HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/28/2025 Item 5a, Kenady
viv ivi <viveka530@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:October 28 Study Session on Tenant Protections: Agenda Item 5a
Dear Mayor, Councilmembers, and Staff:
Thank you for making renter protections a part of our Major City Goals, and for your commitment to ensuring
safe and stable housing for every resident of our City. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort staff have put
into engaging with stakeholders and preparing the comprehensive report accompanying the agenda for this
Tuesday's study session.
As staff have ably demonstrated, existing law does not effectively protect most renters in our City, and existing
programs do not meet the needs of many residents. The program options they have presented are common-
sense solutions to fill these gaps and ensure all rental units meet basic habitability standards, tenants aren't
evicted without cause or justification, and the City can collect basic information on our rental housing stock that
can be used to formulate effective policy. These programs have been implemented successfully in many other
cities and counties across California and the nation, and there is no reason they cannot be successfully
implemented here if we just have the courage to stay the course.
We all want a livable community with healthy and vibrant neighborhoods, where everyone has safe and stable
housing, no matter what. Please continue to move forward to achieve those goals without delay.
Respectfully and with gratitude for all you do Lindsay Kenady
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