HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 9152 (Opposing Midleading Rental Assistance Initiative)RESOLUTION NO. 9152
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL OPPOSING THE
MISLEADING "RENTAL ASSISTANCE"
INITIATIVE (RE: THE MOBILEHOME
RESIDENCY LAW)
WHEREAS, mobilehome owners in the City of San Rafael are
primarily senior citizens and low-income families living on fixed
incomes; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael has enacted a mobilehome rent
protection ordinance to safeguard these vulnerable elderly and low-
income families from excessive rent increases; and,
WHEREAS, mobilehome owners are at a disadvantage due to the
shortage of available mobilehome park rental spaces; and,
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael opposes any statewide pre-
emption of local control over the formulation of policy responding
to the crisis in mobilehome park space rents and availability; and,
WHEREAS, mobilehome owners often forfeit their only asset,
their homes, when they cannot pay excessive rents; and,
WHEREAS, an initiative now in circulation, misleadingly
entitled the "Rental Assistance" initiative would void the
meaningful protections in the City of San Rafael's Mobilehome Rent
Control Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the
City of San Rafael opposes the "Rental Assistance" initiative
currently in circulation, and recommends that local citizens not
support said initiative.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of said
City held on Monday, the 6th day of June, 1994, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Heller, Thayer, Zappetini & Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Cohen
JEANA\,44. LEONCIN, City Clerk
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