Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John L. Maltbie, County Manager
Peggy Jensen, Deputy County Manager
Subject: Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 1.30 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code Regarding Mobilehome Rent Control
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduction of an ordinance amending Chapter 1.30 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code regarding mobilehome rent control, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
The County's Mobilehome Rent Control Ordinance (the "Ordinance"), which was adopted in 2003 and codified at Chapter 1.30 of the County Ordinance Code, instituted rent control in mobilehome parks located within the unincorporated area of the County. The Ordinance places a cap on the amount by which a mobilehome park owner can increase rent for a mobilehome park space in any given year. The cap is pegged to the rent for the space in effect on July 1, 2003, with increases allowed no more than once each year in an amount that does not exceed 75% of the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area or 5% of the existing rent, whichever is less.
In December 2015, the Board amended portions of the Ordinance, including adding an annual reporting requirement to better track ongoing compliance with the Ordinance. The Board also instructed staff to develop an education and outreach program regarding the Ordinance for both mobilehome park owners and tenants.
Thus, beginning in 2016, staff engaged in outreach efforts with both mobilehome park owners and tenants. Those efforts included preparing and circulating informational flyers, holding in-person meetings and training sessions with tenants and mobilehome park owners, and soliciting input from stakeholders, including residents and mobilehome park owners themselves as well as tenants' rights advocates and mobilehome park ow...
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