NEWS ALERT: South Pasadena Delays Vote on Prohibiting Substantial Remodels
At its June 13th City Council meeting, the South Pasadena City Council took no action on an ordinance that would prohibit substantial remodels from being used as a No-Fault reason for tenancy terminations. Instead, the City Council indicated they intend to extend the existing temporary moratorium on all No-Fault tenancy terminations for approximately 2 to 3 months at a special meeting on June 28th to allow time for further stakeholder feedback.
Mayor Jon Primuth and Mayor Pro Tem Evelyn Zneimer voiced the need to allow additional stakeholder engagement and input regarding the issue. Also, Mayor Pro Tem Zneimer and Council Members Janet Braun and Jack Donovan expressed a desire to include a sunset clause as part of the ordinance.
AAGLA zealously advocated in opposition to the ordinance reaching out to individual City Council members before the meeting as well as providing a detailed formal comment letter and public comments during the meeting. AAGLA argued that the ordinance as currently drafted would prevent independent mom-and-pop owners from conducting substantial remodels, even for health and safety reasons due to the extremely excessive temporary relocation fees required to be paid by them to renters. In fact, the ordinance stated that such fees would be DOUBLE the pro rata per diem based on the tenant’s existing rent. AAGLA urged the City Council to delay action on the item until additional input could be provided by AAGLA and the community at large. Further, AAGLA requested that mom-and-pop owners with 20 or fewer units be excluded from the ordinance or at least pay substantially reduced relocation fees.
As it is the stated current intent of the entire City Council to pass the ordinance with minor modifications in the near future, we urge our members in South Pasadena to join an AAGLA Advocacy Team TODAY. Our members will join us to meet one-on-one with Council Members to share their stories of how this ordinance will negatively impact them as rental housing providers as well as conduct other critical advocacy activities to help defeat this harmful and short-sighted ordinance. Please email Max Sherman at max@aagla.org for more information.
AAGLA will continue to advocate for our members' interests on this important issue and provide updates as additional information becomes available.
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