01/21/2022
Hello SDNARPM Members & Friends,
Below is some information from our friends at the Southern CA Rental Housing Association or SCRHA that we wanted to pass along.
WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK UP!
Attention Chula Vista Residents & Housing Providers! If you haven't submitted comment yet opposing the Chula Vista Tenant Protection Ordinance, please do so TODAY!
Thank you to those who have commented so far. Comments against the ordinance are leading the way right now, but now the ability to leave eComment is not working for most people.
Please email [email protected] and ask them to oppose Item 5.1, the Tenant Protection Ordinance.
A draft of the Tenant Protection Ordinance will be going to the city's Housing Advisory Commission for a vote this evening, Wednesday, January 19, at 6:00 p.m.
The ordinance goes far beyond protections in state law. Here is some of what the ordinance would do...
- Create new anti-harassment laws and allow for civil action and damages of $2,000-5,000 per violation.
- Criminalize any violation of the ordinance and create fines in the thousands of dollars.
- Require additional noticing periods and increased relocation payments when removing a property from the rental market, demolishing a building, or doing a substantial remodel.
Suggested Talking Points in Opposition to the Proposed Ordinance (* Please share how additional regulation, costly lawsuits, and significant relocation costs will impact you personally and your rental business):
- The creation of the ordinance has been rushed and will require housing providers to learn a whole new set of complicated rules within 30 days.
- The ordinance as drafted creates a divide between housing providers and their residents and will close important lines of communication.
- Additional harassment laws, criminal penalties, and private remedies could force owners out of business and will deter investment in rental properties.
- Costly relocation payments will discourage rental property upgrades.
