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RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee | 2019-02-04 | 2 | Approved Minutes February 4, 2019 7-A. Discussion of memo from CAO to RRAC Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah asked staff how they present the Rent Stabilization Program's policy on confidentiality to RRAC participants. Staff replied that participants are informed that their submissions become public record. Chair Murray raised concerns about how Committee members would address and communicate with participants if certain information, such as tenants' names, were redacted, and whether the landlords' information should also be redacted. Member Chiu voiced a concern that Committee members would be unable to disclose conflicts of interest if they weren't informed of participants' names. Vice Chair Sullivan-Cheah noted that the confidentiality rules proposed in the memo would make it difficult for the Committee to refer back to prior cases in future meetings, as is sometimes desirable. Staff informed the Committee that staff would take the concerns discussed back to the CAO for further consideration. The Committee tabled further consideration of the confidentiality memo to a future RRAC meeting. 7-B. Case 1198 - 434 Central Ave., Apt. 301 Tenants: Tristen Schmidt and Thomas Waters Landlords: Mayra Mizrachi, Chief Operating Officer; Juan Velazquez, Regional Manager; Veronica Rodriguez, Community Manager Proposed rent increase: $107.50 (5.0%), to a total rent of $2,260.00, effective January 1, 2019 Ms. Mizrachi began by asking whether both of the tenants present were lawful occupants as only Mr. Waters was on the lease. Mr. Waters replied that Ms. Schmidt was his wife. Ms. Schmidt added that they had lived together in the unit since March 2015. She said that previous landlords knew them by name and felt it said a lot about the current landlords that they did not even know that she lived in the apartment. Ms. Schmidt stated that she was a victim of fraud in late 2018 which had caused several financial hardships for them and made it hard for her and Mr. Waters to pay December's rent, although they did pay it. She said they had to borrow money and ask for advances to cover it, even though they did not have hot water for a period of time, and the elevator was often not operable. She said that they had lived in Alameda for 22 years. Mr. Waters stated that although he was retired, he still had to work part-time to be able to afford general living and medical expenses. He said that his income did not | RentReviewAdvisoryCommittee/2019-02-04.pdf |