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At the request of the City Council, Pasadena Housing Providers made a presentation to the Pasadena Rental Housing Board on Wednesday, June 26. We were supported by many of you, who took the time to write in, dial in, or speak in person.
However, the Rental Board chose to indefinitely postpone even reviewing our proposals, which means there would be no further opportunity to change these unfair rules until the next Charter Review process which will take at least two years. The only authority that can overrule this process is the City Council itself.
As many of you know, our industry is under attack both locally and at State level. Tenant activists in Pasadena have already said they want to cancel rent, and the Chair of the Rental Board wants to take our property into public ownership.
Following the activist Rental Board’s refusal to treat our proposals seriously, please e-mail and call the council members below before the next City Council meeting on July 8. Please consider calling and e-mailing every few days. Unlike the activists, we always want to be polite and respectful.
Our requests are simple and reasonable:
- Exempt all Single Family Homes, Condos and Co-Opts, and small time providers with buildings of 4 or fewer units. Specifically protecting all separately alienable properties, and those with specifically permitted ADU's. We simply cannot afford $37,000 relocation fees to move into our own property.
- Adjust the structure of the PRHB to specifically include multi-family landlords. This will add to the depth of knowledge and experience on the Board and reduce the risk of legal challenges to its decisions.
- Similar to Oakland and Santa Monica, split the rental registry fee between tenants and landlords. There is currently no incentive for the Rent Board to keep the fee at a reasonable level, there is no skin in the game for the tenants who benefit from Measure H and zero incentive to encourage cost efficient spending by the board.
- We ask the City Council to prohibit a further expansion of rent control should Costa Hawkins be repealed by protecting separately alienable properties.
Pasadena Housing Providers will continue to keep you informed about this attack on your rights by the unelected and unaccountable Rental Board. We’ll also keep you up-to-date on the November statewide ballot measures that threaten your business.
Please do all you can to make the case to the City Council through the email and phone links below.
Thank you,
Pasadena Housing Providers
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS!
www.PasadenaHousingProviders.com
Paid for by Pasadena Housing Providers ID# 1464386
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