It’s ridiculous and illegal. With this logic, Are you going to force Walmart and other supermarkets to waive the costs for covid-19 impacted people in 90 days? Are you going waive the tax? Are you going to force the loan companies to waive the mortgage? It’s totally unconstitutional. Strongly oppose!
Why doesn’t the city take a loan and use that money to pay off people rents who need it. Loan interest rates are super low right now and the city can levy a progressive tax to pay it off over a few years. This is a win for renters and mortgage payers.
Thank you for your hard work, city of San Jose. You know we are all hit by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. I heard some CEOs cut their own salary to avoid layoffs. I ask the city of San Jose to cut back your own salary to support the suffered, instead of killing one victim to compensate for another victim. Please do not abuse your power to rob property owners who are also victims of the CCP virus.
Support for the rent moratorium is not enough. If people are still shackled with months of rent payments without salaries during this crisis, we are only delaying the inevitable suffering of people when the restrictions are lifted later. The cost of not recognizing the suffering of our workers and neighbors now will be high, and is one we will all be paying in terms of the social and economic health of our community eventually. We need to take care of our neighbors NOW instead.
Support for the rent moratorium is not enough. If people are still shackled with months of rent payments without salaries during this crisis, we are only delaying the inevitable suffering of people when the restrictions are lifted later. The cost of not recognizing the suffering of our workers and neighbors now will be high, and is one we will all be paying in terms of the social and economic health of our community eventually. We need to take care of our neighbors NOW instead.
Everyone is equal in front of Covid-19. Many landlords in this area are hard working middle class relying on rent payment to pay mortgage property tax insurance etc. Some like myself live in rental homes and rent out our own properties in San Jose. Waiving tenants rent will lead me to default on the property. People who are impacted severely by Covid-19 all need help landlords and tenants. The City should step up to fund the subsidies.
Landlords are immigrants too and many on employment based visas tied to their jobs with high risk of having to leave the country. Need to be fair to everyone and not steal from one to help another. If you really need to support, it needs to be through the Government aid to those affected. Highly unconstitutional
The CARES Act Congress passed provides homeowners relief in terms of for forbearance. Forbearance means you only delay the full payment (still need to pay the reduced amount). Then you have to pay the entire balance at later date. What this proposed ordinance does is to waive the payment for 3 months. It is not the same thing. Learn the facts before you speak. The question is not whether we should help tenants in dire situation but WHY rob Mary to pay Paul??? We all need to share the burden!
Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution empowers each city and county to “enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary...“This broad authority is traditionally known as the City’s police power, and it enables local governments to legislate on matters of “[p]ublic safety, public health, morality...law and order..."
Government Code Section 8634 authorizes local governments... to “promulgate orders and regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property.
Get out of the country communist Rep Ro Khanna. You don't know what the constitution is. You definitely lose my votes! Enough is enough. Rent control is ugly enough!!!!!
This is unconstitutional. Get out of the country, communists!!!! It is a shame of San Jose Council to have such two communist councilmen who are tenants themselves trying to rob landlords! Thank you city attorney!
I am a District 6 homeowner and member of SURJ at Sacred Heart and I STRONGLY SUPPORT the proposed rent suspension! I urge all Councilmembers and the Mayor to vote YES. I understand that the City attorney says there are legal issues here. In this case, I am with Martin Luther King, who said:
“One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.“
I work at Sacred Heart and have been diverted to answering the housing line for the past three weeks. 1000s of people have described having lost all income across all kinds of work. The scale of this emergency is beyond anything we know & drastic measures are needed. The Law Foundation, Public Counsel & Public Interest Law Project agree that in times of crisis, local governments have emergency powers under Art. XI Sec. 7 to preserve people’s health, safety & wellbeing. Support rent suspension.
We have frozen huge portions of our agenda, we are asking workers to stay home, and we should therefore freeze their rent too.
In times of crisis, local governments have extraordinary power to preserve the life, health, safety, and wellbeing of their people. San Jose and Santa Clara County have wisely been setting precedents in addressing many aspects of this crisis. I encourage you to continue to show leadership, and use the power you have to enact a rent freeze.
The CARES ACT provides substantial relief in the form of up to a year of forbearace to home owners with mortgages backed by federal loans. Renters, especially our undocumented immigrant neighbors, are not extended the privilege of that relief. They are forced to make the impossible choice between prioritizing their health and providing housing for their families. We must protect the most vulnerable members of our community by enacting rent suspension now. Vote YES on rent suspension.
It’s ridiculous and illegal. With this logic, Are you going to force Walmart and other supermarkets to waive the costs for covid-19 impacted people in 90 days? Are you going waive the tax? Are you going to force the loan companies to waive the mortgage? It’s totally unconstitutional. Strongly oppose!
