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Thank you for joining us for the
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September 29th special meeting of this
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Fortuna City Council. If you'll silence
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your electronic devices and join me for
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the pledge of allegiance, we'll start
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the meeting.
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I pledge algiance to the flag of the
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United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands. One nation
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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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>> Thank you.
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Can we get a roll call?
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>> Council member Conley
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>> present.
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>> Council member Diaz
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>> here. Council member Stevens
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>> here.
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>> Mayor Prom Trent
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>> here.
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>> And Mayor Johnson
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>> here.
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>> Thank you.
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Our first item this evening
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is oral comments from the public and we
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do have a letter from the stores
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uh company and their letter is going to
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be in the record. It's noted on the
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agenda
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and if there are any oral comments for
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items not on the agenda this evening.
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And I see none.
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So, we'll move on to city council
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business.
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Is there someone online?
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» Okay. Well, anyway, our first item of
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business is the consideration of an
[15:27]
urgency ordinance creating temporary
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moratorum on rent increases on mobile
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home spaces in the city of Fortuna.
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All right. Thank you, mayor and council
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members. This evening, as directed by
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your city council, staff have brought an
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urgency ordinance creating a temporary
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moratorum on rent increases on mobile
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home spaces in the city of Fortuna.
[16:05]
Just as a reminder of how we came to be
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here, here is a timeline of events. In
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early July, the city council began
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receiving communication from Royal Crest
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mobile home residents about unaffordable
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mobile home space rent increases. On
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July 17th, city staff met with residents
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of Royal Crest to hear their concerns
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about increasingly unaffordable rent
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increases.
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July 21st, uh, Save Our Seniors made
[16:32]
public comment um, and made a request
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for mobile home rent stabilization
[16:38]
ordinance at the Fortuna City Council
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meeting that day. The city council
[16:43]
during future agenda items directed
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staff to return with information on the
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rent stabilization ordinance. On August
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28th, city staff met with
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representatives from stores management.
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On September 15th, the city council held
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a study session on mobile home rent
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stabilization and city council directed
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staff to return with a temporary
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moratorum on rent increases on mobile
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home spaces. September 24th, the city
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council held a close session due to
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significant exposure to litigation due
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to assertions by the owners of Royal
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Crest mobile estates. And today,
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September 29th, the city council is set
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to review urgency ordinance creating a
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temporary moratorium on rent increases
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on mobile home spaces.
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The purpose of an urg urgency ordinance
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is to place a temporary moratorium on
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rent increases on mobile home spaces to
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preserve housing status for vulnerable
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populations and affordable housing for
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the community while staff further
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investigate and develop a permanent
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mobile home rent stabilization ordinance
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temporarily pausing rent increases on
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mobile home spaces until April 30th,
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2026 as stated in the ordinance or the
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effective date of a mobile home Rent
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stabilization ordinance will prevent an
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undue rush on rent increases on mobile
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home spaces before the effective date of
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an ordinance that will be designed to
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protect mobile home space tenants. Such
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rush increases could defeat the purpose
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of rent stabilization.
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>> I just got a text that said there's no
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um sound on Zoom.
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» Zoom.
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>> No sound on Zoom.
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>> Looks like the city may be on mute.
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Hold for intermission.
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» Do we
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>> They also
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>> they chatted on Zoom. Can they hear us
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now?
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>> Yes,
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>> they can hear us now. Okay, great. Okay,
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I'm going to continue on in the
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presentation because we're just at the
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purpose. Um, so, uh, re rushed rent
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increases from property owners could
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defeat the purpose of a rent
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stabilization ordinance or defer its
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benefits for years.
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Adoption of this ordinance on an urgency
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basis is necessary to preserve the
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public peace, health, and safety of the
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residents, businesses, and property
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owners of the city. The findings that
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constitute the basis for the urgency and
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the need for a temporary moratorum
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include all of the items listed on the
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slides. Uh but a few of them are mobile
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home parks provide an important
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alternative form of housing. A
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significant majority of the residents of
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mobile home parks in the city are older
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individuals or couple living on fixed
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income. Nearly all mobile home park
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residents own and occupy their mobile
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home and have made a st a substantial
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investment to live in the mobile home
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park. And residents of a mobile home
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park have very limited mobility due to
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the impracticality of relocating a
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mobile home.
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A number of residents of mobile home of
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mobile home parks in the city have
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expressed the concern that they could
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become homeless if mobile home park
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owners continue to impose significant
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rent increases.
