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SHHS: ACTION ITEM - Discuss Proposed Changes to the Rent Control and Tenant Protections Ordinances and Review Amendments to CCMC 15.09.200 Rent Control and CCMC 15.09.300 Tenant Protections
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Meeting Date: October 7, 2025
Contact Person/Dept.: Shannon Louis, Housing and Human Services Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-5787
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [] No [X]
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - Housing and Homelessness Subcommittee (10/02/2025)
Department Approval Name, Title Date: Tevis Barnes, Housing and Human Services Director (10/02/2025) _____________________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Council Standing Housing and Homelessness Subcommittee discuss the proposed changes to the Rent Control and Tenant Protections Ordinances (Ordinances) and review amendments to and cleanup of the CCMC 15.09.200 Rent Control and CCMC 15.09.300 Tenant Protections.
BACKGROUND
On September 29, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2020-14 and Ordinance No. 2020-15, which amended CCMC Chapter 15.09 to add two new subchapters establishing permanent residential rent control and tenant protections. The details of these provisions are discussed below.
At its May 24, 2021, meeting, City Council approved an annual registration fee of $167 per residential rental unit, as well as fees for late payment, failure to register, and change in rental property ownership with the initial rent registration fee due July 31, 2021, and every July thereafter.
DISCUSSION
Since the inception of the Rent Control and Tenant Protections Program, staff has been analyzing feedback from the public on the implementation and enforcement of both the Rent Control Ordinance and Tenant Protections Ordinance. In consideration of feedback received and in alignment with the protections extended to tenants by other jurisdictions, staff ...
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