Recommendation to request resolution in support of Long Beach proclaiming April 19, 2017 and every third Wednesday in April henceforth, as Renters Day.
The first one up is Councilman Pearce. On renter's day, if we can get that item read, I believe it's item number 26. 26, madam, quick. Item 26 is a communication from Councilmember Pierce, Councilwoman Gonzalez, Councilmember Durango recommendation to request a resolution in support of Long Beach, proclaiming April 19, 2017 and every Wednesday in April as renter's day. Councilwoman. Yes, thank you so much. I want to thank everybody for coming today in support of Long Beach renters. I know that many of you hear this a lot, but it deserves repeating. 60% of Long Beach residents are renters compared to 35% nationwide. That means that over 270,000 people in Long Beach alone rent. And I'm one of those people as well. With such a large number, it comes to no surprise that renters are a huge asset for our city. They add value to Long Beach workers as Long Beach workers, youth, students, seniors, business owners and entrepreneurs. Too often we talk about renters rights, renters issues, and we think of it in a vacuum. And so today is really about honoring individuals that contribute to our community, that are diverse, that live as renters. And we want to just use today as an opportunity to recognize their contributions, as well as using as an opportunity to talk about issues or challenges that they might face as renters in our city, so that we can begin to have a citywide discussion about the importance of renters in our city. We know that in our city alone, we've had over 40% increase in rents for one bedroom apartments just in the last five years with the highest cost in my district. And I know we have some new development that's happened that could contribute to some of those numbers. But as a renter myself, I know that those numbers are happening on my street every single day. And so I want to thank everybody for coming today. I want to ask my colleagues to support Renters Day as an opportunity to celebrate those that contribute to our community. So thank you so much. Councilman Gonzalez. Yes, I want to also acknowledge and thank council member Pierce for bringing this forward. I think it's really important that we do recognize a day solely for renters, especially as most of our residents here in the city are renters. I, too, also am a renter, and I'm okay to say that. And I care about my city just as much as somebody who owns here in this city as well. And so I hope that we can broaden the discussion and look for more opportunities to kind of bring everyone together under this umbrella. So thank you so much, Councilmember Pierce. Thank you. We'll take public comment now if there's public comment on the renters day item. Now is the time. Please line at the podium and we'll go to this. Please come to the podium. Ready to get. Back to work. What an exceptional opportunity. I want to applaud the Council for this. Before I was a homeowner in this city, I was a renter. And I realized one day when you when you write your taxes or you're paying your taxes, you don't have a write off on a lot of things because you're a renter. When I started working for the homeless in writing up a syllabus in order to help people come off the street, we came up with an idea that that possibly the council might want to look at giving landlords some sort of tax break when they give renters maybe one year off if they pay their rent consecutively on time . Add something more to this that would give landlords an incentive to acknowledge the fact that renters are paying their mortgages. But I wanted to just applaud the council on this. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Very good, Hugh Quirke, as he does. I think the concept is a ditsy concept, unless it's accompanied by also a landlord's day, because without the landlord you don't have the apartments to rent, period. That's what seems to escape so many people. And we in the city do have. There's no question there's a housing shortage. No, it's no answer. That's not always will be. And one of the things I'm suggesting this city council do is be honest with the community and print out the articles that have been posted and many times and other newspapers that are very posted once or twice here by sister organizations that we have some of the highest rentals in the country. And the realities are probably 85% of the people that are looking for. Retro space will not find it in this city. And in my view, the first priority of that, of course, is our Long Beach residents. Born in Long Beach or migrated here or migrated here legally. Who are senior citizens. Beyond that, then the city needs to certainly look at what needs to be done. But I think it's to thumb your nose at the owners of the property. It's stupid. Period. And it manifests a lack of mature understanding of what the crisis really is. So if you want to have a day set aside, have it for renters and landlords, or come up with a word that would combine those two. Thank you. Or phrase. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Here I. Am. Hello. Good evening, Mr. Mayor. City Council. Before I start, I'd like to thank the mayor personally for introducing me to Steel Craft. I saw him on television last Sunday and spent a very pleasant day out. There have been great food and craft beer, so thank you very much for that. And now. My name's John Donahue. I live at 3713 East 15th Street in District four. I've lived there for about 32 years. I want you to imagine a headline. Absentee Millionaire Landlord Threatens to evict 92 year old disabled World War Two veteran and 54 year old daughter. I've been living in Long Beach since 1952, and I came here. I rented a furnished apartment with a garage for $50 a month. And today I'm paying 1370 $5. How did this happen? I understand that not all property owners are greedy and only care about profits. However, in January, my landlord notified us that our rent was increasing $150. And threatened to. Evict us if we didn't pay. I consider this extortion. I receive Social Security and a veteran's pension. My rent is now 5050 7% of my income. I'm sure you can clearly see something is absolutely wrong with this picture. And there is a solution for us renters. As renters, we contribute much to this city. And we should look at ways to protect and you should. Look at ways to protect us and keep us in our homes because this is my home and I should not be forced out. So I'm here spending standing with Libra and all renters. Thank you for helping. Us by declaring renters day in. Long Beach. I'm looking forward to working with you to find better solutions to keep people like me in our homes. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. 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But I mean, they also they are only apparently so inclined. I'm not going to be able to purchase a home, so I will have to continue renting. So it is important that we have a day like this for us renters. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor. My name is David Root. I live in District eight. I am a third generation Long Beach resident, second generation Long Beach renter. I am also a Desert Storm combat veteran and a cancer survivor migrant. Since 2014 of my original move in date has been raised $290. I rent to garages. The rent on the garages is also increased $80. The reason for this rent increase, according to my landlord, is to bring everything up to current market value. As it stands, my rent will be over 1700 dollars a month. Neighbors in my building who were also served with an increase a month after my original increase came. Got a maximum of $125. When I question my landlord about the reasoning for this, she said that like it was just because of the owner wants to bring everything up to current market standard. The reasoning in my mind is I require a service dog due to my cancer. It has been discovered that. Certain animals. Dogs can sense diseases in humans. My wife, who also has a service dog, suffers from chronic migraines and she passes out due to the migraines and the dog alerts her to an onset of a migraine. When we were when we first moved in, we notified them about my dog and under the current. I'm sorry. Under the previous management company, they were fine with that. We paid a $300 deposit, which by the ADA was unlawful, went on with it. Everything was fine. Once my second dog came along, we had him registered, certified everything legal, submitted the paperwork to the landlord. The landlord said, We'll keep this under between us because the new owner will charge you a $2,000 deposit for the dog. When I told them that this was illegal, they said, Well, we'll just keep it to ourselves. To make a long story short, the reason for this. Increase of such a high amount is because they cannot charge me for having a service dog. They cannot request such a very large deposit. And when I brought that up to her, we went back and forth about it and they said, Well, you're going to have to either pay the rent increase or you're going to have to move out. I attended Liberty City College, graduated with an auto body degree intended to start a business in Long Beach. But now with this happening, my hands are being forced to where I'm going to have to move out of Long Beach, which is the city I was born and raised in and I love and I don't want that to happen. Thank you. And, sir, thank you for your service to our country. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good evening, city council members and Mayor Garcia. My name is willing to go AM. I'm currently residing in District seven. I have been a resident of Long Beach for 25 years. Here today, San Juan live in all renters to show my full support of proclaiming renter state Long Beach. And even though the credit reform for rental applications was taken out of the agenda, I still came prepared to kind of talk about how this affects me and my family. The first item that I will be will be referring to is the credit reform for rental applications. Long Beach is currently in a housing crisis. As a tenant, I don't feel stable when it comes to my housing needs. I will be graduating next month from Cal State, Long Beach, and I will join many other families looking for a new place to rent for me and my children as a single mother. My focus right now is having enough money to pay for a security deposit, which can be as much as twice the rent. In addition to having to pay for the first month's rent, paying an application fee every time for an apartment, that's a financial burden to already the high costs of first month's fees. It is very likely that I