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Temporarily pausing space rent increases
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will prevent again rush space rent
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increases before adoption of regulations
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to stabilize mobile home space rents.
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Uh for these reasons, an urgency urgency
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ordinance can be adopted.
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Tonight, your city council will consider
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an urgency ordinance creating a
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temporary moratorium on rent increases
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on mobile home spaces in the city of
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Fortuna. If the moratorum on mobile home
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space rent increases adopted this
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evening, staff will return before April
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30th, 2026 with a draft mobile home rent
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stabilization ordinance.
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So, your recommended action tonight is
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to approve the emer emergency ordinance
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that's in your packet creating a
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temporary moratorium on rent increases
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on mobile home spaces in the city of
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Fortuna until April 30th, 2026 or the
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effective date of a permanent mobile
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home rent stabilization ordinance and a
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determination of exemption of the
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urgency ordinance from SQA. And I'd be
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happy to answer any questions.
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>> Okay. Does any
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of the council members have a question
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regarding this?
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Well, we'll open this item for public
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comment and
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» my name is Holland. I want to talk about
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equity.
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the very thing seniors have worked their
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whole lives for. In mobile home parks,
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base rent is directly tied to home
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value. That is devastating for seniors
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on fixed incomes
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who cannot replace that lost value. At
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Royal Crest, rents have risen almost
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100%.
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since 2012, outpacing inflation,
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stripping residents of tens of thousands
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of dollars in equity. Imagine saving for
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decades only to see the value of your
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home eroded in a few short years. Not
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because of the market, because of
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unchecked rent increases.
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The temporary moratorum on rent
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increases you are considering tonight
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fixes this temporarily while ensuring
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fairness that protects everyone. Council
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members,
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this is about dignity. Seniors should
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not be forced to choose between heat,
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medicine, and keeping their homes. This
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pause pervers preserves stability while
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you finalize a fair, permanent,
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enforcable framework. I respectfully ask
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you to adopt the temporary moratorium on
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rent increases, including no pass
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through owner expenses, tonight. Thank
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you very much.
[23:19]
Good evening, mayor and council members.
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My name is Deborah Thomas and I live at
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the Royal Crest Mobile Home Estates.
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We've heard about temporary rent
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assistant programs like MH,
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but these are band-aids on a deep wound.
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They cover only a handful of residents
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at most, about 10 out of the over 200
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families. And even then, there is likely
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no more than five that could qualify in
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Royal Crest and only for a short time.
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The majority remain remain unprotected,
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still subject to unaffordable increases.
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In addition, for those who do not
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qualify for those unattainable funding
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resources,
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are forced to vacate their homes,
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corporations like stores for their
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benefit by obtaining their homes and
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reselling them for a higher profit. We
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have one they just got that they're
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selling for $210,000.
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>> These programs do not stop the root
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problem, skyrocketing rents. They leave
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us scrambling for aid while park owners
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continue to raise rents unchecked.
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Worse, they depend on outside funding
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that can vanish at any time. That's not
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stability. That's false hope. the
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temporary moratorum on rent increases
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before you allow for development of an
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RSO. It's systematic, enforcable, and
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fair. It provides certainty for
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residents and ensures owners continue to
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receive a fair return. It prevents race
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to rise rent hikes that could otherwise
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occur before permanent rules are
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finalized. We don't need temporary
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charity. We need structural fairness.
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and tonight you can provide it. I
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respectfully ask you to adopt the
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temporary moratorum on rent increase
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including the no pass through owner
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expenses tonight. Thank you.
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So my name is Lana Craig and I am a
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Royal Crest resident.
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Thank you all for
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going this far with us. the board
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members,
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Amy Nelson, Amy Nilson especially for uh
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doing all the research and time
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consuming meetings and so forth. Thank
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you for attorney plots for being here
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and uh Millie
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in place of Siana. Thank you all. We
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know you are listening and hearing us
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and we appreciate you for letting us
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speak. Our SOS group is more than a few
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elders that you see here. The SOS group
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stands for seniors in Fortuna and really
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throughout America who are being forced
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out of their homes in these difficult
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times and perhaps ending up on the
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street or lost in some crowded shelter.
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The short moratorum and the RSO will
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recoup the last four years will not
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recoup the last four years of over 20%
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rent increases but it will be a large
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welcome and most appreciated re respit
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to the gnawing constant fear of this
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happening again.
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As the roads diverge, it's up to each of
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us which road we choose.
