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Volunteers say they gathered 9,000+ signatures to force Salinas vote after council repealed renter protections
Summary
A volunteer campaign told the Salinas City Council it has collected more than 9,000 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot after council members voted to repeal recently adopted rent-stabilization ordinances and a rental registry.
A volunteer group supporting renter protections told the Salinas City Council on July 1 that it has gathered more than 9,000 valid signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot challenging the council’s recent repeal of rent-stabilization measures.
Protect Salinas Renters campaign representatives said at the start of the public-comment period that more than 200 volunteers helped collect the signatures and urged the council to reverse its repeal. “We are proud to share that we have gathered over 9,000 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot in response to the uninformed and harmful decision that five of you made last month to repeal rent stabilization, renter…
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