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Page 2 of 12 <br />ATTY/ORD.448/SMOKE-FREE HOUSING <br />REV: 11-02-17 RL <br />WHEREAS, 32 percent of Californians (or 11.8 million people) live in multi-unit <br />housing, which accounts for one-seventh of the total multi-unit housing population in the <br />country; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, between 44 percent to 46.2 percent of Californians living in multi-unit <br />housing with personal smoke free home policies are exposed to secondhand smoke in <br />their home; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, surveys have found that between 65 percent and 90 percent of multi- <br />unit housing residents who experience secondhand smoke in their home are bothered by <br />the secondhand smoke incursion; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit housing contributes to <br />tobacco-related health inequities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing is a significant threat to the <br />health and safety of California children; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there are significant savings from adopting a smoke free multi-unit <br />housing policy; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a majority of multi-unit housing residents, including a large portion of <br />smokers, support smoke free policies in multi-unit residences; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a local ordinance that authorizes residential rental agreements to <br />include a prohibition on smoking within rental units is not prohibited by California law; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there is no Constitutional right to smoke; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, California law declares that anything which is injurious to health or <br />obstructs the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life <br />or property, is a nuisance; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, local governments have broad latitude to declare nuisances and are <br />not constrained by prior definitions of nuisance. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES <br />ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />6.4.A. - Page 4