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Dialogue #1: No-cause, Relocation Fees, Ellis & Habitability (Recap)

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Dialogue #1 Municipal GalleryDialogue #1 kicked off with an introduction by Susan Healy Keene, Director of the Community Development Department, and then moved straight to a series of four issue presentations from city consultant, HR&A Advisors. Each was followed by followed by an open mic for public comments. Unlike last summer’s roundtable discussions, this series of dialogues is highly structured. There is a walk-through of each issue; then a bit about what the issue means to Beverly Hills tenants and landlords; and finally HR&A provides policy options to which the public is invited to respond. Read More Dialogue #1: No-cause, Relocation Fees, Ellis & Habitability (Recap)

Community Education Workshops: The Good, Bad and Ugly

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Community Education Workshop 2018City of Beverly Hills recently convened two ‘community education workshops’ where staff provided both tenants and landlords with a presentation about rent stabilization. Susan Healy Keene, Director of the Community Development Department, provided an overview of the process and then handed it over to Community Preservation Manager Nestor Otazu.[1] He walked though the relatively recent changes to the rent stabilization ordinances and highlighted the key aspects of state law that apply to those who rent housing (and those who provide it). Here is my takeaway. Read More Community Education Workshops: The Good, Bad and Ugly

City Council Agrees: Let’s Get on With the Program

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Mayor Bosse tonight was able tonight to focus councilmembers on several key issues that are necessary to move the rent stabilization program forward: proceeding with a rental registry, funding the program, and hiring a deputy director. There were other areas of council agreement, too, like forming a tenant-landlord committee or board and enact new habitability standards. While the program moved forward, though, the next steps are unclear. Should the key policy questions go to a Council workshop? Get tossed back to the community for more dialogues? Let’s take a look at were councilmembers at the September 5, 2017 meeting were able to find consensus. Read More City Council Agrees: Let’s Get on With the Program

Facilitated Dialogue #7 Recap

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Facilitator Sukhsimranjit Singh approached dialogue #7 with an agenda that focused on several items from the previous table dialogue: the annual rent increase; relocation fees; no-just-cause tenancy terminations; and exemptions from rent stabilization for up to 4-unit structures. (For background read dialogue #5 recap and dialogue #6 recap.) In this final facilitated dialogue, though, landlords and tenants found little more to agree on. This is my recap. Read More Facilitated Dialogue #7 Recap

Facilitated Dialogue #6 Recap

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This past Sunday, City of Beverly Hills convened the second roundtable dialogue involving committees of tenants and landlords. “We are moving towards a middle ground,” Facilitator Sukhsimranjit Singh said. “We will try to conclude these issues today without war stories.” Like July’s dialogue #5, this dialogue #6  was organized to allow representatives from each side an opportunity to search for common interests in a focused, facilitated discussion. What follows is my summary. (Don’t need to read the details? Read my takeaway from this the session.) Read More Facilitated Dialogue #6 Recap