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From:k m <br />To:GRP-City Council <br />Subject:Item 9.B <br />Date:Monday, July 27, 2026 11:56:54 AM <br />You don't often get email from rwcproperties@gmail.com. Learn why this is important <br />Hello, <br />This written comment is for the record regarding Item 9.B. <br />We are third generation Redwood City residents. We’ve been Mom and Pop landlords in <br />Redwood City for seventeen years. <br />Situations like ours don’t get discussed much when there are various rent control <br />proposals, but we are impacted far more than large companies that own the huge <br />buildings in town. <br />Our small apartment building has far below market rents. All of our costs continue to <br />rise every single year. <br />Large companies can absorb these costs, but for us it stops making sense to continue in <br />this business. We understand where the legislation is coming from, but the community <br />will be different if only large companies can afford to be landlords. <br />Previously we were thinking of a way to do some infill conversion of one large home into <br />four distinct units. We know that’s what Redwood City needs, but if legislation like this <br />is in effect it wouldn’t make any sense. <br />An overbearing regulatory environment shoots Redwood City in the foot on the goal of <br />creating more equitable and inclusive housing. It is an admirable and worthy goal. This <br />legislation is not the way to do it. <br /> <br />Kelilyn and Devin McKeever