17 20-0891 Subject: Moratorium On Ellis Act Evictions And To Repeal The Ellis Act
From: President Pro Tempore Kalb And Councilmember Bas
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Urging California Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue A Moratorium On Ellis Act Evictions During The Covid-19 State Of Emergency And Urging The California Legislature To Repeal The Ellis Act
I am a homeowner and landlord in District 5 and I support this resolution urging Governor Newsom to issue a moratorium on Ellis Act Evictions during the current state of emergency. The Ellis Act has become a huge loophole to get around rent control, and during this pandemic it carries deadlier weight. Please stand with public health common sense and help keep people home. Thank you.
I strongly support this resolution urging Governor Newsom to issue a moratorium on Ellis Act Evictions during this state of emergency that we're in. We are still in the thick of this pandemic and not making motions that side with the safety and health of the tenants and the community will only intensify this crisis further. Thank you.
I am a homeowner in District 1 and I support Councilmember Kalb and Councilmember Bas' Resolution Urging California Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue A Moratorium On Ellis Act Evictions During The Covid-19 State Of Emergency And Urging The California Legislature To Repeal The Ellis Act. Our communities need a moratorium of Ellis Act evictions during these uncertain times. It is critical that Oakland takes this stance to ensure that our neighbors can stay in our homes, especially during this state of emergency.
As a tenant in D3, I strongly support this resolution urging Governor Newsom to issue a moratorium on Ellis Act evictions and urging the legislature to repeal the Ellis Act. In a middle of a national public health crisis, we should not be evicting people and putting working-class tenants in the position of having to jeopardize their own health and the health of the broader community. In addition, the Ellis Act is abused far too often as an excuse to force out renters and make more money for landlords. Take action to stand with Oakland tenants by passing this resolution. Thank you!
The Ellis Act has become a major loophole that allows evicton of tenants during the pandemic, this also mean units that are currently under rent control. I strongly support Councilmembers' joint resolution on issue a moratorium on Ellis act evictions to prevent further unstabilizing of our community
I am a worker in district 2 and I support Councilmember Kalb and Councilmember Bas' Resolution Urging California Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue A Moratorium On Ellis Act Evictions During The Covid-19 State Of Emergency And Urging The California Legislature To Repeal The Ellis Act. A moratorium on Ellis Act evictions should be included during these uncertain times. It is critical that Oakland takes this stance to ensure we can stay in our homes, especially during this state of emergency. Thank you.
The Resolution combines two issues that should be decoupled. While there may be justification for extending the eviction moratorium during the State of Emergency, “urging” the Legislature to support the repeal of the Ellis Act in its entirety is a step too far. Considering a change of this magnitude warrants public input, outreach, education, and much scrutiny. Oakland’s taxpayers and the business community should clearly understand the potential impact of this Resolution on property rights and responsibilities. Homeowners (particularly in higher income areas) who occasionally rent their homes would be shocked to find that through this Resolution their tenant and any additional occupants who previously agreed to leave by a certain date, could simply change their mind leaving the owners with few options to recover their property.
Support to households impacted by covid-19 has fallen disproportionally upon rental property owners. That burden is felt most significantly by owners of small rentals many of whom have deferred rent to keep tenants in place. But there is a breaking point. To avoid foreclosure and for a host of other legitimate reasons, they may need to withdraw their property from the rental market. No landlord wants to indiscriminately evict, and existing laws provide adequate protections for tenants. However, there are circumstances when eviction is the only remedy and must be protected by the Ellis Act.
This is yet another another proclamation from the City of Oakland that screams landlords are not welcome here, and that if you have an extra unit in your home, don't rent it. This continued pushing for erosion of property rights and control leads to a real reduction of units available in the rental pool. I recently had a vacancy in my home and will not be renting it again. I feel incredibly privileged to be able to make that choice. Many of my neighbors rely on their rental income to make ends meet, and I'm fearful that Oakland's lack of a giveadamn for small landlord wellbeing will lead to foreclosures and wiping out of generational wealth, much of which has been built by minority families over decades. I admire how Oakland and the State has stepped in to protect many people's homes, and yet I'm disgusted at the complete neglect for the people providing housing, including those that live with their tenants.
I oppose any resolution that urges the Governor to impose a moratorium on Ellis Act evictions during our endless COVID-19 state of emergency. I oppose urging the legislature to repeal the Ellis Act, the housing provider’s escape hatch as representatives for the City of Oakland. As a small housing provider with an in-law unit, it feels like Oakland is trying to make us afraid to rent our units at all. Uniquely, we share space with our tenants. Oakland’s continuous barrage of “protections” has us small providers so “protected” that we are sentenced to live with a tenant- and whoever a tenant wants to invite in- for life. Want to Ellis Act out and quit this circus? Now we have council members ready with an AHA! Closed that escape. Isn’t that what you are trying to do? We do not want to be forced to rent space at our homes. Think about what you are doing to individuals, not huge corporations. When we started to rent we decided to never forget having rented ourselves. We have rents anyone with even less than minimum wage can pay, we fix issues as they come up. But we have less say here at home than our tenant does.
This is madness, especially on top of onerous and expensive rent control regulations that do not even allow housing providers to stay abreast of inflation rates; Eviction moratorium which mandate we provide the essential service of housing for free with little or no mortgage or tax relief. Please OPPOSE this resolution!
This proposition would be a death knell for small (under 10 units for example) rental property owners. They already are suffering from the COVID moratoriums and now to remove any chance for people renting their properties temporarily because they are working elsewhere or in the military is an unreasonable and unconstitutional move for the rights of those who own property in America. Kalb and Bas are definitely not surveying and talking with their constituents in their districts. In fact, I've not received any response from Kalb who represents my district - other than his re-election campaigning appeals.
