City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Rental Housing Committee  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro St.,  
Mountain View, CA 94041  
Thursday, September 25, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Spanish or Chinese interpretation via Zoom and translation of meeting materials are available at no cost upon request. Please  
contact the City by 5:00 p.m. at least two business days prior to the day of the scheduled meeting by phone at (650) 903-6608 or by  
email at mep@mountainview.gov.  
Interpretación por medio de Zoom y traducción de los materiales de la reunión estarán disponibles sin costo alguno con solicitud  
previa. Favor de comunicarse con la Ciudad antes de las 5:00 p. m. al menos dos días hábiles antes de la reunión agendada al (650)  
903-6608 o por correo electrónico a mep@mountainview.gov.  
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903-6608 或发送电子邮件至 mep@mountainview.gov 联系市政府。  
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 Kevin Ma, Vice-Chair Robert Cox, Committee Members Alexander Brown, Edie Keating, Emily Staats  
Hislop, 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 August 28, 2025, 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, August 28, 2025  
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. NEW BUSINESS  
5.1  
Annual Update on the Rent Stabilization Petition Program  
Recommendation:  
Receive the annual update on petitions related to the Community Stabilization and  
Fair Rent Act and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
ATT 1 - RHC Memo dated September 26, 2024  
ATT 2 - Overview of Petitions and Appeal Process  
ATT 3 - Overview Types of Petitions  
ATT 4 - Overview of Petitions received through Fiscal Year 2024-25  
6. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Committee at this time.  
6.1  
6.2  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing Help Center Dates  
Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings:  
RHC Meeting Thursday October 23, 2025:  
- Anti-Harassment, Anti-Retaliation Policies  
7. 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.