BY YOUR RENTER’S INSURANCE POLICY. CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES INSURANCE COMPANIES TO OFFER EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR RENTER’S INSURANCE POLICY. 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Divide __________________________ by 1,000 = ______________________ X 2.52 = _________________ Premium Due Limit of Earthquake Coverage * Deductible - The deductible represents the amount of damage your covered property must incur before the earthquake insurance coverage begins. If your covered loss is less than the applicable deductible, you may not receive any payment. COVERAGE REQUEST FORM: To purchase Earthquake Coverage, complete this request form, attach your payment and return to: American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida Attn.: Document Control P.O. Box 202120 Florence, SC 29502 PLEASE PRINT I wish to purchase Earthquake Coverage. My check, made payable to AMERICAN BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, for the full annual premium is enclosed. SIGNATURE X DATE ADDRESS NAME CITY/STATE/ZIP RENTERS INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER TELEPHONE NUMBER ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 718 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) DF00965A-0520 Privacy Notice You are a valued customer and we strive to meet your privacy concerns. We want to make sure your personal information is protected and that you understand the policies that protect you. Assurant companies and other insurers that operate under this Privacy Notice (“We”) provide various insurance products, including pre-funded funeral insurance, mobile insurance, credit insurance, and membership products. Our products may be sold directly to individuals, sold through our agents or offered on behalf of other companies. These other companies may be banks, finance companies, retailers, utilities, automobile dealers, manufactured housing, mortgage companies or funeral homes. 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January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 720 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Matt Parker <mparker88@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 8:00 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 721 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:CARRIE WEIL <cew5000@verizon.net> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 8:12 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 722 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Council Mailbox Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 8:20 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Fw: Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! - Item 10B From: Tom Brown <tbrown3153@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:37 PM To: Council Mailbox <Council.Mailbox@santamonica.gov> Subject: Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 723 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Mark Dubas <bruinmark@msn.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 8:47 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 724 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Mark Dubas <bruinmark@msn.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 8:47 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 725 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Anita <anitaszafran@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 9:13 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 726 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:A Pagliei <a_pagliei@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 9:23 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Aleesa Pagliei ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 727 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Doug McCoy <dmccoy6525@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 10:29 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 728 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Eric Brazel <ericqbrazel@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 10:32 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. We are especially concerned about involuntary relocaƟon, and buyout agreements. We could be facing these issues at any Ɵme, they are in need of increased oversight and financial assistance must be guaranteed. Thank you Eric Brazel and Mary Renaker Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 729 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Anna Wilhelmsen <wilhelmsen.anna@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 10:38 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I'm a long‐time renter in Santa Monica, I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Without rent control, I would no longer be able to afford to live in my neighborhood that I love so much. Anna Wilhelmsen ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 730 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:John M <heyjohn23@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 10:43 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. John Mullen ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 731 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Nik Grohne <nik.grohne@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 10:58 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Nikolaus Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 732 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Matt Phairas <greyferd@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 11:12 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. MaƩ Grey Phairas 310‐968‐5019 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 733 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:RODNEY LEE <funkbot@verizon.net> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 11:33 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 734 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Doug Scott <smo954@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 11:39 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 735 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Melinda Boulware <melindamboulware@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 12:37 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am a long time resident of Santa Monica writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Melinda Boulware 1120 20th St, Santa Monica, CA 90403 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 736 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Kulov <info@kulov.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 1:02 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sincerely, D Kulov Santa Monica, CA 90405 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 737 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Debby Dill <debbydill@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 1:13 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 738 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:roym7@roadrunner.com Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 1:59 PM To:Phil Brock Cc:Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:adopt Item 10-B. EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. I have been a renter for thirty plus years. I know of many local neighbors that have been force to vacate before a property is sold. A growing list. Roy ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 739 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Karin Wilson <karinwilson1@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 2:11 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:NO ON 10-B EXTERNAL Dear City Council members: I have been a Santa Monica resident for 40 years, and an apartment manager for 15. I am a proud supporter of SMRR. However, although many of the amendments suggested in this new law seem very fair, and any loophole corrupt or unethical owners are employing should be closed, creating new laws that strip apartment owners and managers