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Wil Co <
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Subject:February 24 Study Session on Rental Registries
Dear Mayor, Councilmembers, and Staff:
As part of this study, I'd like to add a personal point on the importance of a rental registry:
Consider the new CA Bill AB2747 which requires landlords to prompt tenants for positive credit
reporting services. My building does not meet the size requirement of this bill BUT I believe we
qualify under the exception in section (j).
Section (j) states the building size requirement is exempt if the landlord is a corporation (which
mine is) and the landlord owns more than one residential unit (which I believe mine does).
This part is where I need a rental registry: to confirm if my landlords owns property and is
legally obligated to offer positive credit reporting. After several emails, my own landlord refuses to
tell me if he owns a residential property because of the (small) additional work he would be
obligated to do. This new bill doesn't work if landlords refuse to cooperate.
Furthermore, I've contacted several branches of SLO records for this information and the only
answer I got was "we don't collect this type of information". So, without a good way to verify rental
information about my landlord, I have little recourse here.
Please, for renters and giving these new bills some merit, positively consider the rental registry!
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.
Respectfully,
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