Rental Housing Committee
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · January 25, 2024
Minutes
City of Mountain View
Minutes
Rental Housing Committee
Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:00 PM Council Chambers, 500 Castro St., Mountain
View, CA 94041
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present 6 - Member Alex Brown, Alternate Mark Balch, Member Robert Cox, Member Kevin Ma, Vice Chair
Guadalupe Rosas, and Chair Edie Keating
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:
No public comments received.
MOTION: M/S - Cox / Brown - To approve the Consent Calendar
Yes: 5 - Member Brown, Member Cox, Member Ma, Vice Chair Rosas, and Chair Keating
3.1 Minutes for the December 18, 2023, RHC Meeting
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
No public comments received.
5. NEW BUSINESS
5.1 Rent Stabilization Division Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Report
Senior Management Analyst Black presented a report and responded to questions.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:
Nicholas Hargis
The RHC received an informational presentation on the Rent Stabilization Division’s Annual Report for Fiscal
Year 2022-23 and provided feedback.
5.2 Rent Stabilization Division Annual Update of Outreach and Education
Program
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Senior Management Analyst Black presented a report and responded to questions.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:
No public comment received.
The RHC received an annual informational update on the Outreach and Education Program of the Rent
Stabilization Division, including summaries of the activities conducted in Fiscal Year 2022-23 and the
activities planned for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
5.3 Annual Update on Relevant Legislation and Case Law in California
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded to questions.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:
No public comment received.
The RHC received updates on legislation adopted by the California legislature during the 2023 legislative year
related to landlord-tenant laws as well as recent court cases related to tenant relocation assistance and rent
stabilization.
6. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6.1 Upcoming Workshops and Housing and Eviction Help Center Dates
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.
Chair Keating requested the committee use the Granicus voting system in future RHC meetings.
7. ADJOURNMENT - At 9:03 p.m., Chair Keating adjourned the meeting to the next RHC meeting
to be held on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Video
Conference.
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Agenda
City of Mountain View
Agenda
Rental Housing Committee
Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:00 PM Council Chambers, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA
94041
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Committee virtually may
join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/93773068363 or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering
Webinar ID: 937 7306 8363. When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”
feature in Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are
participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
Chair Edie Keating, Vice-Chair Guadalupe Rosas, Committee Members Robert Cox, Kevin Ma, Alexander Brown, and
Alternate Mark Balch.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
These items will be approved by one motion unless any member of the Rental Housing Committee wishes
to remove an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of ordinances and resolutions will be waived
unless a Committee Member requests otherwise.
3.1 Minutes for the December 18, 2023, RHC Meeting
Recommendation:
Approve the Rental Housing Committee meeting minutes. Copies of the minutes for
the above noted meeting have been delivered to Committee Members and copies are
available online.
Attachments: Minutes RHC Meeting, December 18, 2023
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any matter not
on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for one three-minute period during this
section. State law prohibits the Committee from acting on non-agenda items.
5. NEW BUSINESS
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5.1 Rent Stabilization Division Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Report
Recommendation:
Provide the Rental Housing Committee with an informational presentation on the
Rent Stabilization Division’s Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Attachments: Staff Report
ATT 1 - Rent Stabilization Division Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Report
5.2 Rent Stabilization Division Annual Update of Outreach and Education Program
Recommendation:
Provide the Rental Housing Committee with an annual informational update on the
Outreach and Education Program of the Rent Stabilization Division, including
summaries of the activities conducted in Fiscal Year 2022-23 and the activities
planned for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
Attachments: Staff Report
ATT 1 - Rent Stabilization Division Fiscal Year 2022-23 Quarterly Report
5.3 Annual Update on Relevant Legislation and Case Law in California
Recommendation:
Provide the Rental Housing Committee with updates on legislation adopted by the
California legislature during the 2023 legislative year related to landlord-tenant laws
as well as recent court cases related to tenant relocation assistance and rent
stabilization.
Attachments: Staff Report
ATT 1 - Goldfarb & Lipman LLP Memo re Annual Update-Relevant Legislation and Case Law CA
6. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Committee at this time.
6.1 Upcoming Workshops and Housing and Eviction Help Center Dates
7. ADJOURNMENT - At 9:03 p.m., Chair Keating adjourned the meeting to the next RHC meeting to be held on
Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Video
Conference.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The agenda, reports, and any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Rental Housing Committee regarding any item on this agenda are
posted at https://mountainview.legistar.com under the meeting details for the date of this meeting. The agenda may also be viewed at City Hall,
500 Castro Street, the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor and at the Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin Street, beginning Thursday, prior
to Monday Rental Housing Committee meetings. Printed copies of the agenda, reports, and any writings or documents already provided to a majority
of the Committee regarding any item on this agenda may be requested at the Rent Stabilization Program during normal business hours.
The Committee may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order and thus those interested in an item listed on the agenda are
advised to be present throughout the meeting. In the event it appears that the entire agenda cannot be completed by the time of adjournment, the
Committee may take up and act upon the more pressing agenda items. All agenda items not considered at the meeting shall be on the agenda of
the next regular, special, or adjourned regular meeting unless the Committee directs otherwise.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Rent Stabilization Program
at (650) 903-6136 or by email at mvrent@mountainview.gov 48 hours prior to the meeting so the City can make reasonable arrangements to ensure
accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)). If you have a hearing or speech disability, please use the California Relay System at 711, TDD
650-967-0158 or 800-735-2929.
The City of Mountain View does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, source of income, gender,
gender expression or identity, or any other State or Federal protected class in any of its policies, procedures or practices. This nondiscrimination
policy covers admission and access to, or treatment or employment in, the City of Mountain View programs and activities. For inquiries regarding
the nondiscrimination policy, please contact the City's Section 504 Coordinator at laurel.james@mountainview.gov or 650-903-6397.
Computer-generated captioning of the Rental Housing Committee meeting is unedited and should neither be relied upon for complete accuracy nor
used as a verbatim transcript.
ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE:
Email comments to RHC@mountainview.gov by 4:30 p.m. on the meeting date. Emails will be received directly by the Rental Housing Committee.
Please identify the Agenda item number in the subject line of your email. Requests to show an audio or video presentation during a Committee
meeting should be directed to mvrent@mountainview.gov by 4:30 p.m. on the meeting date.
Anyone wishing to address the Committee in person must complete a speaker card indicating the name you would like to be called by when it is
your turn to speak and the item number on which you wish to speak. Please complete one speaker card for each item on which you wish to speak.
Virtual and in-person speakers will be called in order as determined by the Chair.
Pursuant to Regulation Chapter 3, an individual speaker shall have up to 3 minutes to address the Committee. For any agenda item or for Oral
Communications on nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 2
minutes per speaker unless there is an objection from the Committee by majority vote.
If requested in advance of the public input portion of the agenda item to the Committee, a speaker who represents five or more members of the
public in attendance may have up to 10 minutes to address the Committee, if the Chair determines that such extension will reduce the total number
of speakers who planned to speak.
The presiding officer may remove or cause the removal of any individual(s) for disrupting a meeting in accordance with California Government Code
section 54957.95, as may be amended from time to time. In accordance with California Government Code section 54957.9, as may be amended from
time to time, the Committee may order a meeting room cleared and continue in session in the event a meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or
groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of the meeting impossible, and order cannot be restored by the removal of individuals who
are disrupting the meeting.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a member of the public who
utilizes a translator.
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