will have to apply to. Multiple places having to play for an. Application fee each time I apply. This is beyond my means and makes it more difficult for me to provide for my nine year old daughter and my six year old son. In addition, it is not certain that I will qualify for an apartment after I have paid my fees. Another problem is the unintended consequences of submitting different applications. And having my credit check in a short amount of time and the damage that this can cost to my credit score. This just adds another barrier to my housing need. Reforming the credit check and reporting process will make it more affordable for families like my own. In addition to releasing some of the burden already associated with the first month's fees, the second agenda item is about celebrating the contributions of renters by proclaiming Renters Day Long Beach. As a renter, I give to my community in so many ways as a consumer, as a student, as a voter, and as a volunteer. Not only am I a renter by my parents, my grandparents and my siblings all reside in Long Beach. We're all renters and we all contribute economically, socially and culturally. Today, over half of the residents in Long Beach are renting, and we have made Long Beach the attractive place that it is today. Given the current housing crisis and the unmet needs of renters, it is time that we acknowledge, honor and celebrate the contributions of all of them on beach. Why? Jordy and I'm in full support of proclaiming renters day Long Beach. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. She was good. Hard to follow. Good evening, Mayor. And City Council. My name is Wayne Murchison and I live temporarily at 2035 East Broadway in District two. I've lived in Long Beach for over ten years and I've been. Had been renting in the past here in Long Beach. I'm a very active member of my community, social justice, and although I can't vote, I give counsel to others in their voting. So I'm a graduate of Neighborhood Leadership Program as well as Long Beach Rising, and I'm also on the advisory board for Long, Long Beach residents and powered myself as well as everybody else here is here. For it to speak for those who can't be. Here. I've been essentially homeless for a little over five years now, and in that time I have seen many of my friends who have gotten rent increases, forcing them out of their home to. Seek something affordable. However, by the term affordable, the amount they were. Paying was closer to 50% of their take home wage. That doesn't even include their utilities, food. Transportation, health care costs, let alone any emergencies that may come up for myself while at the VA. Years ago, I talked to a social worker about Section eight and was told there was a five year wait. It seems it is. The same these. Days and on top of that, only. Good for six. Months if one was not able to find a place that would accept Section eight. That opportunity is lost and one goes back to the end of the line again. Seems there are a lot of rental entities who do not want to rent to section eight applicants for some reason. It would be nice if we had resident. Resident retention policies policies so people are not displaced at alarming rates. And since there's new development happening, there needs to be more affordable housing created. I was at the Forum Forum. Of Housing Developers. And feel the. City needs to dedicate permanent source of funding for production of affordable housing. It would also. Seem the city needs to. Give developers. More time and land for production of these units and on top, and adopt inclusionary zoning policies. That will help. With building more affordable housing. As the city adopts policies for affordable housing production, our city must produce them for the people who are most in need from extremely low to low income families, not just moderate and. Or. Workforce families. Otherwise, this results in a problem where there's not enough rental units available for low and extremely low income households. Even without. Section eight. I would be very disappointed. If Long Beach. Is creating an atmosphere as expungement for those who can't live here anymore. It has always in the past, it has always been known as a very diverse population. Thank you. Civic time's all up. I got to keep going. Thank you, sir. Time is up. Oh, thank you so much. Your next speaker, please. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and City Council. My name is Davi Merkle. I live at 1450 Coronado Avenue. Number nine, District four. I've lived in my apartment for over a little two years. And in Long Beach for about 17 years, I'm civically engaged and actually voted for you, Mr. Mayor. I've also voted for you, Mr. Soprano. I'm here today to stand for. Renters in the. Sorry. I'm here to stand with renters and with really bringing in solidarity as we acknowledge and celebrate the contributors. Renters make in Long Beach. My building was sold late last year and was under management by Borba Investment Realty starting in October 2016. Prior to that, I was the onsite manager for two years and was responsible for renting the units in property maintenance. So I have a clear understanding of what is required by property management as far as maintenance and repairs. Personally, I reported these issues to my unit back in September 2016, which involved