City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Monday, May 22, 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 7:05 p.m.  
2. ROLL CALL  
6 -  
Present  
Chair Edie Keating, Vice Chair Guadalupe Rosas, Member Robert Cox, Member Kevin Ma,  
Member Kirin Madison, and Alternate Alex Brown  
3. CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION: M/S - Cox/Ma - To approve the consent calendar  
5 - Chair Keating, Vice Chair Rosas, Member Cox, Member Ma, and Member Madison  
Yes:  
Approve the Minutes for the April 24, 2023, RHC Meeting  
3.1  
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments were received.  
5. APPEAL HEARINGS - None  
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None  
7. NEW BUSINESS  
7.1  
Amendments Regulations  
CSFRA Chapter 4/MHRSO Chapter 5 Petition Process and  
CSFRA Chapter 7/MHRSO Chapter 8 Procedures for Annual General  
Adjustments  
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded  
to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Tim Mackenzie  
MOTION: M/S - Ma/Madison - To amend the following CSFRA and MHRSO Regulations:  
- CSFRA Regulations Chapter 4: Petition Process to add provisions regarding the determination of a  
respondent’s duties in a petition and to adopt time limitations on former Tenants of Covered Units filing  
Downward Adjustment of Rent petitions.  
- MHRSO Regulations Chapter 5: Petition Process to adopt time limitations on former tenants of Mobile Home  
Spaces or Mobile Homes filing Downward Adjustment of Rent petitions.  
- CSFRA Regulations Chapter 7: Procedures for Annual General Adjustments to authorize Landlords and  
Tenants of Covered Units to enter into a voluntary agreement to temporarily reduce the rent for a Covered Unit.  
- MHRSO Regulations Chapter 8: Procedures for Annual General Adjustments to authorize Park Owners or  
Mobile Home Landlords and Mobile Home Owners or Mobile Home Tenants to enter into a voluntary agreement  
to temporarily reduce the rent for a covered Mobile Home Space or Mobile Home.  
4 - Chair Keating, Member Cox, Member Ma, and Member Madison  
1 - Vice Chair Rosas  
Yes:  
No:  
Quarterly Financial Expenditures FY 2022-23 through March 31, 2023  
7.2  
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
The RHC received an overview of the Quarterly Financial Expenditures Report for Fiscal Year 2022-23 through  
March 31, 2023, for both the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and the Mobile Home Rent  
Stabilization Ordinance and provided feedback.  
CSFRA and MHRSO Fiscal Year 2023-24 Recommended Budgets  
7.3  
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
The RHC deliberated on the draft Fiscal Year 2023-24 Recommended Budgets for the administration of the  
Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance. No further  
direction was provided for the CSFRA budget. The RHC directed staff to add a Reserve to the MHRSO budget of  
20%, to be phased in over 5 years.  
10. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE  
Workshops, Clinics, Office Hours Update  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
8.1  
8.2  
Expected future agenda items for RHC meetings:  
The treatment of Utilities (Ratio Utility Billing Systems) in the  
CSFRA (scheduled for RHC August 21, 2023 and subsequent meetings).  
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Chair Keating explained that the RHC will discuss Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS) beginning  
on the August 21, 2023 meeting.  
Vice-Chair Rosas thanked the Chair for running a smooth meeting and thanked her for the update  
on RUBS timeline.  
Vice-Chair Rosas confirmed the Summer Kick-Off event will be held on June 10, 2023 at  
Rengstorff Park.  
Chair Keating thanked committee members for their help running her first meeting and asked that  
members be more animated when getting the chair's attention during questions and comments.  
Chair Keating clarified with legal that the committee does not need to read the whole text the  
agenda recommendation when making a motion. The motion can be abbreviated as long as the  
motion is clear.  
12. ADJOURNMENT - At 8:50 p.m., Chair Keating adjourned the meeting to the next  
RHC meeting to be held on Monday, June 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers  
and Video Conference.