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We hope you will choose the moratorum
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and vote yes for the RSO when that time
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comes. Thank you for your time, your
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energy, your efforts and again thank you
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Amy Nilson for all your meetings and
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research. Thank you.
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>> Thank you.
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» This is my neighbor Rosemary Weisner.
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She's 94.
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um she couldn't be here because like so
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many of the the people at the park,
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they're disabled and old and quite
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frankly she's getting ready for bed
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right now. She said, "I don't do
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anything after 4 o'clock. I don't go
[27:16]
anywhere. Just wanted you to meet her."
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Um is there anybody here that can I ask
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that is uh unconvinced about how they're
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going to vote today?
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Do you need me to tell you more is what
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I'm asking you.
[27:31]
Are you sure? Okay. Thank you, Mr.
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Stevens, for replying to me. I I
[27:36]
appreciate it. My name is Ann Lton
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again. Thank you so much.
[27:39]
>> I am a resident.
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» Uh good evening, mayor and council
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members. My name is Ricardo and I live
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at Royal Crest. You've heard the
[27:53]
argument that a moratorum, I mean,
[27:55]
sorry, a memorandum of understanding
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could be a solution. But let's be
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honest, anou is a promise. A rent
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stabilization ordinance is protection.
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Anouou can be written rewritten at any
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time by the park owner. It has no
[28:11]
enforcement mechanism. It does not
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guarantee caps or on increases. Nor does
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it put limits on pass through charges or
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a restriction on one increase of one
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increase per year. In short, it leaves
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all the power in the hands of the very
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people who have already raised rents
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without restraint. Our homes cannot be
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moved. We cannot shop around for a
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better deal. Without a binding law, we
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have no stability, no security, and no
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recourse. Our RSO, even a temporary
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moratorum leading to one, creates
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balance and ensures fair return for
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owners, but stability for residents. It
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gives this council, not out of town
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corporations, the authority to safeguard
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Fortuna seniors and families. Plea,
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please don't give us a promise. Give us
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protection. Please don't give us a
[29:07]
handshake. Give us a law. I respectfully
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ask you to adopt the temporary moratorum
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on rent increases, including no pass
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through owner expenses, tonight. Thank
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you.
[29:19]
>> Thank you.
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Good evening, mayor and council members.
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Thank you for your service here tonight.
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My name is Ron Dur and I live at Royal
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Crust Mobile Estates.
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Tonight, I urge you to take the most
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balanced and responsible step available,
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a temporary moratorum
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on rent increases.
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This pause is narrow, timelimited, and
[29:54]
specifically designed to protect
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vulnerable seniors and families while
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you complete the thoughtful work of
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establishing long-term rent
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stabilization ordinance.
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Other communities like Sonoma County in
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2023
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did exactly this. They paused rent hikes
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while they worked on permanent on a
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permanent framework. The result was a
[30:21]
breathing room period. No one was forced
[30:24]
out during
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the the policy process
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and no lastm minute rent spikes
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undermined the future ordinance.
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The proposal before you is equally
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balanced. It sunsets by April 30th, 2026
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or sooner if a rent stabilization
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ordinance is adopted.
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This protects both residents and owners.
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So, council members, this moratorum is
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not radical. It is careful, legal, and
[30:58]
financially planned for. It's a seat
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belt while you finish building the car.
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I respectfully ask you to adopt the
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temporary moratorium rent increases
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tonight. And as a side note, I was
[31:11]
helping pass out notices for this
[31:13]
meeting tonight. And I noticed from this
[31:16]
meeting to the meeting before,
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uh there was one household that told me
[31:22]
that they were trying to stay in that
[31:24]
stores was foreclosing on them and that
[31:27]
they were a little bit behind on rent.
[31:29]
They kept trying to make the payments.
[31:31]
That house is empty. Uh, as of when I
[31:34]
posted the notice, uh, there was another
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fellow uh, 82 year old fell named Phil.
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Lived about a half block up the Crest
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Drive there. He lived there quite a few
[31:45]
years. And when I talked to him, he had
[31:48]
trouble paying the rent and making
[31:50]
medical uh, expenses. And the coroner
[31:53]
picked him up uh, midweek.