of their existing rights is unethical and violates not their existing rights, but their property rights and civil liberties as well. For this reason I urge you to vote no on this bill until it is written better, and is fair to everyone, renters, owners and apartment managers. ONE: Tenants and roommates do not own these apartments, they rent them, and the language of these new laws seem to miss that point completely, giving residents the same rights as homeowners. Owning a car is not the same as renting or leasing a car, and neither is renting or leasing an apartment, home or condo. Any new laws that are created should protect the rights of property owners as equally as tenants and roommates, and can easily be done if that is the will of our lawmakers. It violates the owners right to protect their private property from potential threats of damage and legal problems, and it violates their responsibility to keep their building or community of residents safe and secure. It also violates the rights of apartment managers and fellow tenants to have a safe, secure and drama free environment in which to live and work, since many people work from home, including managers. Once a tenant signs a lease and moves in, or 2 weeks after a roommate comes in,they have extensive rights under our existing Rent Control laws. The only protection an owner or manager has is to screen the potential tenants before they move in. Stripping apartment owners from having a robust rental criteria and the right to do a background check on potential tenants and roommates is wrong. Especially the credit Score and credit and criminal background checks, employment, income and rental history. An owner has a right to see if a potential tenant can afford the rent or has a history of being disruptive, violent, criminal or damaging. The screening process is the only opportunity owners and managers have to avoid trouble in their building,that can sometimes create years of trouble choas and legal issues and tons of extra work for management. In all the back and forth of the rights of owners and tenants, the rights of managers is never discussed. Why is that, we live and work and reside and vote and pay taxes as well, and we have rights too. Part of the problem solving aspect and responsibility of our job is to have or create laws and rules that do not allow a problem to begin in the first place. And those laws rules and rights can and should be addressed without violating anyone civil liberties. TWO: I do not believe the State, county or City should violate private property rights as a way to solve the homeless crisis in our state. Billions of dollars in tax payer money has already been granted to create appropriate housing and transition to society options that does not violate the rights of either apartment owners or disadvantaged or citicizens with special needs or special status. Although accepting vochers is great, having language in the bill that protects owners from setting the rent within legal rent control and market limits should be protected, as well as everyone having to abide by the rent criteria, leases and house rules the same and equally as all other tenants, residents and guests. Owners should not be forced, now or in the future to have rents set by either a government housing authority ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 740 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 or be forced into a section 8 contract that supercedes our current rent control board laws. If an individual cannot pass a citizenship, financial or criminal part of a background check then the authorities will need to allocate funds to create half way housing for said inidividuals to help them over a 2 to 5 year period establish that they are responsibile enought to rent from a private housing owner. Or some other legal solution that does not violate anyones rights, including owners and managers. Therefore in its current form I do not feel this bill meets basic civil or constitutional rights for current citizens and owners in our City. Thank you for hearing my voice in our democracy. Kind Regards, 40 year resident, Karin Wilson ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 741 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Emily Varni <emvarni@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 4:17 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, Emily ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 742 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Jeanette Gilkison <jeanettegilkison@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 4:17 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 743 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:JayPJohnson@earthlink.net Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 4:53 PM To:councilmtgitems Cc:Tracy Condon; RentControl Mailbox; Mathew Millen; Michael Millman; GacomoValentini; Clara; Wes Wellman; Bill Dawson; Rachel Subject:City Council Item: 10 B Agenda Jan 23, 2024 EXTERNAL 1/22/2024 4:38:58 PM City Council Item: Re: Item 10 B Agenda January 23rd 2024: Tenant Protections 1. All references to "good faith" are very subjective. Property owners need specific definition. Please revert to the previously standing language "must prove bad faith with malice" instead of "good faith". 2. The process of these changes did not include stakeholders, owners/tenants. As promised by past Mayor Davis last year, owners/tenants are to be included in revisions/rewrites/new rules. 3. The impact of the changes, as reasonable as they are, are punitive in nature and will require enforcement. An improved process is needed to incentivize property owners to repair/remodel, preserve existing aging structures and improve tenant living conditions. Please reach out to stakeholders to begin process. Thank you, Jay Johnson Progressive Landlords of Calif. 1134 Euclid Santa Monica 90403 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 744 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Debra Shepherd <daysonthespectrum@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 4:59 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Items 10B and 16F(4) EXTERNAL Good day: I’m waiƟng for Ashton Kutcher to jump out of the bushes at the City Hall. I feel like I’m being punkd in a cruel prank. I have filed two fair housing/ tenant harassment complaints against the property owners where I reside as a Black and disabled, voucher holder. Both of my daughters are also disabled. These people have literally been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money. I have had to get Code Enforcement to get the window in my kitchen repaired, aŌer asking nicely for two years. I also had to get Code Enforcement to get our toilet repaired. The property owner wanted to know “how many days” we could go without a “working toilet.” But wait, there’s more, because there’s always more when it comes to people being evil. In 2019, Gary Rhoades wrote a beauƟful leƩer to the property owner warning them about violaƟng fair housing law and tenant harassment. I thought surely that my family would be protected. AFTER that, the other property owner stated that she does “not have to respect tenants” and that “she (referring to me) always talking about her right. I don’t give a f*** about her right.” The Consumer ProtecƟon Division is refusing to do anything on my current complaint. I was told that I should have negoƟated a beƩer contract. So much for Black Lives MaƩer and the Black Apology. Social JusƟce has leŌ the building. That girl does not work here anymore. Debra Shepherd Santa Monica resident Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 745 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Medi M <medimonam@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 5:15 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Cc:Barak Lurie; Jennifer Bui; Mary Kalifon; Vodhanel; john needham Subject:Vote NO to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the formal adoption of Item 10‐B. I do not support this ordinance because it grants renters in Santa Monica excessive power that can be used to take advantage of homeowners. Homeowners contribute through taxes to fund various amenities, schools, roads, and programs in our city. By providing renters with a loophole to avoid paying rent, this ordinance sets a negative precedent and may attract tenants who are not the ideal neighbors we want in our community. As a homeowner, I believe it is essential to have stricter laws in place to ensure that tenants fulfill their financial obligations on time. Reliable tenants make reliable neighbors, and by allowing rent non‐payment, we risk compromising the quality of our neighborhoods. Furthermore, the current housing market in Santa Monica already poses challenges for aspiring homeowners, and this ordinance would only exacerbate the situation. Therefore, I kindly request that you vote against the formal adoption of the Expansion of Renter Protections Ordinance outlined in Item 10‐B. Your decision will have a significant impact on the well‐being and cohesion of our community. