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Half Moon Bay council pauses overhaul of rent-stabilization and rental-registry proposals pending more data
Summary
Council members heard a staff briefing comparing the city's local rent protections with state law, received hours of testimony from tenants, landlords and advocates, and directed staff to return with more detailed cost, privacy and enforcement information before deciding whether to keep, amend or abandon local rent stabilization and the rental registry.
Interim staff presented three alternatives for the city's rental policy framework — keep local rent stabilization but align the cap with state AB 1482 (option 1), eliminate local rent stabilization but retain a registry and expand rental assistance and legal services (option 2), or eliminate both local stabilization and the registry and rely on state law paired with supportive services (option 3). City Manager's Office analyst Irma Acosta summarized key differences between the local ordinance and state law, noting that Half Moon Bay currently gives tenants just-cause protections after 30 days (compared with 12 months under state law) and requires three months' relocation…
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