Monday, August 5, 2024 ANNOTATED AGENDA Page 1
AN N O T AT E D AG E N D A
S P E CI AL M E E T I NG O F THE
B E R K E LE Y CI T Y C O U N CIL
Monday, August 5, 2024
6:00 PM
SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ROOM - 1231 ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA 94702 TELECONFERENCE LOCATION - İSKELE, 48. SK. NO:12, 48900 DATÇA/MUĞLA, TURKEY
JESSE ARREGUIN, MAYOR
Councilmembers:
DISTRICT 1 – RASHI KESARWANI DISTRICT 5 – SOPHIE HAHN
DISTRICT 2 – TERRY TAPLIN DISTRICT 6 – SUSAN WENGRAF
DISTRICT 3 – BEN BARTLETT DISTRICT 7 – CECILIA LUNAPARRA DISTRICT 4 – IGOR TREGUB DISTRICT 8 – MARK HUMBERT
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Preliminary Matters
Roll Call: 6:11 p.m.
Present: Bartlett, Tregub, Hahn, Lunaparra, Humbert, Arreguin
Absent: Kesarwani, Taplin, Wengraf
Councilmember Kesarwani present at 6:17 p.m.
Action Calendar
1a. Placing the Berkeley Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act on the November 5, 2024 Ballot (Continued from July 30, 2024) (Item contains revised material)
From: Councilmember Lunaparra (Author)
Recommendation:
1. Adopt a Resolution submitting the Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act to a vote of the people at the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election.
2. Designate, by motion, specific members of the Council to file ballot measure arguments on this measure as provided for in Elections Code Section 9282.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Cecilia Lunaparra, Councilmember, District 7, (510) 981-7170 Action: See action in Item 1b.
Action Calendar
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1b. Placing the Berkeley Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act and Funding for Housing Retention on the November 5, 2024 Ballot
From: Mayor Arreguin (Author), Councilmember Hahn (Author) Recommendation:
1. Adopt a Resolution submitting the Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act as amended by Council and including a reservation of funding for Housing Retention to a vote of the people at the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election.
2. Designate, by motion, specific members of the Council to file ballot measure arguments on this measure as provided for in Elections Code Section 9282.
Financial Implications: See report
Contact: Jesse Arreguin, Mayor, (510) 981-7100, Sophie Hahn, Councilmember, District 5, (510) 981-7150
Recess 9:13 p.m. – 9:33 p.m.
Action: M/S/Carried (Humbert/Kesarwani) to amend the main motion to change the cap in Section 13.76.110.A. from 3% to 5%.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Tregub, Hahn, Humbert, Arreguin; Noes – Bartlett, Lunaparra; Abstain – None; Absent – Taplin, Wengraf.
Action: M/S/Failed (Humbert/Kesarwani) to amend the main motion to change the provisions for the 3-day notice to one month of the most recent lawful periodic rent in Section 13.76.130.A.1.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Hahn, Humbert; Noes – Bartlett, Tregub, Lunaparra; Abstain – Arreguin; Absent – Taplin, Wengraf.
Action: 95 speakers. M/S/Carried (Arreguin/Lunaparra) to:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 71,484–N.S. to approve Item 1b. adopting a resolution submitting the Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act as amended by Council and including a reservation of funding for Housing Retention to a vote of the people at the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election. Further amendments in the text of the measure accepted for Section 13.76.050.B.3 to add language originally proposed in Councilmember Lunaparra’s version, for Section 13.76.100.E. regarding Utilities, and for Section 13.76.110.A regarding the rent increase cap. Council directs the City Clerk and City Attorney to make non-substantive corrections to the text and the ballot question as needed.
2. Designated Mayor Arreguin, Councilmember Lunaparra, and Councilmember Tregub file ballot measure arguments on this measure as provided for in Elections Code Section 9282.
Vote: Ayes – Bartlett, Tregub, Hahn, Lunaparra, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – Kesarwani, Humbert; Absent – Taplin, Wengraf.
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Adjournment
Action: M/S/C (Arreguin/Hahn) to adjourn the meeting.
Vote: Ayes – Kesarwani, Bartlett, Tregub, Hahn, Lunaparra, Humbert, Arreguin; Noes – None; Abstain – None; Absent – Taplin, Wengraf.
Adjourned at 10:29 p.m.
Communications
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 1
• None
Supplemental Communications and Reports 2
Item #1a: Placing the Berkeley Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act on the November 5, 2024 Ballot (Continued from July 30, 2024) (Item contains revised material) Item #1b: Placing the Berkeley Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act and Funding for Housing Retention on the November 5, 2024 Ballot
1. Peter Fisher
2. Stephanie McCoy
3. Peg Bogle
4. Alfred Twu
5. Jeanne Clinton
6. Diana Bohn
7. Bryce Nesbitt
8. Karl Knobler
9. Katherine Wolf
10. Yuko Fukami
11. Adelaide Jenkins
12. Bernard Marszalek
13. Russ Greene
14. Cece Littlepage
15. Fran Haselsteiner
16. Lynn Sherrell (4)
17. Elizabeth Snowden and Charles P. Smith
18. Mykael Moss (2)
19. John Lopez
20. Sylvia
21. Charles Benton
22. John J. Parman
23. Nicholas Lavrov
24. Molly Miller
25. Gail Martin
26. Ann Hoyer
27. Marguerite Talley
28. Paula Morgan
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29. Gael Alcock
30. Ira Serkes
31. Fredda Cassidy
32. Kathleen Castillo
33. Gary E. Davis
34. Scott and Katie Hambly (2)
35. Deborah Machta
36. David Keith
37. Andrea Yankowski
38. Jo Ann Driscoll
39. Jean Sanchirico
40. Gale Garcia
41. Leanne Kurtz
42. Vincent Casalaina
43. Jennifer Johnston
44. Jim and Clarence
45. Laura Bixby
46. Scott Page
47. Roger Hallsten
48. Patrick Kehoe
49. Michael O’Heaney
50. Nancy Schimmel
51. 6 Similarly worded form letters
52. 65 Similarly worded form letters
Supplemental Communications and Reports 3
Item #1a: Placing the Berkeley Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act on the November 5, 2024 Ballot (Continued from July 30, 2024) (Item contains revised material) Item #1b: Placing the Berkeley Tenant Protection and Right to Organize Act and Funding for Housing Retention on the November 5, 2024 Ballot
53. Phoebe Thomas Sorgen
54. Jeanne Schuman
55. Hope DeMarco (2)
56. Rinaldo Pelegrino
57. Dan Lieberman
58. Betsy Morris
59. Raul Delarosa
60. Max Smith
61. Celia Karian
62. Elizabeth Kowal
63. Julieta Pisani McCarthy
64. Juliana Whitten
65. Steve Tracy
66. Anida Weyl
67. Alice Green
68. Dan McDunn (5)
69. Andrew Jeffries and Ellen McDonald
70. Virginia Browning
71. Jeannie Llewellyn
72. Brie Johnson Fulton
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73. Kathy Snowden
74. Sam Smith
75. Geoff Lomax
76. Paula Aiello (2)
77. Joel Millar
78. Eugene Turitz
79. Chirag Patel
80. Deirdre Nurre
81. 19 Similarly worded form letters
82. Bryce Nesbitt
Miscellaneous Communications
83. Eid