San Jose city should be the one provide free housing or relief fund to renters, not private Landlord !
Why doesn’t the city take a loan and use that money to pay off people rents who need it. Loan interest rates are super low right now and the city can levy a progressive tax to pay it off over a few years. This is a win for renters and mortgage payers.
Thank you for your hard work, city of San Jose. You know we are all hit by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. I heard some CEOs cut their own salary to avoid layoffs. I ask the city of San Jose to cut back your own salary to support the suffered, instead of killing one victim to compensate for another victim. Please do not abuse your power to rob property owners who are also victims of the CCP virus.
Support for the rent moratorium is not enough. If people are still shackled with months of rent payments without salaries during this crisis, we are only delaying the inevitable suffering of people when the restrictions are lifted later. The cost of not recognizing the suffering of our workers and neighbors now will be high, and is one we will all be paying in terms of the social and economic health of our community eventually. We need to take care of our neighbors NOW instead.
Support for the rent moratorium is not enough. If people are still shackled with months of rent payments without salaries during this crisis, we are only delaying the inevitable suffering of people when the restrictions are lifted later. The cost of not recognizing the suffering of our workers and neighbors now will be high, and is one we will all be paying in terms of the social and economic health of our community eventually. We need to take care of our neighbors NOW instead.
Everyone is equal in front of Covid-19. Many landlords in this area are hard working middle class relying on rent payment to pay mortgage property tax insurance etc. Some like myself live in rental homes and rent out our own properties in San Jose. Waiving tenants rent will lead me to default on the property. People who are impacted severely by Covid-19 all need help landlords and tenants. The City should step up to fund the subsidies.
Landlords are immigrants too and many on employment based visas tied to their jobs with high risk of having to leave the country. Need to be fair to everyone and not steal from one to help another. If you really need to support, it needs to be through the Government aid to those affected. Highly unconstitutional
Everyone faces the financial difficulties now, not only renters but landlords also. NEED BE FAIR TO EVERYONE.
The CARES Act Congress passed provides homeowners relief in terms of for forbearance. Forbearance means you only delay the full payment (still need to pay the reduced amount). Then you have to pay the entire balance at later date. What this proposed ordinance does is to waive the payment for 3 months. It is not the same thing. Learn the facts before you speak. The question is not whether we should help tenants in dire situation but WHY rob Mary to pay Paul??? We all need to share the burden!
Get out of the city Raul Peralez. You don't know what the law is. you should be fired.
Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution empowers each city and county to “enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary...“This broad authority is traditionally known as the City’s police power, and it enables local governments to legislate on matters of “[p]ublic safety, public health, morality...law and order..."
Government Code Section 8634 authorizes local governments... to “promulgate orders and regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property.
Get out of the country communist Rep Ro Khanna. You don't know what the constitution is. You definitely lose my votes! Enough is enough. Rent control is ugly enough!!!!!
Oppose!
This is unconstitutional. Get out of the country, communists!!!! It is a shame of San Jose Council to have such two communist councilmen who are tenants themselves trying to rob landlords! Thank you city attorney!
Owners and renter are on the similar position to pay mortgages like to pay rental, to live on the rental for living. Oppose!
I am a District 6 homeowner and member of SURJ at Sacred Heart and I STRONGLY SUPPORT the proposed rent suspension! I urge all Councilmembers and the Mayor to vote YES. I understand that the City attorney says there are legal issues here. In this case, I am with Martin Luther King, who said:
“One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.“
I work at Sacred Heart and have been diverted to answering the housing line for the past three weeks. 1000s of people have described having lost all income across all kinds of work. The scale of this emergency is beyond anything we know & drastic measures are needed. The Law Foundation, Public Counsel & Public Interest Law Project agree that in times of crisis, local governments have emergency powers under Art. XI Sec. 7 to preserve people’s health, safety & wellbeing. Support rent suspension.
We have frozen huge portions of our agenda, we are asking workers to stay home, and we should therefore freeze their rent too.
In times of crisis, local governments have extraordinary power to preserve the life, health, safety, and wellbeing of their people. San Jose and Santa Clara County have wisely been setting precedents in addressing many aspects of this crisis. I encourage you to continue to show leadership, and use the power you have to enact a rent freeze.
The CARES ACT provides substantial relief in the form of up to a year of forbearace to home owners with mortgages backed by federal loans. Renters, especially our undocumented immigrant neighbors, are not extended the privilege of that relief. They are forced to make the impossible choice between prioritizing their health and providing housing for their families. We must protect the most vulnerable members of our community by enacting rent suspension now. Vote YES on rent suspension.