APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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C
ITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
O
AKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
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NTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER KALB
ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 466 (WAHAB),
WHICH WOULD AMEND THE COSTA-HAWKINS RENTAL HOUSING
ACT TO NEWLY ALLOW LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO REGULATE THE
RENTAL RATES FOR (1) DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN
ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY MORE THAN 15
YEARS PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE OWNER SEEKS TO
ESTABLISH A RENTAL RATE; AND (2) ALIENABLE SEPARATE
DWELLING UNITS SUCH AS SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND
INDIVIDUAL SUBDIVIDED CONDOMINIUM DWELLING UNITS
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HEREAS, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, enacted in 1995, places limits on municipal rent control ordinances by prohibiting cities from establishing rent control over single- family dwelling units, condominiums, dwelling units issued a certificate of occupancy after February 1. 1995, and dwelling units that were exempt from rent control pursuant to a local ordinance prior to February 1, 1995; and
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HEREAS, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act has kept cities like Oakland from being able to adequately protect our tenants for far too long; and W
HEREAS, t he City of Oakland and the entire Bay Area are experiencing a severe housing crisis marked by high levels of homelessness and a lack of affordable housing; and W
HEREAS, a ccording to PolicyLink, nearly half of rental households in Oakland are cost-burdened and 59% of households of color are cost-burdened1; and W
HEREAS, existing law, the Costa -Hawkins Rental Housing Act, prescribes statewide limits on the application of local rent control with regard to certain properties; and W
HEREAS, Senate Bill 466 would amend the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act to limit it’s prohibition against rent control to dwelling units that have been issued a certificate of occupancy within the 15 years preceding the date on which the owner seeks to establish a rental 1 h
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rate, and those that are a subdivided interest in a subdivision; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the City of Oakland endorses Senate Bill 466 and urges the California State Legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom to support its enactment into law;
RESOLVED: That the City Council directs the City Administrator or his designee to immediately distribute this Resolution upon its ado ption to Governor Gavin Newsom and State Senator Wahab.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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