From: Page LaPenn <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2025 11:52 AM
To: Alvarez, Georgianna
Subject: Re: City is crical to police behavior of short term renters Yes please. Public comment Tuesday February 18th
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> On Feb 13, 2025, at 11:46 AM, Alvarez, Georgianna <[email protected]hueneme.ca.us> wrote:
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> Ms. LaPenn,
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> Thank you for your email, I just wanted to confirm that this was intended for public comment at the February 18, 2025 City Council meeng. Please confirm, thank you.
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> Georgianna N. Alvarez
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> Georgianna Nicole Alvarez, MMC, CPMC |City Clerk City of Port Hueneme > – Admin | 250 N. Ventura Road | Port Hueneme, CA 93041 > 📞 805-986-6503 |📧[email protected] │
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> From: Page LaPenn <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2025 11:25 AM
> To: LaPenn Page <[email protected]>; City Clerk
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> Subject: City is crical to police behavior of short term renters >
> I frequently stay in airbnbs and I am very careful to make sure that I don’t cause problems for neighbors because usually I have to pay a deposit which will only be returned to me if I am a considerate renter.
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> The city is in a much beer posion to hold owners accountable for > the behavior of renters. HOAs are required by the Davis sterling act > to warn owners and allow me to remedy. Even then , if the HOA fines > an owner, they have a right to appeal and the me and paperwork is a > burden to the HOA and lile deterrent to a careless owner >
> Owners who do short term rentals have monezed our community. They extract high nightly rents and their guests can extract a huge toll on our communies.
There is an Airbnb below me. 80% of the me there is no problem but without a city ordinance we have no recourse when there is a problem. >
> One me 8 college students rented a 2 bedroom unit below me. They took turns locking each other out which resulted in a lot of yelling and banging on doors.
Then at 2:00 in morning when the bars closed more yelling and banging. Another me someone rented a unit and then invited 30 people to party at our clubhouse.
Children with huge squirt guns were le unaended in the pool and drenched our pool table. The STR owners made money and the other residents had to put up with the sleepless nights and destrucon of communal property. But I find the dread I feel every me someone arrives to be the worst.
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> I have no way to solve the problem
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> Call the police some have advised. I was told the police do not respond to noise complaints on private property. As a tax payer I wouldn’t want the police to spend me talking to drunk 20 somethings at 2:00 in the morning. >
> Call the owner? I don’t have their number.
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> The ordinances passed by other coastal communies solve this problem by requiring that owners register with the city and post a 24x7 number to call if there is a problem. Also neighbors can file a complaint with the city and the city can issue a citaon with far less bureaucracy than HOAs. If an owner tries to do short term rentals without registering with the city, I would not have problem reporng them to city enforcement. They are profing from our community and need to pay for some of the expense.
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> I appreciate the roll the city council plays in keeping Port Hueneme a wonderful place to live. I hope you will move forward to protect our community just as Ventura and Oxnard have done.
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From: Patricia Berberich
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2025 2:07 PM
To: Alvarez, Georgianna
Subject: Re: Short term rentals
Hello Georgianna,
Thank you for the correction. Yes, my comments are intended for the February 18 meeting.I didn't see any instructions on the meeting agenda.
Pat Berberich
On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM Alvarez, Georgianna <[email protected]> wrote:
Good afternoon,
Please clarify, is this intended for public comment at the February 18, 2025, City Council meeting?
For future reference, to submit a public comment please view the meeting agenda available on the City website at https://porthuenemeca.suiteonemedia.com/ for instructions as they sometimes change. For reference, I have include the public comment language below for the meeting of February 18, 2025.
Public comments may be submitted in person or in writing.
In-Person: Complete a speaker request card located at the entrance of the Council Chamber and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. Public Comment is limited to 3 minutes per speaker, unless for good cause, the Mayor amends the time limit. A speaker’s time may not be transferred to another speaker.
Written: All written public comments shall be no more than 500 words and are subject to the Public Records Act. Written comments should be submitted to the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the City Council meeting by email or directly to the City Clerk’s Office. Email [email protected] and enter “City Council Public Comment” in the Subject line (and agenda item number if applicable). Mail or drop off written comments to the City Clerk’s Office located at 250 N. Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, CA 93041. Please clearly mark envelope with “Public Comment and meeting date”.
Thank you,
Georgianna N. Alvarez
Georgianna Nicole Alvarez, MMC, CPMC |City Clerk
City of Port Hueneme – Admin | 250 N. Ventura Road | Port Hueneme, CA 93041 📞 805-986-6503 | 📧[email protected] │ www.cityofporthueneme.org City Hall is open Monday – Thursday 8am – 5pm and alternang Fridays Click here to view City Calendar
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From: Patricia Berberich <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2025 1:56 PM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Short term rentals
Hello,
I am writing to encourage the creation of an ordinance for the city of Port Hueneme similar to the one adopted by Oxnard to limit institutional investors and set a cap so we don't have the same problems experienced by other coastal towns. Unrestricted short term rentals can utterly destroy a community.
Thank you.
Pat Berberich
From: Cynthia Weiss
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2025 7:07 AM
To: Alvarez, Georgianna
Subject: SHORT TERM RENTALS
Aachments: Leers to Council - Cuyacos and Malifu for Cynthia.docx Dear Ms Galvarez
I will not be able to attend on February 18th 2025. I would like this to be presented and read to the City
Council, concerning Short Term Rentals
which is on the Agenda. Thank you in advance
for your attention to this important matter.
Cynthia Weiss Beachport Cotteges VP, and HOACollalition member.
Dear Council Members:
I would like to lend my support to the consideration of adopting an ordinance to regulate the proliferation of short-term rentals. I think it is important to maintain the residential nature of Port Hueneme and the unchecked conversion of homes to short-term rentals has proven in other communities that investors who are focused primarily on profit can destroy a community.
An LA Times article by Jack Flemming on 9/25/24 details the effects of Short-term rentals on Cayucos near Morro Bay. Cayucos used to have a year-round population but the rapid purchase of homes by investors has decreased the year round population so that some of the businesses have failed.
A similar article in the Malibu Magazine identified the same trend with a little more data. Based on the 2020 census, the population of Malibu had declined from 12,645 residents to 10,654. The difference was the number of Short Term Rentals. “As more families move out and more LLCs move in” some residents feel like Malibu has lost the feeling of being a community. One resident said he is less likely to run into a neighbor than a property manager, or a bleary eyed teenager looking for an AirBNB that regularly hosts parties.
Malibu City council member Steve Uhrin says the repercussions go beyond community ties. A shrinking population of residents could have a huge impact on the city’s economic future, from shuttering businesses to cuts in government funding.
I hope that the city adopts an ordinance that puts a cap on the number of short-term rentals and also restricts institutional investors. The Oxnard ordinance which was approved by the Coastal Commission has rules which not only cap the percentage of total residences that can be short term rentals but also does not allow for REITs or other speculators to purchase residential homes.
Thank you,
Cynthia Weiss