It's a absurd resolution and request. I heartily oppose it and anyone who owns real estate property ought to as well.
I am a homeowner and landlord in District 5 and I support this resolution urging Governor Newsom to issue a moratorium on Ellis Act Evictions during the current state of emergency. The Ellis Act has become a huge loophole to get around rent control, and during this pandemic it carries deadlier weight. Please stand with public health common sense and help keep people home. Thank you.
I strongly support this resolution urging Governor Newsom to issue a moratorium on Ellis Act Evictions during this state of emergency that we're in. We are still in the thick of this pandemic and not making motions that side with the safety and health of the tenants and the community will only intensify this crisis further. Thank you.
I am a homeowner in District 1 and I support Councilmember Kalb and Councilmember Bas' Resolution Urging California Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue A Moratorium On Ellis Act Evictions During The Covid-19 State Of Emergency And Urging The California Legislature To Repeal The Ellis Act. Our communities need a moratorium of Ellis Act evictions during these uncertain times. It is critical that Oakland takes this stance to ensure that our neighbors can stay in our homes, especially during this state of emergency.
As a tenant in D3, I strongly support this resolution urging Governor Newsom to issue a moratorium on Ellis Act evictions and urging the legislature to repeal the Ellis Act. In a middle of a national public health crisis, we should not be evicting people and putting working-class tenants in the position of having to jeopardize their own health and the health of the broader community. In addition, the Ellis Act is abused far too often as an excuse to force out renters and make more money for landlords. Take action to stand with Oakland tenants by passing this resolution. Thank you!
The Ellis Act has become a major loophole that allows evicton of tenants during the pandemic, this also mean units that are currently under rent control. I strongly support Councilmembers' joint resolution on issue a moratorium on Ellis act evictions to prevent further unstabilizing of our community
I am a worker in district 2 and I support Councilmember Kalb and Councilmember Bas' Resolution Urging California Governor Gavin Newsom To Issue A Moratorium On Ellis Act Evictions During The Covid-19 State Of Emergency And Urging The California Legislature To Repeal The Ellis Act. A moratorium on Ellis Act evictions should be included during these uncertain times. It is critical that Oakland takes this stance to ensure we can stay in our homes, especially during this state of emergency. Thank you.
The Resolution combines two issues that should be decoupled. While there may be justification for extending the eviction moratorium during the State of Emergency, “urging” the Legislature to support the repeal of the Ellis Act in its entirety is a step too far. Considering a change of this magnitude warrants public input, outreach, education, and much scrutiny. Oakland’s taxpayers and the business community should clearly understand the potential impact of this Resolution on property rights and responsibilities. Homeowners (particularly in higher income areas) who occasionally rent their homes would be shocked to find that through this Resolution their tenant and any additional occupants who previously agreed to leave by a certain date, could simply change their mind leaving the owners with few options to recover their property.
Support to households impacted by covid-19 has fallen disproportionally upon rental property owners. That burden is felt most significantly by owners of small rentals many of whom have deferred rent to keep tenants in place. But there is a breaking point. To avoid foreclosure and for a host of other legitimate reasons, they may need to withdraw their property from the rental market. No landlord wants to indiscriminately evict, and existing laws provide adequate protections for tenants. However, there are circumstances when eviction is the only remedy and must be protected by the Ellis Act.
This is yet another another proclamation from the City of Oakland that screams landlords are not welcome here, and that if you have an extra unit in your home, don't rent it. This continued pushing for erosion of property rights and control leads to a real reduction of units available in the rental pool. I recently had a vacancy in my home and will not be renting it again. I feel incredibly privileged to be able to make that choice. Many of my neighbors rely on their rental income to make ends meet, and I'm fearful that Oakland's lack of a giveadamn for small landlord wellbeing will lead to foreclosures and wiping out of generational wealth, much of which has been built by minority families over decades. I admire how Oakland and the State has stepped in to protect many people's homes, and yet I'm disgusted at the complete neglect for the people providing housing, including those that live with their tenants.
I oppose any resolution that urges the Governor to impose a moratorium on Ellis Act evictions during our endless COVID-19 state of emergency. I oppose urging the legislature to repeal the Ellis Act, the housing provider’s escape hatch as representatives for the City of Oakland. As a small housing provider with an in-law unit, it feels like Oakland is trying to make us afraid to rent our units at all. Uniquely, we share space with our tenants. Oakland’s continuous barrage of “protections” has us small providers so “protected” that we are sentenced to live with a tenant- and whoever a tenant wants to invite in- for life. Want to Ellis Act out and quit this circus? Now we have council members ready with an AHA! Closed that escape. Isn’t that what you are trying to do? We do not want to be forced to rent space at our homes. Think about what you are doing to individuals, not huge corporations. When we started to rent we decided to never forget having rented ourselves. We have rents anyone with even less than minimum wage can pay, we fix issues as they come up. But we have less say here at home than our tenant does.
This is madness, especially on top of onerous and expensive rent control regulations that do not even allow housing providers to stay abreast of inflation rates; Eviction moratorium which mandate we provide the essential service of housing for free with little or no mortgage or tax relief. Please OPPOSE this resolution!
Ilona Clark and David Nesmith, Oakland since 1975
This proposition would be a death knell for small (under 10 units for example) rental property owners. They already are suffering from the COVID moratoriums and now to remove any chance for people renting their properties temporarily because they are working elsewhere or in the military is an unreasonable and unconstitutional move for the rights of those who own property in America. Kalb and Bas are definitely not surveying and talking with their constituents in their districts. In fact, I've not received any response from Kalb who represents my district - other than his re-election campaigning appeals.
It's a absurd resolution and request. I heartily oppose it and anyone who owns real estate property ought to as well.