Submittal — Alameda City Council, May 11, 2023

April 30, 2023
Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft
City Council Members
City Hall
2263 Santa Clara Avenue
Council Chambers
3rd Floor,
Alameda, CA 94501
Dear Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice-Mayor Tony Daysong, Councilmembers Tracy Jensen, Trish Herrera Spencer, and Malia Vella.

This email is a follow-up to the email forwarded to you on April 6, 2023. Attached, please find 191 signatures from the tenants of South Shore Apartments petitioning that a Moratorium be put in place immediately on South Shore Apartments' CIP until a policy can be in place that is equitable for tenants.

Also, we read the Agenda for the May 11 Council meeting for adopting a temporary Moratorium on future CIP applications for properties over 25 units filed on or after April 27, 2023, which excludes South Shore Apts. South Shore apartments should not be excluded from this. It is the largest CIP application the Rent Program has ever received (for $24,412,945.00) and deserves careful consideration, resuming the discussion that began in the July 2022 Council meeting. This will give the Council time to review the many concerns about the South Shore CIP and how it impacts all renters, especially those long-term renters and those who are on strict incomes.

Thank you for your time and the careful review of the capital improvement plans that are currently being written by the Alameda Rent Board.

Efrem R. Williams
South Shore Tenants Association
From: Efrem Williams <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:51 PM
Subject: Additional Signed Petitions for Moratorium on South Shore's CIP To: <[email protected]>, <daysog @alamedaca.gov», < [email protected].>. -spencer @alamedaca.gov>, <mvella @alamedaca.gov>
Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Dear Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice-Mayor Tony Daysong, Councilmembers Tracy Jensen, Trish Herrera Spencer and Malia Vella.

Attached, please find additional signatures from the tenants of South Shore Apartments petitioning that a Moratorium be put in place immediately on South Shore Apartments' CIP until a policy can be in place that is equitable for tenants. In addition, as a reference to the email forwarded on April 30, 2023, 1 am resending those signatures as well.

Warm Regards,
Efrem R. Williams, Mediator
Manners & Thoughtfulness doesn't cost anything, but they can bring you more benefits than anything you can buy
Character is more important than our talent. If we don't have strong character, we won't go very 15 Petition to Alameda City Council
From Tenants at South Shore Apartments, 934 Shorepoint Court, Alameda, CA 94501 DATE: 7-28-2023
We the undersigned, as tenants of South Shore Apartments, are deeply concerned about the lack of tenant protection in the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) ordinances and the unfair pass-through payments we are facing as part of the South Shore Apartments' CIP.