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Fisher Broyles <br />October 31, 2023 <br />Page 4 of 4 <br />Such information is not publicly available, and tenants have a reasonable expectation of privacy <br />in that information. Requiring landlords to seek and report such personal information about their <br />tenants is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. Cty. ofL.A., 56 Cal. 4th at 927. <br />B. The Additional Information Required by the Administrator Violates the Municipal <br />Code, Section 8-316(a) <br />As noted above, the Municipal Code allows the Administrator to "adopt policies and <br />procedures that require additional information to be collected and recorded in Registration Forms <br />in furtherance of the objectives of this Article." Municipal Code § 8-3160(a). The stated <br />"objective" of the rent registry is to allow the City to monitor rent increases. That can be done <br />without compelling landlords to collect and report the private details about their tenantsi.e., their <br />names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and "preferred" language. The Administrator <br />has promulgated no formal policy or procedure of which the Coalition is aware that justifies the <br />need for such private information. Therefore, the Administrator's demand for tenant information <br />violates the plain terms of section 8-1360(a). <br />III. <br />Conclusion <br />The City's "rent registry" requirements, as codified in the code and implemented by the <br />Administrator, are subject to legal challenge. They violate landlords' and tenants' reasonable <br />expectation of privacy —in violation of the Fourth Amendment —and even violate the plain terms <br />of the code itself. The Coalition requests that the City Council amend its code to strike section 8- <br />1360(g)—so that landlords are not required to produce nonpublic documents to the City —and to <br />instruct the Administrator to (1) cease and desist from compelling landlords to collect and report <br />personal and highly sensitive information about their tenants, and (2) purge all such information <br />received to date. <br />Very truly yours, <br />Paul J. Beard 11 <br />P 1 1 /`,I,! [ A I /\U!_,11114 1 I I AIR,1 t i I I l' t I II(,,AG,O II It;lly, N,%\ II D U I VL_L AI',L_a I C <OL.L. IMUI,J ', I L iAILL_A <br />I INVL R, I L.i1., I RULI I I I(. UL,,l OI` II I I_UN L. UI'4 L () S ,V1 At�kL�i:P..1. J ( I'AIAMI 0'1­1.1""", 1 I`JILW 'Y 4 RU,,,, I PAL.) AL_ I U <br />PIIIIJyL)1:_IJ`1IIV" I PI,`1NC,I_I(:t1"L tI I I./\KI (:IIY I `LAI IL.Ii j VVf'0;31III1(x10\� D,(;';. <br />