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Medi ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 746 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Margarita Cruz <cruz197013@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 6:07 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 747 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Margarita Cruz <cruz197013@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 6:08 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 748 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:JayPJohnson@earthlink.net Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 6:09 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Fwd: City Council Item: 10 B Agenda Jan 23, 2024 EXTERNAL 1/22/2024 4:38:58 PM City Council Item: Re: Item 10 B Agenda January 23rd 2024: Tenant Protections 1. All references to "good faith" are very subjective. Property owners need specific definition. Please revert to the previously standing language "must prove bad faith with malice" instead of "good faith". 2. The process of these changes did not include stakeholders, owners/tenants. As promised by past Mayor Davis last year, owners/tenants are to be included in revisions/rewrites/new rules. 3. The impact of the changes, as reasonable as they are, are punitive in nature and will require enforcement. An improved process is needed to incentivize property owners to repair/remodel, preserve existing aging structures and improve tenant living conditions. Please reach out to stakeholders to begin process. Thank you, Jay Johnson Progressive Landlords of Calif. 1134 Euclid Santa Monica 90403 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 749 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Barak Lurie <barak@lurie-law.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 6:27 PM To:Medi M Cc:Jennifer Bui; Mary Kalifon; Vodhanel; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; john needham; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Re: Vote NO to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Medi, thanks for this. I am 100% behind you on this! Barak Lurie LURIE & KRAMER 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Main: (310) 478‐7788 Fax: (310) 347‐4442 Barak@lurie‐law.com www.Lurie‐Law.com Real Estate and Business Law This e‐mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:15 PM Medi M <medimonam@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Councilmembers, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the formal adoption of Item 10‐B. I do not support this ordinance because it grants renters in Santa Monica excessive power that can be used to take advantage of homeowners. Homeowners contribute through taxes to fund various amenities, schools, roads, and programs in our city. By providing renters with a loophole to avoid paying rent, this ordinance sets a negative precedent and may attract tenants who are not the ideal neighbors we want in our community. As a homeowner, I believe it is essential to have stricter laws in place to ensure that tenants fulfill their financial obligations on time. Reliable tenants make reliable neighbors, and by allowing rent non‐payment, we risk compromising the quality of our neighborhoods. Furthermore, the current housing market in Santa Monica already poses challenges for aspiring homeowners, and this ordinance would only exacerbate the situation. Therefore, I kindly request that you vote against the formal adoption of the Expansion of Renter Protections Ordinance outlined in Item 10‐B. Your decision will have a significant impact on the well‐being and cohesion of our community. Thank you for your attention to this matter. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 750 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Sincerely, Medi ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 751 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Gabrielle Lee <gabriellerulnick@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 7:28 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I have lived in Santa Monica for 15 years and come to realize that the majority of people in our community or actually tenants. I found this to be amazing but it’s something that makes sense when I look at the rising cost of living and how expensive it is to live by the beach … even making a quarter of $1 million a year I see my friends barely scraping by the only people I know that are able to get ahead at all. Have these rights protected and it just shows that Santa Monica is ahead of the problem it is one of the reasons I am proud to call Santa Monica my home. I think that we should continue to be an example to the rest of California and the country about protecting the rights of tenants because of the economic times that were in and to help ensure affordable future for the fine citizens of a community I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 752 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Catherine Handelman <catcar10@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 7:30 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. All across our state rents are too high for the average person. Santa Monica renters deserve more. I urge you to protect the middle class living here in Santa Monica. We want to maintain the diversity and keep our smaller town feel here in our community. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Sincerely, Catherine Handelman ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 753 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Kaveh Azadmanesh <kazadmanesh@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 9:30 PM To:Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Kaveh Azadmanesh Samimi, resident at 1142 Princeton str. Santa Monica, since 2009 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 754 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Medi M <medimonam@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 9:34 PM To:Barak Lurie Cc:Jennifer Bui; Mary Kalifon; Vodhanel; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; john needham; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Re: Vote NO to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Thank you, all! Yes, Santa Monica counsel is going a little crazy w this new proposal that will give renters in not paying rent. I think that’s dangerous for 2 reasons: 1) investors getting screwed and going out of business when tenants don’t pay ‐ not fair. 2) bringing unreliable people into our communities, and these irresponsible actions will bleed into everyday actions that will directly impact us. I suggest emailing those counsel members and let them know (feel free to use my email). Or if you’d like, I’m happy to send it on behalf the HOA. On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 6:26 PM Barak Lurie <barak@lurie‐law.com> wrote: Medi, thanks for this. I am 100% behind you on this! Barak Lurie LURIE & KRAMER 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Main: (310) 478‐7788 Fax: (310) 347‐4442 Barak@lurie‐law.com www.Lurie‐Law.com Real Estate and Business Law This e‐mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:15 PM Medi M <medimonam@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Councilmembers, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the formal adoption of Item 10‐B. I do not support this ordinance because it grants renters in Santa Monica excessive power that can be used to take advantage of homeowners. Homeowners contribute through taxes to fund various amenities, schools, roads, and programs in our city. By providing renters with a loophole to avoid paying rent, this ordinance sets a negative precedent and may attract tenants who are not the ideal neighbors we want in our community. