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RESOLUTION NO. 95-85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE
MISLEADING "RENTAL ASSISTANCE" INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, mobilehome owners in our jurisdiction are overwhelmingly senior citizens
and low-income families living on fixed retirement or severely -limited incomes; and
WHEREAS, nearly 100 California counties, cities, and towns have passed some form
of mobilehome rent protection ordinance to safeguard these vulnerable elderly and low-income
families from excessive rent increases; and
WHEREAS, mobilehome owners are somewhat captive due to the shortage of available
mobilehome parks rental spaces, and mobilehome owners often forfeit their only asset, their
homes, when they cannot pay excessive rents; and
WHEREAS, the City Council opposes any statewide preemption of local control to make
policy responding to the crisis in "Affordable Housing", especially mobilehome park space rents
and availability; and
WHEREAS, the "Rental Assistance" initiative is being misrepresented as one which
would assist mobilehome owners in meeting their rents, rather than one which would allow
mobilehome park landlords to raise rents without restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California, opposes the "Rental Assistance" initiative appearing on the March, 1996,
ballot.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, this 24_th day of Augur, 1995, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Benson, Kelly, Snyder, Spiegel, Crites
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
BU ORD . CRITES, MAYOR
ATTEST:
SHEILA R.IGAN 4
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS/CITY CLERK