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Half Moon Bay council votes to move to state tenant protections and begin repeal of local rent stabilization and registry
Summary
After hours of testimony from tenants, legal aid groups and landlords, the Half Moon Bay City Council voted March 17 to adopt Alternative 3 — directing staff to begin repealing the city's local rent stabilization ordinance and rental registry and to pursue strengthened tenant supports while aligning regulation with the State Tenant Protection Act (AB 1482).
Half Moon Bay's City Council voted March 17 to adopt staff'recommended Alternative 3, directing city staff to begin the process to repeal the city's local residential rent stabilization ordinance and the residential rental registry and to rely primarily on the state Tenant Protection Act (Assembly Bill 1482) while pursuing expanded tenant support services.
The decision followed a multi-hour staff presentation led by Irma Acosta of the city manager's office outlining four policy options ranging from retaining the local programs as-is to fully repealing them and shifting to service-based supports and state enforcement. Staff emphasized tradeoffs among local oversight capacity, enforcement mechanics, administrative costs and the value of registry data for local housing monitoring.
Public comment stretched across a wide…
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