City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Thursday, February 22, 2024  
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 7:03 p.m.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
5 -  
Present  
Member Alex Brown, Alternate Mark Balch, Member Robert Cox, Member Kevin Ma, and Chair  
Edie Keating  
1 - Vice Chair Guadalupe Rosas  
Absent  
3.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION: M/S - Brown/ Ma - To approve the Consent Calendar.  
Yes:  
5 - Member Brown, Alternate Balch, Member Cox, Member Ma, and Chair Keating  
Minutes for the January 25, 2024, RHC Meeting  
3.1  
4.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments received.  
5.  
APPEAL HEARINGS  
Appeal of Hearing Officer Decision Petition No. C23240026  
5.1  
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 record to support the  
changes.  
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-LANDLORD - Steve Welter  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY RESPONDENT-TENANT - Rondeline Williams  
REBUTTAL BY APPELLANT-LANDLORD - Steve Welter  
REBUTTAL BY RESPONDENT-TENANT - Rondeline Williams  
MOTION: M/S - Ma/ Brown - To accept the Tentative Appeal Decision regarding Petition No. C23240026 in  
its entirety.  
Yes:  
5 - Member Brown, Alternate Balch, Member Cox, Member Ma, and Chair Keating  
The Rental Housing Committee took a recess at 8:23 P.M.  
The Rental housing Committee reconvened at 8:31 P.M.  
6.  
NEW BUSINESS  
6.1 Update on Compliance with CSFRA and MHRSO Annual Registration and  
Fee Requirements  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Bee Hanson  
The RHC received an update on the status of compliance with the annual registration and fee requirements  
for the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance and  
provided feedback.  
6.2 CSFRA and MHRSO Financial Expenditures for FY 2023-24 through  
December 31, 2023  
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comment received.  
The RHC received a quarterly overview of Financial Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2023-24 through December  
31, 2023, for the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization  
Ordinance and provided feedback.  
Rent Stabilization Division FY 2023-24 Report through December 31, 2023  
6.3  
Receive a quarterly overview of the Rent Stabilization Division FY 2023-24 Report through December 2023.  
Senior Management Analyst Black presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comment received.  
The RHC received a quarterly overview of the Rent Stabilization Division FY 2023-24 Report through  
December 2023.  
7.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing Help Center Dates  
7.1  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings:  
Thursday, March 28, 2024:  
7.2  
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Annual Overview TRAO/SB330 Activities  
Chair Keating provided an update on future RHC agenda items.  
8.  
ADJOURNMENT - At 10:00 p.m., Chair Keating adjourned the meeting to the next RHC meeting  
to be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Video  
Conference.  
Submitted for approval by Andrea Kennedy  
Approved by the RHC on March 28, 2024