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So, uh, there are people that are
[31:59]
actually having to choose between
[32:01]
possible medical operations or paying a
[32:04]
rent, buying food or paying a rent,
[32:07]
getting their doggy taken care of with
[32:09]
the pet place or paying a rent. So, this
[32:12]
is this is critical to a lot of people
[32:13]
living here, particularly the long term
[32:16]
that thought they moved in, rent was
[32:17]
great, and they live here forever. Well,
[32:19]
stores just replaces them with new
[32:21]
people that look like they got plenty of
[32:22]
money to ask them 20 years from now.
[32:25]
And, you know, I've had lots of money in
[32:26]
my life, too. like you people, some of
[32:28]
you do. And I ended up in stores
[32:31]
management. So things change in our
[32:33]
lives. So just keep watching out for
[32:35]
your local voters and citizens. We
[32:37]
appreciate it very much. Thank you.
[32:40]
>> Can I talk twice?
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» I just want you to know that they evict
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you. You can't pay your rent.
[32:50]
>> Okay.
[32:50]
>> And they take your house.
[32:51]
>> Okay.
[32:53]
You you brought that up earlier.
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>> You can't sell it because the rent
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Mayor, I'd like to point out that you
[33:00]
have two online public commenters.
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>> Okay. Well, let's let's bring them on.
[33:06]
>> Millie, will you un let me know who
[33:08]
you're unmuting.
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» Andrew, you are you will be unmuted and
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you can go ahead. You will have three
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minutes.
[33:19]
» Okay. Thank you. Um, yeah. So, I've been
[33:22]
there in person to to speak in favor of
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the rent stabilization ordinance, and
[33:28]
now I'm coming to speak in favor of the
[33:30]
temporary uh moratorium on rent
[33:32]
increases. Um, thank you all for the
[33:36]
time that you're devoting to this, for
[33:38]
taking it seriously, for hearing
[33:40]
everybody out tonight. Um, I think it's
[33:42]
wonderful that Royal Press seniors have
[33:44]
got this far. I applaud them for all the
[33:47]
research that they've done that they've
[33:48]
presented to you guys and um
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and I think now it's it's clear you guys
[33:56]
have a choice and you can choose now to
[33:58]
adopt the moratorum on rent increases
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and grant material benefit to seniors
[34:04]
and your very own community. And I think
[34:07]
not adopting it would be
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uh affirming
[34:16]
property rights of billionaire giants
[34:18]
who don't even live in the community and
[34:20]
who are just ex uh who are uh pulling
[34:23]
out money from the community uh millions
[34:26]
of dollars a year um at the expense of uh senior citizens. So please
[34:34]
um make the right choice tonight. Thank
[34:36]
you.
[34:38]
>> Thank you.
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Lev, you're unmuted. You can go ahead.
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» Hello, my name is Lev. I'm calling in
[34:55]
from Arcada. I'm a member of Humble
[34:57]
Tenants Union, fighting on behalf of
[34:58]
renters and mobile homeowners throughout
[35:00]
the county. I want to address SOS. The
[35:03]
level of self-organization and
[35:05]
mobilization you all have demonstrated
[35:07]
is so, so impressive. I want you to know
[35:10]
that you've shown real power. The
[35:12]
research you all have shared has been
[35:13]
super thorough and informative. I've
[35:16]
been humbled by your level of efficacy
[35:18]
and I feel grateful that I had the
[35:20]
chance to meet several of you uh when I
[35:22]
spoke a few weeks ago. City council, I
[35:26]
think the seniors who are here have said
[35:27]
it best. I won't belabor the arguments
[35:30]
that others have already made so
[35:31]
eloquently. I think you know what is the
[35:34]
right thing to do. Please pass the
[35:35]
moratorum and do the right thing for
[35:37]
hundreds of your constituents. Thank
[35:39]
you.
[35:43]
» Billy, can you unmute Michelle Bushnell?
[35:46]
Michelle, you can speak.
[35:49]
>> Can I confirm you guys can hear me?
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>> We can hear you.
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>> Okay, thank you. Um, I just want to
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address uh the council and um tell you
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guys that I know that you have had a lot
[36:01]
um to do with this and that you guys
[36:04]
have done your homework and have
[36:06]
listened to your constituents. To Amy,
[36:08]
the um the city manager, you have done
[36:11]
so much investigating and done so many
[36:14]
meetings and really thoroughly worked
[36:16]
through the process. It's very scary for people when they, you know, own
[36:22]
their home and they get into a space and
[36:24]
they think that space is going to be set
[36:26]
or have small increases. I know that
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this is a hard decision for the council,
[36:30]
but it's terrifying for your senior
[36:32]
community that lives at Royal Crest. And
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I'm just um grateful that you all did
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your investigating and look forward to
[36:39]
your decision this evening. Thank you.
