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Subject: FW: Comments on Rental Housing Inspection Program
From: Steve Francis [ mailto :steveCa)cathyfrancis.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:39 AM
To: Marx, Jan; Ashbaugh, John; Christianson, Carlyn; Carpenter, Dan; Rivoire, Dan; Mejia, Anthony; Johnson, Derek;
Hermann, Greg
Subject: Comments on Rental Housing Inspection Program
Once a program is created, it never goes away. The City will incur staffing and pension costs forever, even after housing
non - compliance is zero. As stated on page 5 of Mr. Johnson's December 16 Council Agenda Report, the city will need to
establish new job roles, with related leadership and supervisory positions. This report also infers the employees will
have a career progression to higher ranks, and increased pay levels, further driving up the short and long -term
costs. This is going to be mammoth program programming an inordinate amount of city resources.
This is choosing a "big government" solution to a small city problem.
This program discriminates against rental properties. There are many owner occupied homes that are blighted. The fact
the City is choosing to only address rental properties smacks of NIMBY -ism.
A code compliance program is already in place. People who have an axe to grind should work their issues through that
program.
The City gives lip service to affordable housing. This ordinance is anti - affordable housing.
Why are we emulating what was done in San Bernardino?
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Steve Francis APR 2 0 2015
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