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From: Sharon Whitney[
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Subject: Item 13, Agenda, May 2, 2017
Dear all,
As a private citizen and voter in the City of San Luis Obispo, and because of where we are at in
the historical process of housing rental inspections, I support the City Attorney's staff
recommendation 2, to wit: place an alternative measure on the special election that repeals the
mandatory housing rental inspection program and, if approved by a greater majority than the
initiative proposal, becomes the City's policy with respect to this issue.
As a matter of historical interest, I opposed (although I may not have said as much) the City's
repeal and was not a signer of any petition for repeal. I want to state that, contrary to Carla's
summary of the the initiative petition campaign, it did, as a matter of fact --at least when I was
approached --emphasize the "non-discrimination" language and I was fully aware of that language
when I was asked to sign the petition and declined. I declined because I supported the City's
original mandatory ordinance. If there were problems with it, the problems could have been
fixed with amendments.
As a separate matter, because I believe citizen input is crucial to City policy formation, I
believe the City's agenda should always avoid putting the most controversial item at the end of
the meeting. Indeed, they should always be put at the beginning. The more symbolic actions,
e.g., consensus items and proclamations should be put at the end of the agenda.
Sincerely,
Sharon G. Whitney
We are all teachers and students for each other.
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