City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Monday, August 21, 2023  
7:00 PM  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500  
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
5 -  
Present  
Chair Edie Keating, Member Robert Cox, Member Kevin Ma, Member Kirin Madison, and  
Alternate Alex Brown  
1 - Vice Chair Guadalupe Rosas  
Absent  
3.  
4.  
CLOSED SESSION - None  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION: M/S - Cox/Brown - To approve the Consent Calendar.  
Yes:  
5 - Chair Keating, Member Cox, Member Ma, Member Madison, and Alternate Brown  
Minutes for the June 12, 2023, RHC Meeting  
4.1  
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.  
5.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments received.  
6.  
APPEAL HEARINGS  
Appeal of Hearing Officer's Decision Regarding Petition M2223001  
6.1  
Consider the Tentative Appeal Decision and either accept the Tentative Appeal Decision or modify the  
Tentative Appeal Decision with instructions to staff citing appropriate evidence in the record.  
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded to questio  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY APPELLANT-TENANT - Elie Sfeir  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY RESPONDENT-LANDLORD - Anthony Rodriguez  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY APPELLANT-TENANT - Elie Sfeir  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY RESPONDENT-LANDLORD - Anthony Rodriguez  
MOTION: M/S - Ma/Brown - To accept the Tentative Appeal Decision regarding Petition M2223001 in its  
entirety.  
Yes:  
5 - Chair Keating, Member Cox, Member Ma, Member Madison, and Alternate Brown  
Untimely Appeal request of Decision Regarding Petition No. 22230012  
6.2  
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded to questio  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY APPEAL REQUESTOR - LANDLORD - Maria Roque  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY RESPONDENT - TENANT - Juana Castillo with interpretation  
services by City employee Ana Jimenez.  
MOTION: M/S - Cox/Brown - To deny the untimely appeal request by Respondent-Landlord of Hearing  
Officer’s Decision issued on February 22, 2023, in Petition 22230012.  
Yes:  
5 - Chair Keating, Member Cox, Member Ma, Member Madison, and Alternate Brown  
7.  
8.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS - None  
NEW BUSINESS  
Presentation from Housing Department Director, Wayne Chen  
8.1  
Housing Department Director Chen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Steve Welter  
The RHC received an informational presentation from the Housing Department Director about the newly  
formed Housing Department.  
8.2 Study Session: Rent and the Treatment of Utilities in the CSFRA and Ratio  
Utility Billing Systems  
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Anil Babbar  
Oceanna Vallancourt  
Sandra Esparza  
Steve Welter  
Dave Offen  
Jackie Todesco  
Andrew B.  
Ahanna Dion  
Jesse Cupp  
Reyna Dominguez  
The RHC received a presentation and provided initial input on and parameters for developing regulations for  
the use of RUBS to provide consistent application of the CSFRA requirements regarding lawful rents and rent  
increases.  
MOTION: M/S - Brown/Cox - To continue agenda item 8.3, Quarterly Financial Expenditures FY 2022-23  
through June 30, 2023, and item 8.4, Rent Stabilization Program Quarterly Report, to a future RHC meeting.  
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: M/S - Ma/Keating - To accept the staff reports and waive staff presentations for  
agenda item 8.3, Quarterly Financial Expenditures FY 2022-23 through June 30, 2023, and item 8.4, Rent  
Stabilization Program Quarterly Report.  
Yes:  
No:  
3 - Chair Keating, Member Ma, and Member Madison  
2 - Member Cox, and Alternate Brown  
Quarterly Financial Expenditures FY 2022-23 through June 30, 2023  
8.3  
8.4  
RHC accepted the staff report and waived staff presentation for this agenda item.  
Rent Stabilization Program Quarterly Report  
RHC accepted the staff report and waived staff presentation for this agenda item.  
9.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing & Eviction Help Center Dates  
9.1  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
9.2 Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings:  
o The RHC meeting for September has been moved from September 18 to  
September 25, 2023.  
o Appeal hearings (scheduled for RHC September 25, 2023)  
o The treatment of Utilities (Ratio Utility Billing Systems) in the CSFRA  
(scheduled for RHC September 25 2023, and subsequent meeting).  
Chair Keating reviewed the agenda items for upcoming Rental Housing Committee meetings.  
10. ADJOURNMENT- At 11:40 p.m., Chair Keating adjourned the meeting to the next RHC meeting  
to be held on Monday, September 25, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Video  
Conference.  
Submitted for approval by Andrea Kennedy  
RHC Approval on 9/25/2023