Rebuttals to Arguments For and Against Measure L1

City-sponsored Rent Control Measure

via www.Action-Alameda-News.com
Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure L1
EveryoneagreesthatthecostofhousingisskyrocketinginAlameda.Thequestioniswhattodo.

JoinneighborsacrossAlamedaandtaketwosimplesteps:

Step1:
VoteNOonMeasureM1.Itwaspushedontheballotbyoutoftowninterestsandcreatesanunproven,
massivenewbureaucracythatwillcostAlamedaresidents$3.7millionperyearandmaynotsolvethe
affordabilityproblem.

Step2:
VoteYESonMeasureL1.ItwontcostAlamedaresidentsanythingandprovidesabalanced,common
senseapproachtothehousingaffordabilitycrisisthathasbeenproventowork.MeasureL1willkeep
rentsstable,endmassevictions,andpreservehousingoptionsforallAlamedans.

MeasureL1wascreatedwithinputfromtenantsandlandlordstoprotecttenantsandallowproperty
ownerstomaintainandimproverentalhousing.

Remember:VoteYESonMeasureL1andNOonMeasureM1tosupportAlamedarentersandourrental
housingwithoutwastingfundsonanunaccountable,duplicativebureaucracythatwouldcosttheCityat
least$3.7millioneachyear.VoteYESonMeasureL1andNOonMeasureM1topreventdrasticcutsto
police,fire,ambulanceresponse,parkmaintenance,libraries,streetandsewerrepairs,andothercity
services.

JoinAlamedasworkingfamilies,affordablehousingadvocates,andCityCouncilintakingtwosimple
stepstofighttheaffordabilitycrisisinAlameda.Step1:VoteNOonM1.Step2:VoteYESonL1.

s/DOUGBIGGS
ExecutiveDirectorofNonprofit

s/VICTORJIN
Landlord,CommercialRealEstateBroker

s/TomHughes
AlamedaRenter

s/JimOddie
CityCouncilmember,AlamedaCityCouncil

s/MarilynEzzyAshcraft
CityCouncilmember,AlamedaCityCouncil

Rebuttal to Argument For Measure L1

City-Sponsored Rent Control Measure

Alameda,likeothercitiesintheBayArea,isfacingahousingshortage.Asadiversecommunity
representingmanybackgrounds,weneedtoactresponsiblyandsensibly.Neitherinitiativeproduces
onemoreunitofhousing.ItwillNOTlessenthedemandfornewresidentswhowanttoliveinourcity.
Instead,rentalrateswillgoUPbecausesupplywillfurtherdecrease.
Ourmostvulnerablelowincomeresidentshavenoguaranteeofbenefittingfromtheserestrictions.
Withonlyaverylimitednumberofvacantunitsonthemarket,itisclearthatthosemostinneedwillbe
leftout.
Smallmomandpopownerswillfacemassiveredtape,fees,andbureaucracyifthesemeasuresshould
pass.Costsgoup,buttheamountchargedisfixed?Howcansmallpropertyownerssurviveonthat
formula?Theycant.Andifthesemeasurespass,smallownerswillbepushedtoselltolarger
developmentcompanieswhoselongtermgoalwillbetoteardownourheritageVictoriansandreplace
themwithlargeboxbuildings.
Smallrentalpropertyownershaveahistoryinourcity:raisingfamilies,stabilizingneighborhoods,caring
fortheirelders.Addingpunitive,costlymeasuresthatattacktheseownersrighttoremaininbusiness
andsaveforretirementwillnotsolvethisproblem.Letsstartoverwithsomesensiblesolutionsthat
valuesmallbusinessrentalhousingprovidersandresidents.Preserveourneighborhoodsand
communities.
VoteNo.
s/JillBroadhurst
ExecutiveDirector,EastBayRentalHousingAssociation