Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, April 7, 2016, 12:49 PM
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Tenant advocates submit rent-control measure
Original post made on Apr 7, 2016
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, April 7, 2016, 12:49 PM
Comments (7)
Posted by Ron
a resident of Waverly Park
on Apr 7, 2016 at 2:28 pm
a resident of Waverly Park
on Apr 7, 2016 at 2:28 pm
SF has some of the strictest rent control around. Rents there are sky high. All rent control does is discourage renting, which ultimately drive up scarcity and make rentals harder to find.
Posted by Al D'Amato
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 7, 2016 at 5:32 pm
a resident of North Whisman
on Apr 7, 2016 at 5:32 pm
"The new rules under the proposed measure would affect only apartments built before 1995"
"he said the problem stems from a dearth of housing, which could be worsened if rent-control policies end up discouraging developers from building more."
Why are developers discouraged from building more if the proposal don't affect new housing?
Posted by Ron Fibs
a resident of Slater
on Apr 7, 2016 at 9:17 pm
a resident of Slater
on Apr 7, 2016 at 9:17 pm
"Ron" is not telling the truth about San Francisco. There, rent control has saved tens of thousands of tenants from being forced out of the City. Under state law, local rent control cannot apply to units firstvrented out in and after 1995 Rent control does not discourage new rental housing because it cannot apply to new rental housing.
Posted by Resident
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:02 pm
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:02 pm
This is getting obnoxious. I guess they plan to just keep submitting "proposals" until they get their way?
For those who object to market-based rent increases, band together with your like-minded folk, form a co-op, and buy a building to live in. I'm sure there are federal, state and local funds that are available to assist.
Posted by mvresident2008
a resident of Shoreline West
on Apr 8, 2016 at 3:48 pm
a resident of Shoreline West
on Apr 8, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Quote from the above article: "Evan Ortiz, a spokesman for the Mountain View Tenants' Coalition"
My research shows Evan is also serving as a member of The City of Mountain View Human Relations Commission (HRC) Web Link
The City of Mountain View Council Advisory Bodies handbook Web Link section D1 & D1 does make some notes about conflicts of interest.
Posted by Common sense
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 8, 2016 at 4:05 pm
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 8, 2016 at 4:05 pm
Note: This is a DUPLICATE COPY of the story. (A quirk of the Voice website, until someone bothers to merge them).
The issues were already argued out in comments to the original copy a few days ago: Web Link -- go there, don't bother rehashing everything here.
Posted by Sandy
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Jul 8, 2016 at 9:46 am
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Jul 8, 2016 at 9:46 am
Instead of hammering on the landlords in Mtn. View to control rent, how about putting pressure on the corporations (Google, LinkedInc, etc) to expand elsewhere? There's not enough space in Mtn. View to accommodate all this corporate expansion, not to mention a lack of roads to handle all the traffic we have now.
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