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 755 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 As a homeowner, I believe it is essential to have stricter laws in place to ensure that tenants fulfill their financial obligations on time. Reliable tenants make reliable neighbors, and by allowing rent non‐payment, we risk compromising the quality of our neighborhoods. Furthermore, the current housing market in Santa Monica already poses challenges for aspiring homeowners, and this ordinance would only exacerbate the situation. Therefore, I kindly request that you vote against the formal adoption of the Expansion of Renter Protections Ordinance outlined in Item 10‐B. Your decision will have a significant impact on the well‐being and cohesion of our community. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Medi ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 756 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:julie novakoff <julienovakoff@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 9:53 PM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Julie Novakoff ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 757 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Andrea Elena Guite <andrea.guite01@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 11:24 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 758 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Laura Ferretti <lauraferretti@aol.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:08 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Having a stable community of renters in Santa Monica creates a stable community for all of us. The diverse demographic mix of renters, especially those needing these protecƟons, makes Santa Monica a wonderful place to live for all of us. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Cheers, Laura Ferreƫ ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 759 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Naomi Blum <mzngb@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 2:24 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Naomi Blum mzngb@yahoo.com Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 760 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Mathew Millen <matmillen@msn.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 5:16 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Item 10B Jan. 23rd Attachments:10B.pdf EXTERNAL Dear Council Members: The attached article is disturbing. When I was an attorney with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles we did not represent tenants who were defrauding their rental housing providers. Why is our City Attorney's office harassing the attorney of a rental housing provider on behalf of a tenant who defrauded the taxpayers and the State of Calif of Housing is Key money? Mathew Millen ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 761 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 762 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 763 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 764 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:annie o'rourke <annieoro@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:13 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 765 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Stacie Avena <stacface10@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:20 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Stacie Avena SM Resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 766 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Shawn Saunders <shawn_saunders@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:24 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 767 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Melissa Roldan <melissaroldan@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:31 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. melissa roldan ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 768 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Hunter Flanary <hunter.flanary@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:38 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 769 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Frederick Nathan <reid@reidnathan.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:41 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 770 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Sam Bernard <sambern@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:42 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 771 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Kate Handley <handley.ke@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:43 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 772 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:janemonteagle@gmail.com Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:46 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jane Monteagle Fixed low income renter Santa Monica ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 773 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Tianna Langham <tiannanita@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:49 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Tianna Langham Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 774 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:nancy ceo <nceo@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:52 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Nancea Ceo Costume Designer t 310.717.5611 www.nanceaceo.com please consider earth ᩢᩣᩤ we create here ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 775 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Chris Bradford <168cmb@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:54 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 776 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Nancy Carlson <nancycarlson2120@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 6:56 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Sincerely, Nancy Carlson ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 777 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Robert Rosenbloom <Robert.Rosenbloom@vituity.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:07 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Robert Rosenbloom Sent from my iPhone, please excuse typos or dictated errors. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 778 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Chris Bessounian <chris@outofexile.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:19 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Thanks, Chris Bessounian Sent via my mobile device. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 779 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:Kurt Dreibholz <kdreibholz@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:26 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Kurt Dreibholz kdreibholz@me.