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» Dan C, you will be unmuted and you will
[36:50]
be able to speak.
[36:54]
There you go. Oh, you had it.
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Okay. I think I unmuted while you
[37:08]
unmuted and it muted. Um, I'm learning
[37:12]
how to use Zoom uh through a bunch of
[37:15]
different platforms, but I'm think I
[37:18]
want to thank whoever with it made this
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available. I think it's an essential
[37:21]
part of government to um allow people to
[37:26]
participate without driving or if
[37:29]
they're not feeling well or anything
[37:31]
else. Um,
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and tonight, um, uh, you're actually
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competing with a lot of other events.
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So, I'm impressed that there is a big
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turnout in person and
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also that you took the time to hear
[37:53]
everybody, you should have in person.
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And those of us were speaking up online.
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um while they debate
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uh world peace or throw out a proposal
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that's unilateral, you're being asked to
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um on a local microlo level to affect
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people's lives directly where you live.
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And the
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crime of
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almost displacement of people who are
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owners of their homes and senior in this
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point of life is something that um that
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it needs to and is being addressed here
[38:33]
and it's grateful that
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you're likely to listen to. Um, I
[38:41]
realized who was here when I used Zoom
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that and I'm really glad Michelle spoke
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so eloquently in representing
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um not only her constituents but her
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actual family and uh it's uh it's an
[38:57]
easy decision.
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It should go the right way and I have
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complete confidence that you will
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represent your constituents morality and
[39:11]
public decency by doing the right thing
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and I'm so happy to participate in this
[39:17]
manner.
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>> Thank you.
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Is that our
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>> That's the end of the online public
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comment
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>> and we're we've reached the end of the
[39:32]
closing public comment for in person and
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at this time we're at a point of a
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motion or not a motion. Make a motion to
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approve an urgency ordinance creating a
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temporary moratorium on rent increases
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on mobile home spaces in the city of
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Fortuna until April 30th, 2026 or
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effective date of a mobile home rent
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stabilization ordinance and
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determination of an exemption of the
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urgency ordinance from the California
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Environmental Quality Act.
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>> Second.
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>> Council member Connley, can I just
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confirm that that's reading by title
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only as well
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>> and read by title only?
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>> Thank you. And can I make a comment
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before we vote?
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>> What's that?
[40:11]
>> I was just wondering if I could make a
[40:12]
comment before we vote.
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>> Yeah.
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>> I just wanted to say that uh I think I'm
[40:17]
probably inclined not to vote for the
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moratorum. Just want to reiterate that
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it's not because I don't sympathize with
[40:24]
all the seniors. I think they are
[40:26]
fighting for their livelihood and their
[40:28]
quality of life and everything. I think
[40:30]
just the process. I would have liked to
[40:32]
have seen a good faith effort to try and
[40:34]
negotiate with the management company. I
[40:36]
know you guys have probably a good
[40:38]
reason to be skeptical of whether that
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would
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>> well
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in any case um so I think my decision is
[40:50]
not not based on you know that but more
[40:53]
the process and not at least giving them
[40:56]
the you know the opportunity to
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negotiate.
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» Okay. Okay. Well, we do have a motion
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>> and a second before us. So, all in
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favor,
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>> Mayor Johnson, before we do that, it
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will need to be a roll call vote. We'll
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need to read the title before we go to
[41:17]
that portion. Yeah. Thank you.
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Council
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member Connley moved, seconded by um
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Mayor Prom Trent to adopt ordinance
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2025776,
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an ordinance of the city council of city
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of Fortuna to impose a temporary
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moratorium on rent increases on mobile
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home spaces in the city of Fortuna until
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the earlier of April 30th, 2026 or the
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repeal of this ordinance and determining
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the ordinance to be exempt from SQA.
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Roll call vote.
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Um, Council Member Connley,
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>> I.
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>> Council member Diaz,
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>> I.
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>> Council member Stevens,
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>> no.
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>> Mayor Prom,
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>> yes.
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>> And Mayor Johnson,
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>> yes.
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» So, the mo motion passes.
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>> So, it is affirmed.
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[Applause]
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Uh trying to drag this out of the way
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here.
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» So with that,
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>> I make a motion to adjurnn.
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>> Second.
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>> Have a motion and a second to adjurnn.
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All in favor? I
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>> opposed. None. Thank you.