pages: CityCouncil/2016-02-02.pdf, 27
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CityCouncil | 2016-02-02 | 27 | Mayor Spencer stated Council was told in rent controlled city, when evicting for no cause rent cannot increase for the next tenant, per the Civil Code section. The Assistant City Attorney responded that the Council has the discretion to set the 5% cap. Mayor Spencer inquired what the Code section refers to. The Assistant City Attorney responded it refers to a different issue. Mayor Spencer stated it is not about evicting someone and then raising the rent as much as a landlord wants for a no cause eviction. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated both sides of the issue have to be addressed; she supports allowing no cause evictions and agrees to the 5% cap. Councilmember Oddie stated that he agrees with the 5% cap. Mayor Spencer stated that she agrees with the 5% cap. The Community Development Director requested direction from Council on the cap for the number of allowable no cause evictions. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired why the City would allow property owners to evict all tenants without a CIP. The Community Development Director responded the City is trying to prevent doing so; stated direction on a cap is needed; if a landlord needs to do substantial rehabilitation, they would need to go through the CIP process. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired whether the cap is to prevent a housing provider from doing a mass no cause eviction, to which the Community Development Director responded in the affirmative; stated staff is recommending 25% for buildings with 5 or more units and buildings with 4 or fewer units, could do 1 no cause eviction a year. Mayor Spencer stated that she agrees with staff recommendation. Councilmember Daysog inquired if this was a tool to prevent Harbor Island from happening again, to which the Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Vice Mayor Matarrese stated he would support the recommendation for buildings with 10 or 20 more units; the City has not had a problem with the smaller buildings. Mayor Spencer inquired whether Vice Mayor Matarrese is okay with mass evictions for Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 26 February 2, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-02-02.pdf |