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 780 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:Julie Stone <juliestone712@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:27 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 781 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:Robin J. Hayes <robinjhayes@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:29 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Robin J Hayes ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 782 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:jason bradshaw <jasonjamesbradshaw@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:42 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 783 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Jean-Marc Villoing <jvilloing@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:47 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Get Outlook for Android ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 784 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Bob Pothier <bobpothier@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:02 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 785 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:John Heard <johncheard@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:02 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 786 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Matthew Downes <devilsagain@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:04 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 787 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Carol Rosenthal <ritroo@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:16 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent frum my iFone. Sawry fore eny typohs. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 788 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Heather Goldman <heatherbenjamin@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:33 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 789 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Chris Bradford <168cmb@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:34 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 790 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 8 Xavier Mota From:Lawrence Primo <lprimo@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 9:18 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 791 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 9 Xavier Mota From:Paul McCarthy-Boyington <oblio24@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 9:19 AM To:Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; info@smrr.org; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Best, Paul McCarthy‐Boyington ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 792 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 10 Xavier Mota From:Oren Skoog <skoogoren@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 9:42 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL My own personal thoughts: My story is a lot like many in Santa Monica; slumlord (EHo Lin) buys an older building full of people that have been there for years ‐ and won't do repairs as a not‐so‐subtle nudge out the door as he waits them out. After the tenant is finally fed up enough to move, EHo will then completely renovate the vacant apartment and charge 5 thousand a month. The unfortunate reality is that landlords only care about making more money and unless there are strict rules limiting corruption or closing current loopholes, landlords like EHo Lin will always look for new ways to try and game the system. These landlords are never not trying to get an edge or find ways to bend rules, so the more you can do to dissuade them from making bad faith choices, the better. I'm in favor of any expansion of SM renters rights. I personally have benefited from the help of your office (you can pull my file). Without your help, the time commitment of facing off against this guy would be a full time job and virtually impossible. Thank you for the work that you do and continue to do. Best, Oren Skoog Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 793 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 11 Xavier Mota From:bronx889@yahoo.com Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:00 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Robert Clark ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 794 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 12 Xavier Mota From:Rev. Jim Conn <urbconn@aol.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:03 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Item 10-B Renters Rights & Protections EXTERNAL Dear Mayor and Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. JIM Rev. Jim Conn 230 Pacific St #108 Santa Monica, CA 90405 310/392-5056 Associations: CLUE - A Founding Member: www.cluejustice.org Climate Action Santa Monica - Advisory Board Asset Based Community Development: www.abcdinstitute.org/ United Methodist Minister - Retired: www.calpacUMC.org Former Council Member and Mayor of Santa Monica ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 795 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 13 Xavier Mota From:Diane Drake <dianedrake@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:04 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Diane Drake ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 796 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 14 Xavier Mota From:Edward Pendyk <edward3@pendyk.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:12 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. PS I am a 78 years old male. Living off my savings and Social Security which barely covers my rent. If anything happened to Rent control, I will wind up on the street. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Edward Pendyk ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 797 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 15 Xavier Mota From:Jon Countess <jonco@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:18 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jon Countess jonco@mac.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 798 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 16 Xavier Mota From:Jon Countess <jonco@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:18 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jon jonco@mac.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 799 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 17 Xavier Mota From:Dana Mason <danamason11@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:22 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Dana Mason ‐ 20+ year renter/ resident of Santa Monica D.Mason‐phone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 800 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 18 Xavier Mota From:Jeffrey Coulter <jeffreywc@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:27 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Jeffrey ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 801 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 19 Xavier Mota From:Deborah Saron <dcsaron@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:29 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: SUPPORT YOUR RESIDENTS, NOT OUTSIDER AND CORPORATE LANDLORDS. I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Deborah Saron ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 802 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 20 Xavier Mota From:Gabriel Gruen <gabbygruen@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:35 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. G. Gruen ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 803 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 21 Xavier Mota From:David Zelman <david.zelman@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:46 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Please VOTE NO on Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote NO to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I do not support this ordinance because it puts more of the burden of providing housing on the owner and relieves the renter of responsibility. