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the state . The League staff is being expanded so as to be able to concern itself with such matters ; he said . Gene Moriguchi said that he thought that getting going on the Housing Element was more important than the Landlord and Tenant Act . Bob Norris said that he understood Gene Moriguchi ' s frustration , but that he had seen the City frustrated in other areas because of State pre - emption . Gene Moriguchi replied that there was significant legislation already on the books concerning landlord -tenant relations , particularly the 1970 amendments to the Civil Code . HOUSING ELEi'tENT , PROGRAM Lou Knowles said that he was confused by the connection between the effort to • . come up with the ,Housing Element and the M?inager ' s m mornndu.r . Jim Fales said that he hopes the Housing Element gets adopted before the City is ready to forge ahead with programs , and that that was why he suggested that the Committee ' s consideration of the "Program" part of the Element should be general rather than specific . He said that his memo is an attempt to outline all the various areas under "Housing" so that the City doesn ' t get involved one toe at a time , frittering away resources and not really solving the problem . Dave Ransom reminded the Committee that Ken Schroeter had said that we could have a Housing Element tomorrow if we wanted , just by fleshing out the outline or even adopting the County Element . One of the things Committee members ought to be thinking of as they perused the outline should be how detailed the Element should be and what areas they wish to debate . One thing that should be debated is whether or not to include relit control as an alternative way of bringing down housing costs , Ransom said . He said that he had been studying local housing elements , those of. Santa Clara and Sari Mateo Counties and of Palo Alto and Mountain View . There was a basic fallacy in all of them, he said . After indicating the number of families paying too much for their housing, the elements suggested alleviating that situation by building new units to house them at less cost- -without taking into account the effect of those new units on the housing market . If fully carried out , Ransom said , the housing plans of most housing elements would significantly increase the jurisdiction ' s housing stock . The vacancies created when people moved into the new units either would force down rents , or if new people moved in, it would significantly increase the population , or both would happen , he said . Rent control might bring down the rents without having to leave a good part of file housing stock vacant , he said , and if limiting the population were a goal , rent control might be the only way to limit growth and lower housing costs . But all that aside , he said , Redwood City ' s Housing Element should not overlook the effect that construction of units for low/moderate- income households will have on the general housing market . Jim Fales revealed that under a little used program, he has been able to get a man from HUD for a year who will provide assistance on dealing with the "how" MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 27 , 1972 PAGE 4-5T-5