Rent stabilization

Urged the council to let the ordinance sunset, citing a projected $7.9 million deficit and arguing rents have flattened since COVID.

A small housing provider who asked the council to let the ordinance sunset and complete its evaluation first, questioning whether 32 mediations justify the cost.

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center worker rights director who tied low wages and high unemployment to the need for rent control and a registry.

A 24-year-old District 2 resident urging Option 2, citing young adults hit with sudden rent increases.

Pomona Student Union representative speaking in support of making rent stabilization permanent to protect families from displacement.

California Apartment Association vice president urging the ordinance be allowed to sunset and realign with AB 1482, and suggesting direct rental assistance instead.

PEOC tenant advocate describing clients who won relocation assistance and fought illegal increases thanks to the ordinance; urged Option 2.

Speaking in Spanish, described how the ordinance helped her and her daughters escape a bad housing situation after a no-fault eviction.

District 1 ADU renter urging Option 2, noting the registry's cost is small compared to other city spending, and calling for a tenant-led rental board.

Grassroots organizer citing canvassing of 1,500 residents, 80% of whom supported the ordinance; asked to expand coverage to ADUs and post-1995 buildings.

Gente Organizada member and District 1 tenant urging Option 2, citing illegal rent hikes, evictions and retaliation.

Gente Organizada member speaking in Spanish in support of Option 2 and a landlord registry.

Senior and Gente Organizada member speaking in Spanish about fixed incomes and the need for eviction protection.

Gente Organizada member speaking in Spanish for Option 2, saying families with schoolchildren shouldn't be forced out of Pomona.

Gente Organizada worker linking housing instability to declining PUSD enrollment and her own difficult housing search returning to Pomona.

Argued the registry would pay for itself through per-unit fees and that letting the ordinance lapse could cost renters hundreds in the first year.

PEOC executive director urging Option 2, saying landlords will raise rents well beyond 5% without the ordinance.

A 15-year tenant describing mold, rent hikes after repairs, and criticizing the council's vote against stronger protections.

Criticized council members who voted against the registry, praised those who supported it, and closed with a call to recall Rep. Norma Torres.

Speaking in Spanish, the Gente Organizada member and District 2 resident urged immediate action to stabilize and strengthen the rent ordinance before it expires, and raised concerns about PUSD enrollment drops of 24%.

Gente Organizada member asked the council to create a housing board committee modeled on Pasadena's Measure H board, expand coverage to ADUs and single-family homes, and lower the cap to 3%.

Urged the council to make the rent stabilization ordinance permanent, lower the cap to 3% like neighboring cities, use $82,000 in Measure Z savings for a landlord registry, and create an independent rent board.

District 4 resident criticized absent Councilmember Ontiveros-Cole's 'dehumanizing' social media posts about the unhoused and deleted constituent comments; urged permanent rent stabilization at 3%, a landlord registry, and a housing board.

Gente Organizada member and District 1 tenant thanked the council for placing the ordinance on the October 19 agenda and asked for permanence, a 3% cap, a landlord registry, and stronger just-cause eviction protections.

Tenant organizer warned the rent stabilization ordinance expires in December and urged the council to keep tenant protections in place.

Said Ordinance 4359 exempts her post-1995 Serenity Villas building from rent stabilization, with rents rising about $118 and maintenance declining; asked the council to amend the ordinance.