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to weaken the responsibiliƟes of renters. This is indicaƟve of a bigger problem in our society where people are issued rights without commensurate responsibiliƟes. Property rights are the corner stone of a civilized society. A healthy balance of rights and responsibiliƟes between owners and renters will ensure housing providers are incenƟvized to provide it. In Los Angeles and Santa Monica the pendulum has swung too far in the direcƟon of the renter. Please VOTE NO to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribe heald in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 804 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Santa Monica Forward <santamonicaforward@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:45 AM To:Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems Subject:SM Forward Support Letter - Item 10B -- Attachments:SM Forward Letter - Item 10B - Strengthening Renter Protections.pdf EXTERNAL Dear Mayor Brock, Mayor Pro Tempore Negrete, and Councilmembers, Please find attached a letter from Santa Monica Forward in strong support of the tenant protections proposed in Item 10-B on your agenda. Best, Brad Ewing and Carl Hansen Co-Chairs, Santa Monica Forward -- We are working for a diverse, progressive, sustainable and equitable Santa Monica. SantaMonicaForward.org ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 805 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) January 22, 2024 Subject: Item 10B - Strengthening Renter Protections Dear Mayor Brock, Vice Mayor Negrete and City Councilmembers, We are writing in strong support of strengthening the city’s renter protections. These measures would safeguard tenants against unjust evictions, which are a direct cause of homelessness that exacerbate the broader housing crisis. Council should follow the recommendation outlined in the staff report to place charter amendments on the November 2024 ballot. Santa Monica has long been a national leader on renters’ rights, let’s continue to carry the torch! Thank you, Bradley Ewing and Carl Hansen Co-Chairs, Santa Monica Forward ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 806 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Natalya Zernitskaya <nzernitskaya@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:00 AM To:councilmtgitems Cc:Phil Brock; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Christine Parra; Oscar de la Torre; Gleam Davis; David White; doug.sloan@santamonica.gov Subject:1/23/24 CC Agenda Item 10B- Strong Support EXTERNAL January 23, 2024 Re: City Council Agenda Item 10.B Dear Mayor Brock, Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, and City Councilmembers, I urge you to adopt the staff recommendations for Item 10B on this evening’s agenda. Santa Monica has historically been a leader and has served as an example to other cities on how to protect renters. The overwhelming majority of Santa Monica residents are renters (approximately ~70%) and although we are a relatively wealthy city, we have always strived to ensure that we can be a city where all are welcome. According to the most recently available census data (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/santamonicacitycalifornia/PST045223), our city’s median household income for 2018-2022 was $106,797 and the median per capita income for the same time period was $86,888. And yet, according to the 2022 American Community Survey, 11.6% of our community members are living in poverty. While we as a city have limitations as to how we can address the institutional causes of poverty, that has never stopped us from trying to do our part. We have the Preserving Our Diversity Program (POD) which helps provide funds to residents at risk of displacement if they meet certain criteria, inclusionary zoning that requires a certain percentage of new homes built in our city limits to be deed restricted to be affordable to people making below the annual median income, we made history in 1979 with the passage of Rent Control, we were the 2nd city in California to adopt “source of income” as a protected classification to prohibit source of income discrimination covering housing vouchers, and we’ve even passed a ballot measure many years ago that effectively allows us to bypass the California Constitution’s Article 34, a fundamentally racist relic of the past that is still harming other California communities by requiring voter approval of “low rent housing” development. I share all of this background about Santa Monica’s successes to make the point that we can and we must continue to innovate to protect the most vulnerable members of our community. Staff’s recommendations to amend the City’s Tenant Protection Code, Housing Anti-Discrimination Code, Tenant Harassment Code, and Tenant Buyout Agreements Code will help protect our City’s renters and will help fill in some of the gaps in current tenant protections where folks have fallen through the cracks. Please adopt all of the recommendations from staff to amend the items that can be amended by ordinance. Additionally, as there are certain types of protections that are governed by our City Charter, I urge you to please direct staff to draft a Resolution to amend the City Charter related to tenant protections, including, but not limited to amendments to Chapters 18 and 23 of the City Charter, which govern just causes for eviction from rent controlled and non-rent-controlled units respectively. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 807 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Our city’s future is dependent upon protecting our residents from displacement, discrimination, and harassment, and you as the City Council have an incredible opportunity to show that we “walk the talk” on these issues by passing this ordinance and exploring how we can continue expanding tenant protections through other means. Thank you for your leadership on this vital issue. Sincerely, Natalya Zernitskaya Santa Monica Renter, Pico Neighborhood Natalya Zernitskaya (she/her) nzernitskaya@gmail.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 808 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Donna Cashell <dnajn99@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:08 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 809 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Gene Ivery <muchogene@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:13 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. German Izquierdo ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 810 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Clifford Burton <nimaste@verizon.net> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:19 AM To:Phil Brock Subject:* * * * Renter Protections* * * * Attachments:Red Seashore at Dusk.jpg EXTERNAL Dear Council Members: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you! Cordially, C. Burton 47 Year Sta. Monica Resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 811 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Doug McCoy <dmccoy6525@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:27 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 812 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:Anastasia Foster <arfoster888@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:27 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:10B EXTERNAL Mayor Brock, Vice‐Mayor Negrete and Councilmembers: I urge you to conƟnue the great work our city has done to protect renters and vote yes on 10b. The Rent Board has weighed in on this proposal, and we hearƟly approve of all of its provisions. Thank you for your service, Anastasia Foster > ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 813 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:Ellis Raskin <ellis.raskin@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:32 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Agenda Item 10-B: Support EXTERNAL Dear Hon. Councilmembers, I am writing to urge you to support item 10‐B on tonight’s agenda. This item will advance critically‐needed protections