a bathtub that moved while I used it. I notified them that it might be the flooring, of course, as it is common practice, the property management they just put sunken in. Call it a day. After getting the. Runaround from the management, along with Mickey. Mouse repairs, I finally called code enforcement in January of this year. I was unsatisfied by the servicing and reporting of the corner inspector that finally had to go up the chain to the Deputy Director. After getting through the higher ups involved in demanding quality repairs, it was finally shown that my term actually a 1923 cast iron clawfoot tub, which is sinking down. I have to cast. I have to. Cast. I have. Sorry. This makes me very nervous because of the fact that right now, because the two claws are floating midair without support and framing. It's been over 80 days, and I'm still waiting for completion of repairs. So as I use the shower, I may fall through. To a 2.5 15. Drop into the cross base. Borba has given and has been given an extension while my safety is at risk. I know that time is running out. So basically what I'm saying is that I have been retaliated against with a 60 day notice to vacate and I'm constantly being harassed and have not had peaceful enjoyment of my apartments ever since. I'm on a fixed income and I am permanently disabled. 62% of my income goes to rent alone, not including utilities. Thank you for your time. Thank you very much. And please make this a renters day. Please help us out. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. And before I do the next speaker, just real quick as an announcement, I may have missed it, but item 16, which was the item around the credit check item that was pulled off the agenda. So that will not be heard tonight. I think most people know that. But just the city attorney wanted me to announce that one more time. So that item is not going to be heard tonight. And I'm going to be closing the speaker's list here, unless there's anyone else that's speaking on this item. And this gentleman here will be the last speaker, and then we're going to take a vote. So, sir, you're the last speaker in the back speaker list is closed. Yes, sir. Good evening, city council and mayor. I'm Robert fox live at 2815 east broadway. About six months before Nancy also had passed away, who was one of my dearest friends. She had suggested that we have a renter's day in Long Beach to acknowledge and to celebrate our population. She was one of my dearest friends, and I totally support this idea of having a renter's day here in the city of Long Beach. Bizarre. How, Janine? The reason was I came to this city many, many years ago, decades ago, and I was a renter. I lived at 125 Cherry Avenue, right on Bixby Park. And this city opened its arms to me. I was a renter for 25 years. So I totally understand and acknowledge that being a renter doesn't mean that you don't participate. I found it. Alameda Speech Neighborhood Association from 125 Cherry Avenue, and then I moved to another apartment at 1828 Second Street, and I still was involved. I founded the Broadway Business Corridor Association. I don't want to give you all the things that I did, but the idea was that a renter, 60% of our population here, are contributing people to this city in very, very important ways. And we move on. We do other things. And I think I'd love to acknowledge everyone. The thing that's bothering me of late is there seems to be such a wish for division in the city. And I'm it makes me sad. I've lived here most of my life. And I love the people of Long Beach. Currently, I'm executive director of the Council of Neighborhood Organizations. I know every neighborhood in every district of the city, and we have great people here. Whether they're owners of land or whether there's leasehold estate, we all have estates and land and there should be absolutely no difference about how we are treated. Everyone should have respect and grace, and I think the idea of celebrating our diversity is an absolutely brilliant idea. So I support this motion by Janine and Lena, and I am willing to participate in it. I'll bake a cake if that's what it needs, you know. So thank you for bringing this up to just share it. Cherish a part of our community, which I have been a part of for many, many years. Thank you. Thank you, Robert. Next speaker, please. Hi. Good evening. My name is Lillian Couple and I live in and Arthur's district. I'm a renter for 28 years now, and I'm here to support the rent Thursday. So we as renters, we contribute with our economy of our city because of course, we pay our rent and we spend our money here. We work here. So we we want to be recognized because I think we deserve it. