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Law and Legislation Committee Regular Meeting - March 16, 2021

Law and Legislation CommitteeTuesday, March 16, 2021
BodySacramento, California
SessionLaw and Legislation Committee
DateTuesday, March 16, 2021
StatusFILED
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0:08

Katie, just so you know, I I showed up to an LNL meeting three minutes late one time.

0:15

And just as I walked into chambers, the gavel came down and Jay said meeting your turn.

0:22

Oh, believe me.

0:24

Chair Shaneer Chair Cheneer, we are video streaming, and staff is ready when you are.

0:30

Okay, stories later.

0:33

So uh let's call this meeting of the law and legislation committee uh order.

0:37

Uh thank you all for being here and on time.

0:40

Um you like to call the role, establish the quorum.

0:44

Thank you, Councilmember Gata.

0:47

Here.

0:47

Councilmember Harris.

0:50

Councilmember Valenzuela.

0:53

And Chair Shaneer.

0:55

Pleased to be here.

0:56

All right.

0:57

Uh we have basically one significant item.

1:01

Um, but let's go ahead and call on the consent calendar first.

1:06

Any comments on the log?

1:08

I know we had some requests we're working on scheduling.

1:11

Um, so we'll continue to do that.

1:13

Uh any comments on the log or on the correspondence.

1:18

No, I'll move consent, sure.

1:20

Okay.

1:21

Have a motion and a second.

1:24

Uh, please call the roll.

1:27

And for the record, we have no callers for the consent calendar.

1:29

Councilmember Getta.

1:31

Hi.

1:32

Councilmember Harris.

1:33

Aye.

1:34

Councilmember Valenzuela.

1:36

Yes.

1:36

And Chair Shaneer.

1:38

Hi.

1:39

All right.

1:39

We have a unanimous vote on that.

1:41

Uh, let's go ahead to item three, the tenant protection program.

1:47

Tina Lee Boyd, how are you?

1:50

Good afternoon.

1:51

I'm doing well.

1:52

Thank you.

1:52

Good.

1:54

You are on.

1:56

Okay.

1:57

So good afternoon, Vice Mayor Shneer and members of the committee.

2:00

I'm Tina LeVote, program manager with the community development department.

2:03

And with me today are Tahiri Kraft, our housing services director with Sacramento Self Help Housing and Cheryl Patterson, Senior Deputy City Attorney.

2:12

On January 5th, we presented an updated on the tenant protection program or TPP to City Council.

2:18

Today we're sharing our progress since that report and responding to suggested code amendments from Councilmember Valenzuela and the Sacramento Tenants Union that were shared at that meeting.

2:29

So as you know, our program protects Reynards from excessive rent increases and unjustified evictions.

2:34

Full program implementation was delayed due to COVID and our commitment to supporting the city's residential and commercial tenant eviction moratoriums.

2:42

This included delaying rental property registration and billing as well as outreach related specifically to the Tenant and Protection Relief Act.

2:50

So I just kind of want to give an update on where we're at.

2:54

As part of this presentation, I'll give an update on some of the things that we've been working on since then.

2:59

Tahiri Kraft will do a presentation on kind of how Sacramento South Help Housing has been assisting us, and then she'll throw it back to me, and then I'll cover the responses to the actual recommendations.

3:11

So this week we're actually mailing registration packets that are associated with over 42,000 rental units.

3:17

And this is really important because our program is self-supporting and registration is really critical to establishing the information that we need for invoices for program fees that are going to be mailed to our landlords next month.

3:29

So last year we weren't able to recover our fees due to COVID, so we're really committed to collecting revenue this year to ensure funding for the program.

3:37

So this kind of leads to our outreach.

3:39

And I know there have been some concerns about our outreach focusing primarily on landlords.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Housing█████████████████████████████████████████████48%
Affordable Housing██████████████████████████28%
Tenant Harassment██████████11%
Procedural██████6%
Public Health██████6%
Public Comments1%
Summary of Proceedings

Law and Legislation Committee Regular Meeting - March 16, 2021

The Law and Legislation Committee of the Sacramento City Council met via teleconference on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 1:01 p.m. All four members were present. The committee approved the consent calendar unanimously and received a detailed update on the Tenant Protection Program, with public comments from three callers. The meeting adjourned at 2:23 p.m.

Consent Calendar

  • Law and Legislation Log (File ID 2021-00199): Approved by motion, documenting governmental affairs activities.
  • Legislative Advocacy Correspondence (File ID 2021-00200): Received and filed, covering citywide legislative advocacy materials.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • On Item 3 (Tenant Protection Program): Three callers (Erin, Ibrahaim, and PJ) provided public comments. Their remarks focused on tenant protection issues, though specific details were not recorded in the minutes.

Discussion Items

  • Tenant Protection Program Update (File ID 2021-00233): Tina Lee-Vogt, Program Manager from the Community Development Department, presented progress since the January 5, 2021 City Council report. The presentation covered program metrics, eviction prevention efforts, and outreach statistics. The committee received and filed the update without further action.

Key Outcomes

  • The consent calendar was adopted unanimously (4-0).
  • The Tenant Protection Program update was received and filed.
  • No committee comments or additional business were conducted.

Meeting Transcript

Katie, just so you know, I I showed up to an LNL meeting three minutes late one time. And just as I walked into chambers, the gavel came down and Jay said meeting your turn. Oh, believe me. Chair Shaneer Chair Cheneer, we are video streaming, and staff is ready when you are. Okay, stories later. So uh let's call this meeting of the law and legislation committee uh order. Uh thank you all for being here and on time. Um you like to call the role, establish the quorum. Thank you, Councilmember Gata. Here. Councilmember Harris. Councilmember Valenzuela. And Chair Shaneer. Pleased to be here. All right. Uh we have basically one significant item. Um, but let's go ahead and call on the consent calendar first. Any comments on the log? I know we had some requests we're working on scheduling. Um, so we'll continue to do that. Uh any comments on the log or on the correspondence. No, I'll move consent, sure. Okay. Have a motion and a second. Uh, please call the roll. And for the record, we have no callers for the consent calendar. Councilmember Getta. Hi. Councilmember Harris. Aye. Councilmember Valenzuela. Yes. And Chair Shaneer. Hi. All right. We have a unanimous vote on that. Uh, let's go ahead to item three, the tenant protection program. Tina Lee Boyd, how are you? Good afternoon. I'm doing well. Thank you. Good. You are on. Okay. So good afternoon, Vice Mayor Shneer and members of the committee. I'm Tina LeVote, program manager with the community development department. And with me today are Tahiri Kraft, our housing services director with Sacramento Self Help Housing and Cheryl Patterson, Senior Deputy City Attorney. On January 5th, we presented an updated on the tenant protection program or TPP to City Council. Today we're sharing our progress since that report and responding to suggested code amendments from Councilmember Valenzuela and the Sacramento Tenants Union that were shared at that meeting. So as you know, our program protects Reynards from excessive rent increases and unjustified evictions.

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