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COUNCIL MEETING:
ITEM NO.: 1-1,
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Date: Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 8:33 AM -0800
Subject: Rental Housing Inspection Ordinance
To: "E-mail Council Website" <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
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Mayor and City Council Members:
I urge you to ADOPT the Initiative Petition to REPEAL the rental inspection ordinance. The invasive, unconstitutional
warrantless rental inspection ordinance which discriminates against renters has to go. Government overreach is
unacceptable! Please ADOPT a Non -Discrimination in Housing Ordinance as proposed by SLOVoice.org. Thanks.
Dave Baldwin
Media Release February 14, 2017
From the Proponents of the Initiative Measure to Abolish Chapter 15.10 of the San
Luis Obispo Municipal Code (the invasive, unconstitutional warrantless rental
inspection ordinance) and to Adopt a Non -Discrimination in Housing Ordinance.
The proponents of the initiative petitions seeking repeal of San Luis
Obispo's invasive, unconstitutional and warrantless rental inspection ordinance
announced today that they will be turning in approximately 1200 pages of petition
signatures at San Luis Obispo's City Hall on this Thursday, February 16th, at 11
am.
The proponents, Dan Carpenter, attorney Dan Knight, and attorney Stew
Jenkins have long urged the city council to repeal its ordinance mandating
warrantless searches of some rentals and to replace it with a Non -Discrimination
in Housing Ordinance.
The law permits six months for gathering signatures. Almost twice the
number of signatures needed were gathered in less than four months supporting
repeal of the warrantless inspection ordinance.
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The proponents have spent weeks pre -validating signatures to reduce the
City's time and cost qualifying the initiative.
The law permits the City Council to adopt the initiative measure. Or, if the
City Council desires to continue to enforce its invasive, costly and
unconstitutional ordinance, it can set a special election.
For more information, contact Stew Jenkins at
Law Office of Stew Jenkins
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Paid for by SLOVoice for Measure to Repeal Rental Housing Inspection Ordinance
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