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occupied by the same renter for 30 or more days, residential units attached to a commercial building, mobile homes and recreational vehicles.
• Creation of a Rent Board whose responsibilities would include ordinance implementation, announcing annual allowable rent increases, and community outreach and education on renter rights.
• Establishment of “Just Cause” requirements which would limit “at-fault” evictions to one of the following: (i) failure to pay rent within three days of receiving written notice from the rental housing provider; (ii) material breach of rental agreement, where the renter has not fixed the issue within ten days of receiving notice from the rental housing provider; (iii) failure to provide rental housing provider reasonable access to the rental unit; (iv) creating a substantial nuisance or using the rental unit for illegal purposes; (v) failure to move out of the rental unit as required by an approved relocation application.
• The proposal would also prohibit “no-fault” tenancy terminations during the school year for households with school-aged children or school staff.
The Association is strongly opposed to any type of rent control. Rent control does not equal affordability and will not result in the creation of a single new rental unit. The severe, proposed annual rent “cap” would make it impossible for rental housing providers to obtain a fair and reasonable return to which they are entitled under the Constitution. Moreover, small business rental housing providers who are providing among the most affordable housing and are already struggling to maintain regular building operations would be forced to sell their property resulting in the loss of limited and much needed affordable housing within the city.
The renters of Bell Gardens are already covered under the State’s comprehensive rent control law, Assembly Bill 1482, which went into effect on January 1, 2020, and
due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related moratoriums has only now begun to be fully implemented. Assembly Bill 1482 provides comprehensive requirements and protections, statewide annual rent increases are already capped inclusive of “just cause” eviction requirements, and relocation fees for no-fault tenancy terminations.
At this time, no proposed ordinance has been drafted or presented to the City Council. It is anticipated that the City will conduct a second workshop in January/February 2022. We encourage members with property in Bell Gardens to engage in these important discussions. We will continue to strongly advocate in representing our members interest on these matters and provide further updates.
Beverly Hills’ Rent Stabilization Commission Continues Discussions on Establishing Local Habitability Standards, Proactive Inspections, and Creation of a Mediation Board
At the December 1st Beverly Hills Rent Stabilization Commission meeting, the Commission continued discussions regarding habitability standards and proactive inspections with a focus on four key questions: (i) whether to establish local Habitability/Maintenance standards, (ii) whether to establish a local Proactive Inspection process, (iii) whether to establish an Administrative Hearing Board, and (iv) whether to restrict annual rent increases for properties with habitability violations.
As background, the City is currently covered by the State’s habitability standards. In addition, the City’s enforcement of such standards is effectuated through a complaint- based inspection process. The City’s Staff report provided information from the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) Annual Call and Complaint Report, which showed that “from July 1, 2020, through June 2021, the RSO staff received 280 calls and processed 30 complaints regarding habitability.” Moreover, of the 30 cases, “23% of the cases were closed with no violations and approximately 63% of the cases were resolved and/or permits obtained with a Means and Method Plan (MMP) submitted to address any impacts to the tenants from doing the required work.” Of the remaining cases, two remain outstanding. A mere
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