TITLE
Recommendation to request City Manager, or designee, and City Attorney, or designee, to review questions regarding a proposed Long Beach ordinance to enact rent control, a rent board and eviction limitations and report back to city council on April 17, 2018 with responses.
DISCUSSION
Housing advocates recently filed paperwork to begin a rent control ballot initiative process in Long Beach. If enough signatures are collected and verified, then the City Clerk will ask the city council if they would like the Clerk's office to develop a report after 30 days.
However, with the importance of this topic, waiting until after signatures have been collected and verified would delay residents' access to impartial data until very late in the process. We would like to seek more clarification on the proposed ballot measure from the City Manager and/or City Attorney's office by reviewing the attached questions.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
[Timing Considerations]
FISCAL IMPACT
There is not a significant financial impact as a result of the recommended action.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
COUNCILMEMBER DARYL SUPERNAW
FOURTH DISTRICT
COUNCILWOMAN SUZIE PRICE
THIRD DISTRICT
COUNCILWOMAN STACY MUNGO
FIFTH DISTRICT