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Huntington Park council approves $167 annual rental registration fee to fund rent-stabilization enforcement
Summary
After a presentation showing annual program costs near $950,000, the council approved a $167 per-unit annual registration fee to fund the rent-stabilization office and enforcement staff, with staff and several council members stressing the fee is cost recovery and not allowed to be passed through to tenants under the ordinance.
City staff and consultant Lizette Montoya presented a cost study and recommended a $167 annual registration fee per dwelling unit to fund the city's rent-stabilization program (RSO). Staff said the program’s ongoing operating cost is projected at about $950,000 per year, covering dedicated staff, legal review, outreach, and the software platform that supports registration and case tracking. The consultant noted 5,691 of a potential 9,599 units had registered in the system so far and explained that the…
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