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening, Mr. Mayor. City Council. My name is Walker Rivera, program director of Libra. And I just wanted to thank the city council members and the authors for bringing forward this recommendation for Renters Day Long Beach. Personally, I've been living in Long Beach for over 20 years. At some point during the during the real estate boom, I owned a home for the majority of my time here. I've been renting and I've contributed quite a bit. I'm actually a product as as well as Wayne is of the Neighborhood Leadership Program of the City of Long Beach. So you all have yourselves, yourselves to thank for me being up here and constantly being in front of you. This is what you created. So. So you should celebrate it because now is now I'm here as an advocate and and as a representative of the community and all the other renters in Long Beach, which is 60% of the city. The majority of the city. And you can imagine that we contribute in so many ways, as some people have already noted, economically, socially, culturally, and even our families live here. We we make the city a lot of what it already is. And as we've been saying, sort of in in our in our lead up to today is we we help make the city of Long Beach work. And so we really appreciate the opportunity for the city to work for for us. And I know that we are here to to talk about the council item that was pulled. But we we want this to be a a sort of a benchmark and something that we can constantly revisit on an annual basis so that you're constantly reminded that we are here that were present and that we're and that we're a majority and that we're constantly going to be advocating so that we're protected just as much as the other population is protected, so that we are seen just as much as the other population is seen, and that we are heard just as much as the homeowners and the property owners and the property management companies and the real estate agents and everybody else is heard. I think that we deserve just as much as as they do. I think that we contribute just as much as they do. And so we we really appreciate that this day is going to be here and set forth on an annual basis to celebrate our presence, to celebrate what we contribute, and to celebrate all that we bring to this city. Again, we we help make the city work. And so we really hope that Long Beach starts to work for us as well. So thank you very much for for doing this, for bringing forth the recommendation. And we hope and moving forward that we can figure out some ways in helping some of these renters save a little money, especially in this time of crisis, through the credit check rental application reform process. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. First you got mayor and city councilman. My name is Latoya Marshall. This is not my first time up here. I come back with questions. Last year, at the end of the year, I had an issue with the Housing Authority. I was told by the city council members. Okay, Latoya, we're going to check into these issues about this. Never once have I got any call back. I have reached out to the multipurpose center Shallowater and have not gotten anywhere. When she said, Oh, Marsha, we will talk on your behalf to the Housing Authority. Allison King No one has reached out to Allison King or my we have about the housing authority appeal. In my case, getting my voucher back, getting me from being homeless. I have two kids, a 14 year old and a child that's going to be two years old, made first. I'm still displaced out of my house. It's been almost eight months. I come back clean to you guys again. City Council members, the Andrews. I don't know what's going on now when I call the housing authority is like Latoya, who like I don't even exist. Like I was not offered, you know, some type of motel voucher to get this matter cleared up. Like, I wasn't told that someone would reach out for the housing authority to get my voucher back for me and my kids could be back in on here it is eight months later and I'm still pleading with you guys, asking you guys for help. Please reach out to the Housing Authority as Alison King. Reach out to the multipurpose center. They gave out $600 million to the homeless. And never once did Latoya Marshall get called and got help that I asked for eight months ago. I'm not trying to be a difficult person. I come up here faithfully with faith, humbly in myself, begging and pleading on the mercy of each and every one of you council members to please stand by. We all say that, y'all, we help the homeless. This is a single black woman trying to get off the streets. I don't been harassed. I don't been assaulted. I you know, I constantly get into it with the police department where I'm getting tickets. This is not a normal thing that a citizen had to go through. If I'm homeless and I'm disgraced and I ask for help in our reach out to the city council members, please show some type of faith or hopefully you guys of some type of humanity. Please. I'm a homeless woman asking for you guys help again. Please reach out to Shannon Crowder, to Alison King for the Housing Authority. Thank you. Have a good night. Thank you very much. And our last two speakers next speaker. Thank you very much. My name is Zoe Nicholson. I'm a renter in Rose Park. I bring you a letter from the Human Relations Committee. Dear Mr. Mayor and council members in commission, I meant to say I'm not used to it yet. In recent months, the Long Beach Press Telegram has reported on various aspects related to the state of housing in Long Beach. The housing issues identified include significant increases in the cost of rent, an exceptionally low vacancy rate, homelessness and a shortage of subsidized units. The housing crisis in Lombard seems to be reflective of a national trend that is complex and multifaceted. Over the last several months, the Human Relations Commission has heard from community leaders about issues related to housing, homelessness and