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Renters call for expanded protections, rental registry as council schedules code-review work
Summary
Several residents and tenant‑union members urged the City Council to close loopholes in state tenant-protection law, protect households from no‑fault evictions, expand health-and-safety standards, and create a rental registry; speakers said about 61% of city households rent.
Public comment during the San Luis Obispo City Council meeting featured multiple speakers urging stronger tenant protections, a rental registry and tighter enforcement of habitability and eviction rules.
Speakers from the San Luis Obispo Tenants Union and tenants themselves emphasized three priorities: close gaps left by the state’s 2019 Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482), expand protections against no‑fault evictions, and improve health-and-safety enforcement for rental properties. Jonathan Ayala, who identified himself as a new member of the SLO Tenants Union, said the group…
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