Rent Stabilization Initiative

INFORMATION REGARDING BALLOT MEASURE "R" (RENT STABILITATION INITIATIVE)

At the City Council's August 1, 2016 Meeting, the Council adopted the City Clerk's Certificate of Sufficiency declaring that the proponents gathered the requisite 15% of Burlingame registered voters' signatures for their proposed initiative entitled: "An ordinance to enact rent stabilization and just cause for eviction and repeal prior restrictions on the regulation of sale or rental price of real estate."  After adopting the City Clerk's Certificate of Sufficiency, the City Council, pursuant to Elections Code Section 9214, called for the measure to be placed on the November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election Ballot.  The following links will take you to the initiative text, to the City Council's resolution placing the initiative on the November 8, 2016 ballot, and to instructions on how to submit arguments in support of, or in opposition to the initiative:

• Measure "R" - Rent Stabilization Initiative Text
• City Council Resolution Placing Initiative on November 8, 2016 Ballot 
• Form for Submittal of Primary Arguments 
• Form for Submittal of Rebuttal Arguments 
• Form Authorizing Change in Preparer, Submitter, or Signer of Rebuttal Arguments 

By a vote of the local electorate on November 3, 1987, the Citizens' Initiative entitled: "Burlingame Fair Property Rights Ordinance" (i.e. Measure "T" - Ordinance No. 1356) was passed with the express purpose of "protecting the right of real property owners to establish the price for which their property is sold, leased, rented, transferred or exchanged."  Further, the Ordinance states that the "City of Burlingame shall enact no law which imposes direct restrictions on the price for which real property may be sold, leased, rented transferred or exchanged."  The following link provides the full text of the Ordinance: Ordinance 1356 (Measure "T") - Burlingame Fair Property Rights Ordinance

NOVEMBER 8, 2016 ELECTION CALENDAR

November 8, 2016 Election Calendar

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE "R"

The following link will take you to the "impartial analysis" of Measure "R": Impartial Analysis of Measure "R"

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF AND AGAINST MEASURE "R" (RENT STABILIZATION INITIATIVE) AND REBUTTALS TO THESE ARGUMENTS

Argument in FAVOR of Measure "R": Primary Argument in Favor of Measure "R" (Rent Stabilization Initiative)

REBUTTAL to Argument in FAVOR of Measure "R": Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Measure "R"

Argument AGAINST Measure "R": Primary Argument Against Measure "R" (Rent Stabilization Initiative)

REBUTTAL to Argument AGAINST Measure "R": Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure "R"

CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS

The following links will take you to required filings by the initiative sponsor with the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC):

• Initiative Sponsor's "Statement of Organization Recipient Committee" (California Fair Political Practices Commission Form 410)
• Initiative Sponsor's Semi-Annual "Recipient Committee Campaign Statement" (California Fair Political Practices Committee Form 460)
• Coalition for Housing Equality Form 496 dated 9.7.2016
• Coalition for Housing Equality Form 496 dated 9.9.2016
• Coalition for Housing Equality Form 410 dated 9.13.2016
• Coalition for Housing Equality Form 496 dated 9.22.2016
• Coalition for Housing Equality Form 497 dated 9.23.16
• SAMCAR Form 497 dated 9.26.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections Form 497 dated 9.26.16
• Coalition for Housing Equality Burlingame Form 497 dated 9.27.16
• Coalition for Housing Equality Burlingame Amended Form 410 dated 9.28.16
• Coalition for Housing Equality Burlingame Form 460 dated 9.28.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections Form 460 dated 9.29.16
• Burlingame Neighbors United No On Measure R Form 410 dated 10.3.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections Form 497 dated 10.4.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections Form 497 dated 10.5.16
• Coalition for Housing Equality Burlingame Form 497 dated 10.14.16
• Burlingame Neighbors United No On Measure R Form 497 dated 10.18.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protection Form 497 dated 10.19.16
• Burlingame Neighbors United No On Measure R Form 497 dated 10.24.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections Form 497 dated 10.24.16
• Burlingame Advocates for Renter Protections Form 460 dated 10.27.16
• Coalition for Housing Equality Burlingame Form 460 dated 10.27.16
• Burlingame Neighbors United No on Measure R Form 460 dated 10.27.16

MEASURE R INFORMATIONAL REPORT

At the August 1, 2016 City Council meeting, Council asked that staff prepare a report on the impacts of Measure R. Councilmembers provided staff with a number of questions that it wished to have answered. Staff hired Management Partners, a local government consulting firm, to assist with this report. Below you can find the questions that Council asked and Management Partners’ and staffs’ answers.

• Measure R Questions
• Consultant Responses to Measure R Questions
• City Staff Responses to Measure R Questions