potential municipal policies and actions that may help to mitigate this issue. The Human Relations Commission has largely bases its perspective on this issue under the principles of equity, human rights and dignity. Additionally, our Commission is particularly concerned with the disproportionate impact of housing on homelessness and among vulnerable and or disenfranchized communities, including individuals affected by intimate partner violence and people of color. The Human Relations Commission works to develop and recommend programs and plans to the City Council designed to promote full acceptance of our citizens and community and in all respects of community life, and submits recommendations concerning matters relating to prejudice or discrimination. Inequality in equal opportunity in employment, public accommodations, housing, education because of race, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, or mental or physical disability. In this light, the Human Relations Commission strongly supports the city's effort to explore. The feasibility of housing programs and policies such as a standard rental application and credit check process that help to mitigate barriers for individuals seeking to secure and maintain stable housing. Thank you very much. Thank you. And our last speaker on this item. Hi, my name is Bill. Survived Council District three. I've sent a letter to my council member, Susie Price and to Vice Mayor Ross Richardson. Last week. To support this endeavor for Renters Day. I have personal friends that are affected by this, and one thing I'd like to add by this whole situation for the, you know, bringing apartments or homes that people are renting as well up to market rate is that if someone has to leave their apartment or home. And they. Cannot find housing here in Long Beach, we're shedding are good people, good people that are contributing to our city economically through work, through purchasing their groceries or something like that. I recently met a lady who is forced to leave because she's renting a home in Council District three. The homeowner passed away. The children are selling that home now and now she's in a panic because she's trying to look for a place to afford. It's going to have a small ripple effect because that homeowner who owned her home that she was renting owns five other homes. So all those homes are being sold. So I feel for her. I directed her to the resources I can, but it's just that we're shedding the population that, you know, it's human capital and human resources that we're also shedding that people are going out of our city for. So I definitely support ask the council to support this endeavor. The renters definitely contribute in many, many multiple ways that are too many. Too numerous. To name. Thank you. Thank you so much, Councilmember U. Ringa. Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank Councilmember Pearce for bringing me to this item. I think it's a worthy one. We hear a lot of compelling stories. We've heard compelling stories tonight of some of the endeavors and and the the issues that are facing renters. I was once a renter and before becoming a homeowner, many of us are renters, first of all. And it's an issue that it's not an issue. It's a fact of life, that when we want to continue our lives and eventually end up being into home ownership, there is a process and that process includes renting. And so we all hope for a great experience. I've had a great experience, but not all of us do. So bringing this forward as as one day out of the year to recognize and acknowledge that renters are contributing members of our community, that they are important, that we want them here, that we want to have a great experience in Long Beach. I think it's important for us. So I want to thank Councilmember Pierson, Councilmember Gonzalez, for joining me in this effort. And I look forward to working with you in the future. There are some other items and discussions that have to take place as we move along in this endeavor together. And I'm looking forward to more discussions on this. So thank you very much for being here this evening. Thank you for your civic engagement in being here tonight. Thank you. And I just wanted to also just say, I wanted to I thank you all for coming. I know that there was, I believe, an event even before the council meeting started where you guys, I think, rallied and had a conversation outside city hall. And so just thank you all for being here. Probably, I imagine like like most or all of us on this up here, we've all been renters or are renters. And one, just appreciate everyone's contribution and your and your advocacy including those that came out and support from all sides of the general issue and whether it's property owners and particularly, of course, all the renters that came out. And so thank you. We're going to go and take a vote. And as we do that, I want to thank all of you for coming out tonight and being a part of this renters day agenda item. So, members, cast your vote. Councilwoman Longo. Bush and Kerry's. Okay. Thank you guys for being here. I really, really appreciate you guys coming out tonight. Thank you. Okay. And again, item 16 with Paul that I want to make sure I mention that again. So we've got a couple more items that were asked to be moved to the moved to the start of the agenda.