Item 21 - Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance Amendments - Phan

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Ordinance No. NS - ____ Page 4 of 7 (a) Increases in Rent on Residential Real Property or Mobilehome Spaces in the City of Santa Ana in excess of three percent (3%), or eighty percent (80%) of the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, and more than one Rent Increase in any twelve (12) month period, are prohibited, unless expressly exempt under the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act codified in California Civil Code section 1954.50, et seq., or the Mobilehome Residency Law codified in California Civil Code sections 798, et seq. If the change in the Consumer Price Index is negative, no Rent Increase is permitted. The term Consumer Price Index means, at the time of the adjustment calculation completed by the City pursuant to subsection (b), the percentage increase in the United State Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim Metropolitan Area published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted, for the most recent twelve (12) month period ending prior to the City’s calculation pursuant to subsection (b). A violation of this section occurs upon the service of notice or demand for a prohibited increase in Rent. The Santa Ana City Council shall not adjust or amend this section to allow for increases in Rent on Residential Real Property or Mobilehome Spaces in the City of Santa Ana in excess of three percent (3%), or one hundred percent (100%) of the change in the Consumer Price Index, without approval of at least a supermajority (5/7) of all members of the City Council. Section 7. Subsection (l) is added to Section 8-3160 (Rental Registry) of Division 4 (Rental Registry and Rental Registry Fee) of Article XIX (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance) of Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as follows: (l) The Santa Ana City Council shall not dissolve, render ineffective, or take other action which may have the same or substantially similar results to dissolving or rendering ineffective, the Rental Registry, without approval of at least a supermajority (5/7) of all members of the City Council. Section 8. Subsection (a) of Section 8-3161 (Rental Registry Fee) of Division 4 (Rental Registry and Rental Registry Fee) of Article XIX (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance) of Chapter 8 (Buildings and Structures) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: (a)Amount of Fee. A Landlord shall pay to the City a Rental Registry Fee for each of the Landlord’s Rental Units in the City. The amount of the Fee shall be determined by resolution of the City Council adopted from time to time and set forth in the City’s Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. The Fee shall not exceed the amount found by the City Council to be necessary to administer the provisions of this Article, and the City Council’s findings in this regard shall be final. The Santa Ana City Council shall not dissolve, render ineffective, or take other action which may have the same or