for our city’s most vulnerable residents. Please do the right thing and vote “yes” on this item. Best, Ellis Raskin ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 814 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Austin Prince <austinhprince@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:32 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you, AusƟn Prince ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 815 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Kay Ambriz <kay.ambriz.ca@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:40 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Agenda Item 10-B EXTERNAL Dear Mayor Brock and Members of the City Council: I am writing to urge you to support Item 10‐B on tonight’s agenda. We need to do everything in our power to protect residents who are being harassed or displaced due to uninhabitable conditions, unreasonable rents, or other similar issues. Please vote yes on this proposed resolution to protect our city’s renters. Best, Kay Ambriz ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 816 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 6 Xavier Mota From:Carol Robinson <carolrobinson35@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 11:46 AM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Best, Carol Robinson Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 817 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 7 Xavier Mota From:Genise Schnitman <immensefrogs@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:00 PM To:Phil Brock; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Cc:SMRR Subject:Item 10-B -- STRONG SUPPORT EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: As befits a City with over four decades of progressive leadership centered on protecƟng its residents, about seventy percent of whom are renters. Santa Monica enters 2024 with an array of policy adjustments available to City Council to strengthen tenant protecƟons and expand them by adding measures to address gaps that have been found in our exisƟng codes. Staff is presenƟng recommendaƟons to amend the City’s Tenant ProtecƟon Code, Tenant Harassment Code, Housing AnƟ‐DiscriminaƟon Code, and Tenant Buyout Agreements Code in Item 10‐B on tonight's agenda, and I urge you to vote yes on all of those that can be adopted by ordinance. Further, please direct staff to draŌ a resoluƟon that would place an iniƟaƟve on the November 2024 ballot to amend the City Charter to amend the types of tenant‐protecƟve policies governed by the City Charter, as described in the Staff Report for this item, in parƟcular those concerning just‐cause evicƟon protecƟons for tenants in rent‐controlled units and non‐controlled units alike, and also including the others outlined in the Staff Report, among them, protecƟons enhancing relocaƟon assistance; adding language as to behaviors that consƟtute harassment and increasing the maximum penalty for violaƟons; and beefing up oversight and enforcement of buy‐out agreements. We renters — that is to say, the majority of Santa Monicans — count on the vigilant aƩenƟon of our elected City Council to ensure housing security for ourselves and out neighbors, and count on you tonight to pass this urgently needed item. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 818 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 1 Xavier Mota From:Maralee G <maraleegrant@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:28 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: Please vote yes on 10‐B I now live in a well managed apt building now. Wonderful owners; if this company sells we might return to the horrors of previous owners. Four previous owners allowed my 40 year old carpet to rot ; do all fixing by myself; confirmed to me "You are a long term tenant so you must pain put in new carpet fix your own clogged drains; The only maintenance was what the city forced previous owners to do I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Maralee Grantham 310 570 6100 Maraleegrant@gmail.com 937 3rd street apt 302 Santa Monica, CA 90403 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 819 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2 Xavier Mota From:tabata749@verizon.net Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:37 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 820 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 3 Xavier Mota From:MARIE FRANKEL <marfrann@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 1:03 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPad ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 821 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 4 Xavier Mota From:Renee Gordon <rbgladybug@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 1:07 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 822 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 5 Xavier Mota From:Shawn Marchetti <shawn.marchetti@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 1:55 PM To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am wriƟng to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10‐B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adopƟon of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must conƟnue to be second to none in renter protecƟons, and at a minimum should enact the new protecƟons that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10‐B. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 823 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) From:Pamela Bellew To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote Yes adopt Item 10-B Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 5:23:16 PM EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. 25+ year resident Pamela Bellew 2nd/Montana Pamela Bellew pambellew@gmail.com ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 824 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) From:Cara Garfield To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 3:18:23 PM EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Thank you! Cara Garfield Santa Monica Resident ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 825 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) From:Claudia Dikinis To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 3:43:17 PM EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. Thank you for reading my letter. Sincerely, Claudia Dikinis 310-260-2219 Santa Monica resident for 47 years ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 826 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) From:Krysia Lynch To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 4:41:43 PM EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 827 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) From:Michael Edwin To:Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Oscar de la Torre; Lana Negrete; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; councilmtgitems; info@smrr.org Subject:Vote YES to ADOPT THE EXPANSION of Renter Protections! Date:Tuesday, January 23, 2024 3:07:00 PM EXTERNAL Dear Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to vote YES to formally adopt Item 10-B. I support this ordinance because it gives renters more power to protect their tenancies, their finances, and their future. Since the adoption of Rent Control in 1979, Santa Monica has worked hard to protect our renter residents against displacement. Santa Monica must continue to be second to none in renter protections, and at a minimum should enact the new protections that the City and County of Los Angeles have recently adopted. Please VOTE YES to FORMALLY ADOPT the EXPANSION OF RENTER PROTECTIONS ORDINANCE as fully prescribed in Item 10-B. Thank you. michael edwin Noll ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 ITEM 10.B. January 23, 2024 10.B.e Packet Pg. 828 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) 2024 Tenant Protection Ordinance 10.B.f Packet Pg. 829 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) OVERVIEW Amendments to Tenant