Item 16 - Affirmation and/or Amendment of Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance

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Ordinance No. NS - Page 18 of 20 Members shall be based upon the following: (a) Membership of Board. The Rental Housing Board shall consist of seven (7) Board Members. Each City Councilmember shall appoint one (1) Board Member, to be approved by the City Council, in an equitable order based upon a random lottery process. The Board Members of the Rental Housing Board shall be comprised of: 1) Three (3) Tenants, including at least one (1) Mobilehome Tenant; 2) Two (2) Landlords; and 3) Two (2) at-large Members with no financial interest in and no ownership of income-generating rental housing. (b) Chairperson. The Board shall elect annually one (1) of its Members to serve in the capacity as Chairperson. (c) Eligibility. Residents of the City are eligible to serve as members of the Board. (d) Full Disclosure of Holdings. Nominees for the position of Board Member shall submit a verified statement listing all of their interests and dealings in real property, including, but not limited to, ownership, sale or management of real property during the previous three (3) years. The Board may promulgate additional regulations. (e) Conflict of Interest. Board Members shall be subject to the requirements of the California Political Reform Act and other applicable state and local conflict of interest codes. Accordingly, a Board member shall be disqualified from participating in any hearing on an application, petition, or appeal where the Board Member is either the Landlord or a Tenant residing at the subject property, or has any other form of conflict of interest. (f) Training Required. All Board members shall attend training as designated by the Program Administrator. (g) Amendment of Rental Housing Board. The Santa Ana City Council shall not amend this Section without approval by two-thirds (5/7) of all members of the City Council. Section 10. The City Council finds and determines that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, as there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the environment and it is not a “project,” as defined in section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines. Furthermore, the proposed Ordinance falls within the “common sense” CEQA exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3), excluding projects where “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.”