I what to make sure, I get a chance to speak while the meeting going on( today 06-11-2020 ) at 7 p.m. meeting, I have address this concerns on this web side. Please call or email me.

To have no rent control and then all of a sudden overnight to 3% is unfair. How about 8% , or let us raise our units to market value first. It’s tough for landlords to find affordable contractors but you don’t put a limit on what they can charge per hour.

We need permanent protection for renters. I have been a renter in Culver City for 26 years; the last 24 of them in my current residence. I raised my family here and am active in the community - I have been a senior level trainer for the CCFD's Community Emergency Response Team since 2002, and a CERT volunteer since 2001. I am a worker at a state university, and have a small psychotherapy practice in Culver City. At the CSU, we have born the brunt of economic recession, especially during and after 2008, when we were furloughed and had a 10% pay cut. I am an outstanding tenant, yet I experience the same anxieties regarding housing insecurity that so many people share. Culver City has in the past had NO renter protections. Having this one year protection has made a significant difference in my feelings of security, especially now that I am a senior. In these highly uncertain times, renters need even more protection. We can help protect small, responsible property owners by supporting measures that will provide them with state/federal voucher support so they don't feel compelled to raise the rents. The rents are already out of reach for many of us, and made far worse by the speculation and gouging we have seen in recent years. Protect our community - we need permanent rent control!

I have been a renter in Culver City for 20 years in abuilding built 1955. 2019 I have received 2 rent increases. The rent is expected to keep rising even with rent control. Currently, the rent is 50% of my income. I work from home as a teacher with reduced income during breaks.

I have lived, worked, owned, and rented in Culver City for 30 years. Culver City has always been a working class neighborhood and now the City is wooing Hi-Tech tenants and building massive buildings to accommodate them. Yet, the proposed new rental rates per square foot FAR outpace Any properties listed. NOBODY TELLS ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHAT THEY CAN CHARGE. Not gas, grocery, utility, services or fees or any other retail. Everything INCREASES TO YOUR LANDLORDS AS WELL. iNSURANCE, UTILITIES,TAXES, SERVICES (TRASH) just to name a few increase every year by at least 3%. When the recession of 2008 hit, Culver City OR utility companies NEVER lowered their rates. They still increased. My property taxes alone increase hundreds per month. Since the majority of the rentals in the city are four units or less the rents need to be stable but fair. Owners who like myself scrimped saved and worked multiple jobs should have a say as well. Since the city has units and rents on file it should be easy to tell if a landlord is fleecing. Renters will only pay so much and your unit will remain vacant. I lowered my rent during recession but talked to the tenants and we revisited it after two years and went back ( in increments ) to previous rent. I took a loss but my unit stayed rented. Don't assume ALL landlords are corporate housing. Those are the ones that just moved into the city with the HIGH rental rates.