San Jose rules committee approves agenda and will set time‑certain for mobile home rent ordinance

The San Jose Rules and Open Government Committee met Jan. 14 and approved its agenda and consent calendar, and agreed to set a firm meeting time for item 8.6 — an amendment to the mobile home rent ordinance — at next week’s rules meeting.

Chair (Unidentified Speaker 1) told the committee there will be no meeting on Jan. 20 and previewed the Jan. 27 council agenda, which includes a 9:30 a.m. closed session and a 1:30 p.m. regular session; the evening session was recommended for cancellation. He also listed several Section 8 agenda items including an update on implementation of Senate Bill 79 and housing‑related incentives and ordinance changes.

Committee members discussed scheduling for item 8.6 after multiple requests. Unidentified Speaker 2 said constituents and mobile home residents in that member’s district asked that 8.6 be moved near the front of the Jan. 27 agenda to be heard immediately following the consent calendar; Chair said Councilmember Duane had requested an evening (6:00 p.m.) hearing. To reconcile the conflicting requests the committee designated 8.6 as a time‑certain item to be scheduled at the next rules meeting after members reconfirm constituent preferences.

Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to approve the agenda with the ad sheet and with the note that the committee would set a time‑certain for item 8.6 at next week’s rules meeting. The motion passed 4‑0.

The committee then approved the consent calendar (four items) by a 4‑0 vote.

What happens next: committee members said they will check back with the mobile home residents they represent so the committee can set a specific time at the next rules meeting; no formal action on the substance of item 8.6 occurred at this meeting.