RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA,
CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR THE FILING OF WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS RELATED TO A CHARTER AMENDMENT INITIATIVE
PETITION MEASURE TO IMPOSE RENT CONTROL, CREATE A
RENTAL HOUSING BOARD, AND SET CRITERIA FOR JUST CAUSE
EVICTIONS ("CHARTER AMENDMENT RENT CONTROL MEASURE"),
AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL
ANALYSIS OF THE MEASURE
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Pasadena, ("City") to be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the voters of said City a local ballot measure in substantially the following form:
Pasadena Charter Amendment Initiative Petition Measure
Imposing Rent Control
Shall an amendment to the Pasadena City Charter limiting rent adjustments in the City of Pasadena annually to 75% of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for multifamily rental units built before February 1, 1995; prohibiting evictions from rental units, except for just cause based on 11 specified criteria; and creating an independent Rental Housing Board appointed by the City Council to oversee and adopt rules and regulations, be adopted?
YES
NO
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Pasadena ("City Council") does resolve, declare, determine, and order as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9282, the proponents who filed the initiative petition may file a written argument in favor of the ballot measure. Arguments submitted in favor of or against the measure shall not exceed 300 words, in accordance with Elections Code, Sections 9280 et seq., and may be changed until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk in consideration of the deadline set by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, August 19, 2022, by 5:30 p.m., after which no arguments in favor or against the measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
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SECTION 2. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9280, the City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall cause to be prepared an impartial analysis of the measure showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure. The impartial analyses shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk for the filing of primary arguments, August 19, 2022.
Adopted at the regular meeting of the City Council on the 8th day of August, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mark Jomsky, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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)ion O'Connell
Deputy City Attorney
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