Alameda renters to confront greedy landlords on Jan. 5

Alameda renters to confront greedy landlords on Jan. 5

By Lynda Carson - January 2, 2016

Alameda - On Tuesday January 5, the renters of Alameda will be confronting greedy landlords when the Alameda City Council will be discussing rent stabilization and other tenant protections at its meeting.

The Alameda Renter’s Coalition is organizing renters to appear at the January 5 meeting to support strong renter protections, and are urging as many people as possible to contact the Alameda City Council members to demand strong renter protections for the renters of Alameda.

Send an email to the Alameda City Council to demand strong renter protections for renters in Alameda.

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The Alameda Renter’s Coalition

http://www.thealamedarenterscoalition.org/


January 5 flyer to promote renter protections from the Alameda Renter’s Coalition

Click below…

http://tinyurl.com/qaegkjs


The activists from The Renter’s Coalition and renters in Alameda are demanding that rents should not be raised annually above 65% of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and that there needs to be a permanent end to all no-cause evictions.

The group known as the California Apartment Association which supports greedy landlords throughout the state of California, has fought against any proposals for strong renter protections in Alameda.

Indeed, the California Apartment Association (CAA) and it’s 13,000 members have been busy in recent months using their power, influence, and big money to meddle in the affairs of cities in Northern California that have been considering renter protection ordinances, including the City of Richmond, Alameda, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Rosa, and Mountain View.  

The January 5 meeting to consider renter protections in Alameda will be held 5:00pm at Kofman Auditorium, a large venue located at 2200 Central Ave., which is a larger venue than City Hall, to ensure seating is available for everyone wanting to attend.

The Renter’s Coalition is asking as many renters as possible to appear early to get some good seats, and to bring as many friends as possible to speak up in support of strong renter protections in Alameda.

During a September 4, 2015, City Council meeting, the landlords of Alameda pulled a fast one on the renters and payed people in advance to grab all the seats at the meeting for the landlords, essentially blocking the renters from gaining access to the meeting that had proposals for renter protections.

The cops ended up beating up a tenant activist at the September 4 meeting for speaking out, and ended up arresting a few tenant activists.

Click on link below to see the Alameda cops beating up and arresting the tenant activists…

http://tinyurl.com/z6hhwgr


January 5 Meeting To Consider Renter Protections In Alameda


According to the City of Alameda website: “The City Council will be presented with a range of options it could pursue to provide enhanced tenant protections.  These include a combination of review of rent increases, limiting the grounds for evictions, requiring relocation assistance for certain evictions, and rent stabilization for certain rental units.  Council will also review an urgency ordinance to extend for an additional 60 days, the existing moratorium on rent increases for certain rental properties and evictions from all rental properties except for just cause.”


Summary of Proposed Rent Control Ordinances


Ordinance #1: Ordinance Revising the Current Rent Review Procedures, Limiting the Grounds for Evictions and Requiring Relocation  Assistance for Certain Evictions

Ordinance #2: Ordinance Imposing Rent Stabilization, Limiting the Grounds for Evictions and Requiring Relocation Assistance for Certain Evictions

Ordinance #3: Ordinance Imposing Rent Stabilization, Prohibiting No Cause Evictions and Requiring Relocation Assistance for Certain Evictions 

Click below for proposals…

http://tinyurl.com/qhaek77


Additionally, according to the City of Alameda website: “The doors will open at 5:00 p.m. and speaker slips will be available at that time and the regular meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. There will be a City Council closed session at 5:30 p.m.  While the rent review process is the primary agenda item, this is a regular City Council meeting with other business to address as well. 

The agenda and staff report are available at http://www.alamedaca.gov/agendas. Due to the revised location, the meeting will not be broadcast live on television, but will be web-streamed live and can be viewed at http://www.alamedaca.gov/live-webcast-city-meetings.  There is no food or drink allowed in Kofman Auditorium so please plan accordingly.”

The Alameda Renter’s Coalition is organizing renters to appear at the January 5 meeting to support strong renter protections, and are urging as many people as possible to contact the Alameda City Council members to demand strong renter protections for the renters of Alameda.

Lynda Carson may be reached at tenantsrule [at] yahoo.com

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