Relocation Code 10.B.f Packet Pg. 830 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Permanent Relocation for Economic Displacement SMMC 4.36.020(a)(5) Permanent relocation fee required if tenant chooses to move within 120 days of notice to increase rent by more than CPI+5% or 10% (whichever is less) Would impact tenants in units not covered by rent control or Tenant Protection Act, including units built less than 15 years ago and single-family homes and condos owned by individuals 10.B.f Packet Pg. 831 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Permanent Relocation for Other Reasons SMMC 4.36.010(a)(6)-(8) Permanent relocation fee required in other constructive eviction situations Tenant chooses to leave after temporary relocation of at least 6 months Determination tenant was compelled to vacate because of harassment or illegal lockout Determination that unit is not habitable and cannot be made habitable Tenant chooses to leave unit that is not permitted and cannot or will not be permitted for residential use 10.B.f Packet Pg. 832 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) OVERVIEW Amendments to Buyout Offers and Agreements Code 10.B.f Packet Pg. 833 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Expansion of Buyout Code to Non-Rent Controlled Units SMMC 4.57 Move the buyout agreements code from the tenant harassment code (SMMC 4.56.050) to its own chapter Expand the code to apply to all units subject to either rent control or local just cause (Charter Article XXIII). As of 2020, many tenants with just cause protections under Article XXIII also have rent increase protections under the Tenant Protection Act 10.B.f Packet Pg. 834 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Minimum Buyout Amount Requirement and Defense for Non-Registration SMMC 4.57.020(b)(7), (c)(3) Buyout agreements must be for at least the permanent relocation fee amount SMMC 4.57.020(e) Landlord’s failure to file an agreement may be raised as an affirmative defense to eviction 10.B.f Packet Pg. 835 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) New Disclosure Language SMMC 4.57.020(b)(7), (8) Written disclosure form must include new statements that: Offering payments to a tenant to vacate more than once in six months after the tenant has notified the landlord in writing that the tenant refuses to enter into buyout agreement or engage in negotiations may constitute bad faith tenant harassment. Tenant is entitled to at least the permanent relocation fee amount and what this amount is. 10.B.f Packet Pg. 836 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) OVERVIEW Amendments to Tenant Protection Code 10.B.f Packet Pg. 837 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Evictions Based on Bad Faith Excessive Rent Increases SMMC 4.27.090 Defense to eviction if the landlord, in bad faith, imposed an excessive rent increase to induce the tenant to vacate through fraud, intimidation, or coercion in circumvention of any law requiring the landlord to have just cause to evict the tenant. Evidence of “bad faith” includes, an excessive increase imposed Within 6 months of an unsuccessful attempt to evict a tenant for cause Within 6 months of lawful complaints to landlord about habitability, safety, harassment, discrimination, or neighbor harassment; In violation of price gouging protections, when those are in effect due to a state of emergency. 10.B.f Packet Pg. 838 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) OVERVIEW Amendments to Tenant Harassment Code 10.B.f Packet Pg. 839 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Prohibited Activities SMMC 4.56.020(a), (k), (m), (n), Add as harassment, when done in bad faith: Self-help eviction Refusal to accept rent Excessive or unlawful rent increase Retaliation SMMC 4.56.020(f) Adds examples of unlawful intimidation and coercion: Buyout offers within 6 months of tenant saying in writing not interested Refusal to cooperate with request to replace lawful occupant who no longer lives in the unit with subtenant as allowed by law 10.B.f Packet Pg. 840 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Potential Penalties SMMC 4.56.040(c) Increases maximum potential civil penalty from $10,000 per violation to $20,000 per violation 10.B.f Packet Pg. 841 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) OVERVIEW Amendments to Housing Discrimination Code 10.B.f Packet Pg. 842 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Housing Status as a Protected Classification SMMC 4.28.030(a), (b), (c) Prohibits discrimination on the basis of “housing status” Refusing to rent, denying access to common areas, evicting, or otherwise withholding a rental unit on the basis of housing status Representing that a housing accommodation is not available to a person on the basis of housing status Making any statements that indicate a preference or limitation with respect to housing status 10.B.f Packet Pg. 843 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Housing Status Defined SMMC 4.28.030(l) Defines “Housing status” to mean: Currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, Currently or formerly living in transitional, temporary, or shelter housing, or Lacking a residential rental housing history. If an applicant for housing accommodation lacks a rental history or landlord references, the landlord must offer the option, at the applicant’s discretion, of providing lawful verifiable alternative evidence that the applicant will be a reliable tenant, including but not limited to personal references. If the applicant elects to provide such evidence, the landlord shall provide the applicant a reasonable period of time to do so and shall consider the evidence in determining whether to offer the housing accommodation to the applicant. 10.B.f Packet Pg. 844 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Section 8 Discrimination SMMC 4.28.030(i) Unlawful “refusal to accept” a housing voucher includes refusing to make repairs required by the Housing Authority after Housing Quality Standards inspection unless the landlord demonstrates it would be economically infeasible to do so. 10.B.f Packet Pg. 845 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) OVERVIEW Charter Amendments 10.B.f Packet Pg. 846 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Evictions for Small Rental Debts Consider resolution to place on November 2024 ballot amendments to City Charter Section 1806 and 2304 to prohibit evictions for non-payment of rent for less than 150% Fair Market Rent for an equivalent sized unit. Efficiency One-Bedroom Two -Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four-Bedroom Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale Metro Area Fair Market Rent $1,777 $2,006 $2,544 $3,263 $3,600 150% of LA-Long Beach-Glendale Metro Area Fair Market Rents $2,666 $3009 $3,816 $4,895 $5,400 10.B.f Packet Pg. 847 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading) Evictions for Tenants Performing Unpermitted Work with Landlord’s Authorization Consider resolution to place on the November 2024 ballot amendments to Charter Sections 1806 and 2304 to prohibit evictions based on breach of lease, nuisance, or illegal use if: the basis for the eviction is that the tenant made physical alterations without a permit, the tenant had the landlord’s consent to make the alteration or it was allowed by lease, and tenant is unable to obtain a permit due to the landlord’s lack of cooperation; the basis for the eviction is that the landlord received a notice of violation or citation for the unpermitted alteration but did not provide the tenant with a copy of the notice or citation; and the basis for the eviction is that the landlord received a notice of violation or citation, the tenant is not able to appeal the notice or citation, seek a variance, or obtain a permit to legalize the work, and the tenant requested the landlord do one of the foregoing but the landlord refused. 10.B.f Packet Pg. 848 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (6115 : Tenant Protection Ordinance-First Reading)