Adoption of Resolution Supporting United States Senate Congressional Bill S. 3250, the Rent Relief Act of 2018, to Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Allow for a Credit Against Tax for Rent Paid on the Personal Residence of the Taxpayer. (City Manager 2110)
I adopted a resolution supporting United States Senate Congressional Bill 3250, the Rent Relief Act of 2018 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for rent paid on the personal residence of the taxpayer. All right. And this was also a referral that counsel brought back. Tony Grim, and she's the only speaker on this item. Good evening, everybody. I'd like to encourage council to pass this resolution. I know that it is symbolic, since you are not the governing body that this act will come before. But if you do pass it, you will be adding your name to a long list of city officials throughout this state of California and beyond, and organizations that are trying to bring light to this measure. And and by therefore, by passing it. As a long time renter, I have often been very frustrated by the fact that property owners get a tax break for their mortgages, a major part of their housing costs, and renters do not. And this is might be one of the things that has led to a huge disparity of income in our country. And on that subject, I would like to thank some of the members, all the members of council, but especially members Ashcraft and Frank, rather unlike the previous speaker who have been speaking out on the disparity of income in our city. And I hope that all of you will maybe go further than just speaking about it and try to get together and think of an idea that the city could offer some kind of relief to renters who are paying a huge burden of their income, maybe even 50% of the 50% of their income. There are people in Alameda doing that. I know, because I'm one of them. So in the meanwhile, thank you for supporting this measure. Thank you. All right. We have a motion. Of approval. That. All those in favor of my motion carries M.S.. Thank you. Now we move on to our regular agenda. 6 a.m. Adoption of resolution appointing. Jennifer Wood is a member of the Historical Advisory Board, Marcia Rokita and Ashish Heba as members of the Planning Board. The move. And I'd like to motion to bifurcating and consider them all separately, please. All right. So you want to ask. Oh. Okay. So I'll just go ahead and call them separately then. So do we have a motion to appoint Jennifer Witt as a member of the Historical Advisory Board? So hold. Back and. All those in favor. I. And that most encouraging and honestly, I think are right next door, we have a motion to appoint to the planning board. Marcia Birkhead is. I move? Our second. Any discussion. All right. All those in favor. I. Epstein. Abstain. Abstain. Okay. So that motion fails to in favor and three abstentions. All right. Next we have the next one that I'm nominating as I share. Ashish Jha. Ever so moved. This. All those in favor. Hi. That motion carries unanimously. See you here this evening. Oh. All right. So I think it's worth. Okay. Oh. Six. Okay. Now we're going to go to.