Landlord Mediation Rule in Marin County

Landlord yells at Marin County Supervisors over affordable housing

Dave Coury, landlord in Marin County makes a "full throated" appeal to Marin County Supervisor for tenant reforms. Never a shrinking violet, he is a towering man frequently seen at Marin county meetings calling for the destruction of single family zoning, abolishment of Prop 13, just cause evictions, more section 8 and rent control. One wonders why he spends his time with advocacy at public meetings for more taxes and government controls when he could easily devote his wealth to direct charity.

Marin County Supervisors on Rent Control, Just Cause and Housing Overlay Districts

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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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Tenant demands that Marin Supervisors lower property values in unincorporated Marin (Marinwood)

David Schoenbraun, a self described "aging tenant" speaks at the housing workshop held at the Marin County Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2017.  The supervisors are considering sweeping regulations to limit rights of landlords to evict,  raise rents and will lower property values in unincorporated Marin County.  Mr. Schoenbraun thinks that only "bad landlords" will be affected and claims it is for the "public interest".

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Supervisors consider rent control, other tenant protections as housing crisis reaches boil

Claudia Ramirez of San Rafael addresses the Marin Board of Supervisors as others wait to speak during a forum about affordable housing at the Civic Center in San Rafael on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015. (County of Marin photo)

By Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal

Marin county staff advised supervisors Tuesday that rent control has the potential to have the “most immediate and significant positive impact” toward preserving housing affordability in Marin.

County supervisors held their third in a series of informational workshops examining the affordable housing crisis gripping the county and exploring possible solutions. Nearly 200 people turned out for the 5 p.m. meeting at the Civic Center, and more than two dozen people, renters and landlords, provided comments.

Dave Coury of San Rafael chided the supervisors for not addressing the housing issue sooner. “I am a landlord and I feel we must have rent control,” Coury said. “We are in an emergency.”

Kiki La Porte urged the supervisors to “transcend politics and summon the leadership and vision to accept staff’s recommendation” on rent control.

Sue Tracy, a retired teacher living on a pension, said, “ We need to stabilize our rental rates in Marin County; if we don’t retired teachers like me won’t be able to live near our churches and friends.”

Wendi Kallins said, “Right now tenants really don’t have any rights. We have to do something.”

See Article in the Marin IJ HERE