HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-28-2025 City Council Minutes - Special Meeting
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Council Minutes
October 28, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
Council Members
Present:
Council Member Mike Boswell, Council Member Emily Francis,
Council Member Jan Marx, Vice Mayor Michelle Shoresman,
Mayor Erica A. Stewart
City Staff Present: City Manager Whitney McDonald, Deputy City Attorney Sadie
Symens, Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
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1. CALL TO ORDER
A Special Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council was called to order on
October 28, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis
Obispo, by Mayor Stewart.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Francis led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ONLY
4. PRESENTATIONS
4.a CAL POLY ENROLLMENT/HOUSING PRESENTATION
The Council received a presentation from Cal Poly staff regarding housing,
enrollment and transition to year-round operations.
5. CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
5.a RENTER PROTECTIONS STUDY SESSION – SAFE AND STABLE
RENTAL HOUSING
Principal Planner Teresa McClish and Assistant Planner David Amini
provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions.
Public Comments:
Glenn Silloway
Leah Burnett
Sherry Lin
Kylie Schoen
Judy Philbin
Rocio Alvear
Lisa Jouet
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Tyler Coari
Julia Alber
Jonathan Ayala
Jenn Fields
Garrett Philbin
Dona Hare Price
Crystal Bradshaw
Barry Price
Abigail Rosalinda Garcia
Gerri Clemens
Angela Kasprzak
Rachel Whalen
Matthew Roberts
Steve Delmartini
Mr. V
Eric Veium
Graham Updegrove
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ACTION: The Council received a presentation and conducted a study
session on rental housing protections, including existing protections.
Director Tway summarized the consensus direction that the Council
provided:
• Move forward with the strategic next steps that staff noted in the
Staff Report that could be addressed within the current work
program.
• The Rental Registry study session will be in February 2026, with
the direction to incorporate the comments provided at the meeting
and research areas noted by the City Council.
• In the beginning of next fiscal year there is a work plan item to
develop a Strategic Plan for the Safe Housing program, which can
include some of the things discussed at this meeting. Staff will look
at the following:
o Providing a safe housing checklist with the business license.
o Providing more information about the requirement that landlords
must have a business license, including that all units must be
listed on their business license.
o Undertaking more education to landlords and increased
education for tenants.
o Work with Finance on how we can make business license
registrations more robust and clearer for rental properties and
see how we can gather more information.
• Staff will also do research on questions that were asked including:
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o Gathering more information on the unmet needs for the rapid
rehousing funds.
o Look into smoke free policies from other jurisdictions.
o Get more information on how many units in the City that are
immediate health and safety issues.
o Work with Code Enforcement so as we get confirmed safe
housing violations, we classify them as to whether they are a
high priority or low priority violation to provide more data on the
types of violations we are finding.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:52 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the City
Council will be held on November 18, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
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APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 11 /18/2025