City of Mountain View

Agenda

Rental Housing Committee

Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro St.,

Mountain View, CA 94041

Thursday, November 14, 2024

7:00 PM

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 Alexander Brown, Vice-Chair Kevin Ma, Committee Members Robert Cox, Edie Keating, Guadalupe

Rosas, 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 October 24, 2024, 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, October 24, 2024

3.2

Community Stabilization and Fair

Ordinance Financial Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2024-25 through September 30, 2024

Recommendation:

Receive a quarterly overview of Financial Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2024-25 through

September 30, 2024, for the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act (Attachment

1) and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance (Attachment 2).

Attachments:

Staff Report

ATT 1 - CSFRA Financial Expenditures (Fiscal Year 2024-25 through September 30, 2024)

ATT 2 - MHRSO Financial Expenditures (Fiscal Year 2024-25 through September 30, 2024)

3.3

Rent Stabilization Division FY 2024-25 Report through September 30, 2024

Recommendation:

Receive an overview of the Rent Stabilization Division FY 2024-25 Report through

September 2024.

Attachments:

Rent Stabilization Division FY 2024-25 Report through September 2024

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. APPEAL HEARINGS

5.1

Appeal of Hearing Officer's Decision Re: Petition No. C23240043

Recommendation:

To 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 Hearing Record to support the changes.

Attachments:

Staff Report

ATT 1 - Tentative Appeal Decision for Petition No. C23240043

ATT 2 - Decision of Hearing Officer (September 19, 2024)

ATT 3 - Appellant - Landlord Appeal of Decision (October 3, 2024)

ATT 4 - Appellant - Landlord Answer to Tentative Appeal Decision (November 12, 2024)

5.2

Appeal of Hearing Officer's Decision Re: Petition No. C23240025

Recommendation:

To 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 Hearing Record to support the changes.

Attachments:

Staff Report

ATT 1 - Tentative Appeal Decision for Petition No. C23240025 (November 4, 2024)

ATT 2 - Decision of Hearing Officer (September 23, 2024)

ATT 3 - Appellant-Petitioner Appeal of Decision (October 5, 2024)

ATT 4 - Respondent-Landlord Answer to Tentative Appeal Decision (November 7, 2024)

6. STUDY SESSION

6.1

Evaluating the Efficacy of the City’s Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance-Housing

Element Program 3.2

Recommendation:

Receive Rental Housing Committee input on options to increase the efficacy of the

Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance in meeting antidisplacement goals as part of

Program 3.2 in the City’s 2023-31 Housing Element.

Attachments:

Staff Report

ATT 1 - Previous TRAO Amendments

ATT 2 - Comparison of TRAO and SB 330 Key Provisions

ATT 3 - Summary of Comparable Jurisdictions

7. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Committee at this time.

7.1

7.2

Upcoming Workshops and Housing Help Center Dates

Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings:

RHC Meeting Thursday December 12, 2024:

- Appeals

- MHRSO Review

8. ADJOURNMENT

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.