Press Release
Contact: Debbie Potter
Community Development Director
(510) 747-6899
Council to Discuss Rent Review Process at January 5, 2016 Meeting
The Alameda City Council will be discussing rent stabilization and other tenant protections at its meeting on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. The meeting will be held at Kofman Auditorium, a large venue located at 2200 Central Ave., Alameda, which is a larger venue to ensure seating is available for everyone wishing to attend. The doors will open at 5:00 p.m. and speaker slips will be available at that time and the regular meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. There will be a City Council closed session at 5:30 p.m. While the rent review process is the primary agenda item, this is a regular City Council meeting with other business to address as well. The agenda and staff report are available at www.alamedaca.gov/agendas. Due to the revised location, the meeting will not be broadcast live on television, but will be web-streamed live and can be viewed at www.alamedaca.gov/live-webcast-city-meetings. There is no food or drink allowed in Kofman Auditorium so please plan accordingly.
The City Council will be presented with a range of options it could pursue to provide enhanced tenant protections. These include a combination of review of rent increases, limiting the grounds for evictions, requiring relocation assistance for certain evictions, and rent stabilization for certain rental units. Council will also review an urgency ordinance to extend for an additional 60 days, the existing moratorium on rent increases for certain rental properties and evictions from all rental properties except for just cause.
This is an important issue for the Alameda community and residents are encouraged to attend and participate respectfully. An alternating speaker slip system will be implemented to ensure everyone has equal access and time to speak.
