Half Moon Bay City Council Study Session Pursues Residential Rental Controls ~ Tackling Sub-Tenancy Issues is “Pushing the Envelope”

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VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday, March, 19th, 2024 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.  Agenda, Staff Report and Attachments for item 3C.

At 2:12:42 Assistant City Manager, John Doughty, reports on sub-tenancy.

 

 

AgendaStaff Recommendation: Receive a staff presentation, take public comment, and provide
direction to staff regarding: 1) the draft new Chapter 6.06 titled “Residential Rental
Stabilization”; 2) the draft new Chapter 6.08 titled “Tenant Protections”; 3) amending
Chapter 6.02 titled “Housing Definitions” to incorporate new defined terms from draft
Chapter 6.06 and 6.08; and 4) affirm commitment to proceed with the adoption of a rent
stabilization/control ordinance and enhanced tenant protections ordinance.

 

Staff Report.

The purpose of this Chapter is to adopt regulations establishing a rent stabilization/control
program that governs the annual maximum rent adjustments that a landlords may seek.

 

The state’s Costa-Hawkins Act allows the City to limit annual rent adjustments on rental units (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and multi-family) built before 1995.

As previously discussed, the City cannot limit rent adjustments on single detached or attached family homes, or rental units built after 1995.

 

Table 1 is illustrative of these limitations.

 

At 2:34:36 Assistant City Manager, John Doughty reports: 1,600 to 1,800 total rental units total. Per Coasta-Hawkins only 350-400 units will be affected.

 


 

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  1. Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, District 3, 2024 Election

  2. Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback, District 2, 2024 Election

  3. Councilmember Robert Brownstone, District 1, 2026 Election

  4. Councilmember Deborah Penrose, District 5, 2026 Election

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From left to right 2024 Half Moon Bay Councilmembers: Robert Brownstone, Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback, Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, Deborah Penrose and Debbie Ruddock.

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