Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Presiding: Mayor Thomas K. Butt · Called to order: 6:37 p.m. · 1 items · 5 votes · 47 public comments
What happened
- Approved 4 routine items including $276,468 Caltrans grant for Ferry to Bridge Complete Streets plan.
- Approved new rules preventing landlord income discrimination in tenant screening.
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Housing(1 item)
Set new rules for landlord tenant screening and income discrimination
In Plain English
The city is developing policies to regulate how landlords screen potential tenants and prevent discrimination based on income sources like housing vouchers. Staff will present proposed rules and ask council members for guidance on the final policy details. If approved, these rules would change what landlords can ask tenants and how they evaluate rental applications.
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Votes
Direct staff to start drafting a source of income anti-discrimination ordinance along with the reusable tenant screening report ordinance while working with the stakeholders including, but not limited to, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Haas Institute for Fair Inclusive Society, Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services, Richmond Progressive Alliance, and the Safe Return Project, and also research and develop language about limiting how much the application fees were and what the city's regulatory authority was in order to determine a reasonable amount charged for application fees
6 to 0
Approved as a group without individual discussion.