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  
6 -  
Present  
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  
Minutes for the December 18, 2023, RHC Meeting  
3.1  
4.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments received.  
5.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Rent Stabilization Division Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Report  
5.1  
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  
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.  
Annual Update on Relevant Legislation and Case Law in California  
5.3  
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded to questio  
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  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing and Eviction Help Center Dates  
6.1  
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.