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I encourage everyone who lives in Pasadena to watch this meeting. Especially some of the public comments.
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Some very good comments.
Matthew Reyes
The actions of the board and rent stabilization department un unison are a complete and utter fiasco and hurting renters and landlords alike.
Dr Gary Hampton-Maat-Hotep
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They actions are full of gotcha’s.
Helen Morales talks about a “soft toss” two years late… and the issue with registration, another fiasco.
Now the department is implement late fees for something that is not even up and running. I cannot renew.
The registry doesn’t even allow people to see who is registered and who is not.
Why does the city of Pasadena still use outdated streaming platform and not YouTube like other adjacent cities?
October 1, 2025 through September 30 of 2026 thank you there any questions from the Charter administrative we’re doing a better job this year. I’m getting this information out. This is important for tenant and landlord to know what’s coming down on the financial pipe have any questions or comments before we go to public comment on this item to comment The only damn thing why is that was written type of way to be self standing not all this bullshit 50% 90 days 30% 91+50% late fee will come back in six months and update us useful fee in registration compliance six months from the date of the registration date of the registration six months from one six months from today Since April 1 six months absent yes yes yes yes Rodriguez no no Henry Gonzales alternate motion passes for discussion, figuring that out right as mentioned earlier I four has been pulled, but if there are any public comments here in chamber or online for item, and if I could ask board members to pull yourselves out of the queue I have three public comments for this item 1st comment from Dr. Gary Hampton right next to Simon that is really powerful and it would be very silly to throw it away, but it is even more relevant for this item because in this case you are not talking about landlords who exist in the nebula state of may or may not be intending to comply with Charter you were talking about landlords who are defying The whole protecting actively to deal with. We need to have a stronger option than just referring them to Office who gets to make their own decision whether from Dr. Car Hampton correct correct related to remedies for unlawful staff working directly with City attorney‘s office to clarify the meaning of chapter 6, and Charter amendment instead of the attorney coming to the board directly, and then the board directing staff to propose changes. Staff should not be coming to the board with recommendations instead, the board should be giving those recommendations directly to staff who should then draft propose changes there should be no tentative decision by board prior to an appeal. Hearing appeal should be hearing and therefore should review all evidence, including new evidence 10 time. Period for argument is not enough time 45 minutes should be the maximum for each side, there should be at least 15 minutes rebuttal time for each item directly with the Attorney office in order to come here and certain information. I don’t know what was supposed to be for this money being paid for that attorney for this board that illegally hired I talked about that that attorney come here. Explain that to you what your options are The staff go say fuck you right you’re gonna be here a lot. Fuck you thank you that includes your time from Matthew Rio public comment on zoom from Bonnie Wallace OK OK thank you very much once again I’m gonna keep it shorter than my previous ones. One of the board members recently said We’re here to listen to the land. I consider is a little bit of that again so the late fee discussion that you guys have been having a symptom of the problem the problem is you’re charging for the landlord you know if you that would be good. That would be helpful for the tenant you think this is gonna help the tenant it’s not gonna help the tenants. This is going to hurt. This is so frustrating you want to help you have $1 million budget what are you gonna do with that you gonna mean what you’re doing is not helping what you’re doing is going to hurt that might be hard for you to swallow may not understand a paradigm shift a mind blowing concept, but mind blowing paradigm shifting and raising your awareness and consciousness to understand what is going to happen with these policies people are gonna sell the highest higher and luxury apartments or they put the rent up this is how it goes. This is how it goes. Centralized government centralized control leads to positive economic community. We’re having my opinion a bigger concept the late fee $90 is what is charging consideration 50% pay the tenant landlord. Have any questions or comments go thank you Jackeline when you’re ready from Simon Gibbons process to approve to keep in mind when you come to the other section of the agenda that we are being limited to an increasing gross income to a quarter percent, whereas our expenditures are increasing enormously, and you be talking about one of those pieces of expenditure you’ll be able to make a choice as to how much that is please be mindful From Dr. Hampton. This is probably implementing motherfucking implement .5% of the damn thing that you’re implementing is not being properly implemented. This is the only damn thing. The damn thing is that certain type of way to be self standing not all this bullshit all this bullshit proposal for the 2.25 you guys pretty much have to do we know where it came from Freedom of speech you can keep your comments to the agenda item which is the AGA. Thank you so much don’t talk about but you’re getting out in the context of 2.25 that I have for the department is all connected. That’s what I’m talking about. Talk about you. Talk about you. You’re the chair get some thick ass skin. You don’t like it to the AGA sir. We have a long evening ahead of us. A lot of people come out to the AGA thank you. This is all connected and the way you want to try to limit my speech type of motherfucking way 30 seconds 2.25 and operating company with better proposal Thank you that includes your time from Rosen. You guys are so cool. OK so let me give you a little more information so you could get a picture of what this really looks like. Let me back up. I should’ve asked who in this room sitting up at this board. Our landlord can see a only two and all the rest of your tenants I get it. It makes a lot of sense so let me just show you what this looks like for a minute because it’s laughable so one of my units they pay it’s a studio unit. It’s $943 a month wow I’m a great landlord probably half what it should be, but that’s OK And so I get to raise it. This is so comical .2.25% which I did some quick math cause I’m not stupid and that comes to a whopping $21 a month that I wait because now I have to subtract that $17.83 that I have to pay you for I don’t know What so I think I come out of this with just over three dollars a month. Did you hear me or should I repeat it? That’s who you are hurting I’m not just up here to make you to waste my night to come up here and just talk to you because I’m angry. I am angry for a good fucking reason because you guys don’t get it you really don’t get it but let me go on so let me tell you my most expensive property it’s a one bedroom beautiful front unit. She’s very happy all our landlords love Christmas present and you know what they’re not gonna care that I didn’t pay because you’re still gonna pay my rent because we’re very good to them and we do by the way we do all our own work because to keep their rent slow my husband goes in unclogged the fucking plumbing when it’s when it’s clogged up. OK we do the plaster work. We do as much work as our these are that I want you to see the face of small time, landlords mom and landlord whatever you wanna call people that work their asses off won’t be able to buy the property and then do their own work as much as possible to maintain it because we wanna keep our been there forever do I wanna hurt them? Absolutely not you’re hurting me before we used to raise around every three or five years now you have forced me to raise it every year things to run 17.83 $17.83 so I just earned a whole approximately $30 more and when I say I earned, I’m not shit. I’m not done because I have to pay more time. Has time is expired. Your time is expired. Your time is expired, madam item Just being respectful that we’ve been told twice tonight to fuck off. Fuck you just you know decorum for the council chambers thank you very much next we have a motion for the PGA Brandon.
