HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2024-50 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-50
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 33, THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT RENT CONTROL EXPANSION ACT
WHEREAS, Proposition 33 "Expands Local Governments Authority to Enact Rent
Control on Residential Property" is an Initiative Statute to be considered by the voters at the
November 2024 election; and
The California Legislative Analyst has stated that:
a. Proposition 33 would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of
1995 and law and would prohibit the state from limiting the ability of cities and counties to
maintain, enact, or expand residential rent-control ordinances; and
b. Fewer homes would be available to rent; and
c. The value of rental housing would decline; and
d. A decline in the value of rental properties would reduce the amount of
property taxes paid by landlords, which would reduce property tax revenues for cities, counties,
special districts, and schools; and
e. With time,these property tax reductions likely would be at least tens of
millions of dollars each year (annually); and
f. About half of the reduction would be property tax revenues that would
have gone to schools; and
g. If local rent control laws expand, local governments could have increased
costs, which could range from a few million dollars to tens of millions of dollars annually; and
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Proposition 33 would abolish the state's existing ban on vacancy control, which prohibits
rental housing providers from adjusting rents to market rates when a tenant moves out. Such a
policy leads to property deterioration and stifled investment in housing; and
Nearly 60% of California voters twice rejected the same scheme by defeating 2018
Proposition 10, Rental Control on Residential Property; and 2020 Proposition 21, Expands
Governments' Authority to Rent Control; and
Section 803 of the Huntington Beach City Charter, entitled"Property.Rights Protection
Measure,"provides that the City shall not enact or enforce any measure which mandates the
price or other consideration payable to the owner in connection with the sale, lease, rent,
exchange or other transfer by the owner of real property; and
City Council Resolution No. 4344 amended the Council Manual to provide that City
Council shall take no stand with respond to any statewide ballot proposition; and
City Council Resolution No. 2024-23 approved and adopted the revised Council Manual,
which provides in Article IX, section G, that the City Council may not take a position with
respect to any statewide ballot proposition,
NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council formally expresses opposition to Proposition 33
"Expands Local Governments' Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property"
Initiative Statute.No public funds shall be used in the campaign for or against the measure.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-50
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 1st day of Oct•- , 2024.
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ATTEST, APPROVED AS FORM
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City Clerk Cit Attorney
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Res. No. 2024-50
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City; do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution.was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on October 1, 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: . Burns, Van Der Mark, Strickland, McKeon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Moser, Bolton, Kalmick
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California