Rental registration program fees

Argued the fees are premature given unresolved problems with the ordinance, called for an independent adjudicator and audit process, and again alleged serial meetings. Was cut off by the mayor.

Asked where the money will come from to cover the rest of the program's costs since the fees recover less than half, and suggested the $650,000 could fund a better-targeted program.

Argued the city should first identify who the actual rental owners are before charging fees, said the 6,500-unit estimate is a guess, and pointed to Stockton's grid-based enforcement methodology as a fairer model.

Speaking by Zoom, said fees will be passed to renters in a city with a $52,000 median income, warned rents could cause homelessness in a city with no shelter, and noted ballots just went out.

A landlord speaking by Zoom said rents will rise because the fees get passed through, and that not all of the city's 6,500 rentals need the city's attention.