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Marin group lobbies supervisors for renter protections

By Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal

POSTED: 08/10/17, 4:56 PM PDT | UPDATED: 4 MINS AGO

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Meredith Parnell of Congregation Rodef Sholom and Supervisor Damon Connolly listen to a renter’s landlord experience during a Marin Organizing Committee meeting for renters at Saint Raphael School.Alan Dep – Marin Independent Journal

Marin Supervisor Damon Connolly has signaled what may be the Marin Board of Supervisors’ next step in addressing the county’s affordable housing crisis.

“What we’re likely to propose — and it’s under consideration right now — is any landlord looking to raise the rent by more than 5 percent would be subject to mandatory mediation,” Connolly told a packed house of renters and others in San Rafael on Wednesday.

Connolly made the comment at a meeting on renter protections hosted by the Marin Organizing Committee at St. Raphael Catholic Church. More than 300 people attended, about the same number that turned out for a similar meeting the committee held in January. Marin Organizing Committee is a broad-based network of religious organizations and nonprofits; it is the same group that founded Marin’s emergency winter shelter program for the homeless.

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