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Anthony J. Mejia, MMC
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Mejia, Anthony
Monday, December 15, 2014 7:38 AM
Christian, Kevin
FW: Rental Inspection Program
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DEC 15 2014
From: Linda White
Sent: 12/14/2014 10:51 PM
To: Meiia, Anthony; Christianson, Carlyn; Dietrick, Christine; Carpenter, Dan; Marx, Jan; Ashbaugh, John; Lichtig, Katie;
Rivoire, Dan; Lease, Joseph
Subject: Rental Inspection Program
San Luis Obispo City Council
December 14, 2014
Linda White
2077 Slack Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
(805) 543 -8801 Phone & FAX
lindaleewhite 152charter.net
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I am writing in support of the Rental Housing Inspection Program but only in R -1 neighborhoods. Since none of
the R -2 neighborhoods were consulted, it would be unfair to include them in this program. Let us work out the
bugs and then invite them to join a successful program.
A few of the key provisions that I feel must be included are:
• Point of sale inspections to protect Realtors, buyers and sellers
• Packet of city ordinance disclosures that must be signed by all R -1 buyers acknowledging receipt and
understanding of city occupancy, parking, noise, etc. ordinances and associated fines
• Licensing of contractors by the City to perform rental inspections (test and fee)
• City follow up of outside inspections to verify accuracy
• 24 -hour notice to notify tenants but not enough time to remove violations, e.g. illegal kitchens, non - permitted
walls, garage conversions, faulty wiring and extension cords, etc.
• Enforcement of violations and frequent follow up of violators
• Licensing of each property individually not just cumulative license of property owner with multiple addresses
*Violation of one property prompts inspection of all properties held by same owner or company
*Notice of ordinance violations to the owner as well as resident
•Keep the finances of this program out of the general fund where no one can measure its financial
accountability, actual cost, service to the community, cost /value ratio, etc.
*Keep statistics that are available to the public e.g. number of non -owner occupied homes in each
neighborhood, number of voluntary inspections completed by City and independent contractors, number of
violations, action taken to achieve compliance, fines assessed, fines collected, etc.
• Determine a goal and statistical means of measuring progress toward attainment of that goal
*Get financial participation of Cal Poly and to a lesser degree Cuesta, since they are the cause of the problem
*Give incentives (property tax reductions ? ? ?) to landlords who rent to the workforce at reasonable or affordable
rents rather than grossly inflated student rentals e.g. 3 -BR 1 bath for $3,200 /month 1941 Slack St.
•Encourage CP to build far more on- campus housing (well within the campus and not adjacent to low density
R -1 neighborhoods) through private /public financing. No increase to enrollment until certain benchmarks are
met. Stress that they must give up the lucrative profits associated with housing for expedience.
Thank you,
Linda White