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REDWOOD CITY 9212 <br /> <br />Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. 6 Regulatory Context <br />Summary of Proposed Ordinance <br />The Redwood City Fair and Affordable Housing Ordinance proposes to build upon <br />existing State renter protections by establishing an annual rent increase cap of 60 <br />percent of percentage change in the CPI and establishing just cause eviction <br />protections. As illustrated in Table 1, the 60 percent of percentage change in CPI <br />threshold is on the lower end (e.g., more favorable for existing tenants) than other <br />California cities that have such ordinances (the average is 79 percent of <br />percentage change in CPI). Four cities have the same 60 percent of percentage <br />change in CPI rent cap proposed for Redwood City: Antioch, Oakland, Richmond, <br />and San Francisco. Only Bell Gardens has a lower rent cap at 50 percent of <br />percentage change in CPI. <br />Specific evictions provisions in the proposed Ordinance include protections for <br />elderly, disabled, terminally ill, student and educator households. <br />Table 2 compares the proposed Ordinance to State protections and the City’s <br />existing ordinance. Like most rent control programs, the proposed Ordinance <br />applies to all covered units irrespective of household income (e.g., it is not means <br />tested). The proposed Ordinance exempts the following properties: <br />• Rental units in hotels, motels, and inns (for a period of fewer than 30 days) <br />• Dormitories owned and operated by accredited institution of higher education <br />• Rental units in any hospital, convent, monastery, or extended care facility, or <br />nonprofit home for the aged <br />• A rental unit that has been the primary residence of the landlord since the <br />beginning of the tenancy, and where the landlord shares a bathroom or kitchen <br />with the tenant <br />• Rental units fully owned, operated, and managed by a San Mateo County <br />government unit, agency, or authority, if applicable federal, state or <br />administrative regulations specifically exempt the units from local rent control <br />Notably, the proposed Ordinance does not exempt single family homes, ADUs, <br />mobile homes, or deed restricted affordable units. While single family homes and <br />condos are exempt from rent control under Costa-Hawkins, if Costa Hawkins <br />where to be repealed or amended in the future, single family units would <br />thereafter be covered by the proposed Ordinance. <br />Under the proposed Ordinance the City would provide a range of services to <br />manage the program, including free legal services for low-income tenants, <br />maintaining databases of evictions, terminations, and rent increases, outreach and <br />education, and reviewing landlord and tenant petitions. If passed, the City would <br />8.A. - Page 134 of 168 <br />144