8.1 20-510 Actions Related to a Temporary Moratorium on Rent Increases for Rent Stabilized Apartments and Mobilehomes, Suspension of Late Fee Charges for Apartment Rent Ordinance Program Fees, Allow Landlords and Tenants to Enter Into Agreements to Reduce Rent, and Waiver of Building Fees for Apartment Buildings with 20 or Fewer Units.
I urge the City Council to heed the advice of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, which has argued that the state Constitution provides the powers to legislate on issues of “public safety, public health, morality, peace and quiet, and law and order,” especially in a state of emergency. So long as the state remains under a shelter in place, the city has the moral obligation to enact a temporary rent suspension so as to protect renters and the general public. A rent freeze is simply not enough.
I urge the City Council to heed the advice of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, which has argued that the state Constitution provides the powers to legislate on issues of “public safety, public health, morality, peace and quiet, and law and order,” especially in a state of emergency. So long as the state remains under a shelter in place, the city has the moral obligation to enact a temporary rent suspension so as to protect renters and the general public. A rent freeze is simply not enough.