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7/6/2020 12 emails Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245 1 message From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:23 AM ---------- Forwarded message---------- From: Kristin Morris <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 7:19 PM Subject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245 To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers, I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units. This amendment will provide an unenforceable loophole and create a gaping hole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing. The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits. THE HOUSING MARKET IN LA IS SO HARD FOR LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASS CITIZENS. I AM A NEW TEACHER, AND MY RENT IS ALREADY MORE THAN 1/3 OF MY TAKE-HOME PAY. WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE RENTER AND COMMUNITY NEEDS OVER LANDLORD PROFIT. The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock. The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic. Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home- Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction. Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, Kristin Morris Kristin Morris Teacher, Tutor, Artist 540-538-3547 chrome-extension://gdanfldekhdgkbmdoeapbgbcpfglkflg/printpage.html 1/17

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7/6/2020 12 emails

Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:23 AM

----------Forwarded message----------From: Kristin Morris <[email protected]>Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 7:19 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units. This amendment will provide an unenforceable loophole and create a gaping hole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing. The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits.

THE HOUSING MARKET IN LA IS SO HARD FOR LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASS CITIZENS. I AM A NEW TEACHER, AND MY RENT IS ALREADY MORE THAN 1/3 OF MY TAKE-HOME PAY. WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE RENTER AND COMMUNITY NEEDS OVER LANDLORD PROFIT.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Kristin Morris

Kristin Morris Teacher, Tutor, Artist 540-538-3547

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7/6/2020 12 emails

Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:20 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Tamar B <[email protected]>Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 11:21 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

This amendment will provide an unenforceable loophole which will defeat the purpose of the RSO. That was to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock. By opening up many properties in our neighborhood to the opportunistic owners to decide to rent their homes on a short term basis, they will quickly realize (if they have not already) that since the houses are already so expensive and the number of buyers who can afford these houses is limited and decreasing due to the falling economy as well as the flight of scared citizens from the City of LA, as we lose our police protection, I would surmise that many owners will instead decide to rent their properties for a few weeks or a few week-ends a month, and they will be able to pull in enough money to keep these properties viable. If indeed they had to wait around with no short term rentals available to them, they would be forced to lower the asking price and bring the properties back into alignment with what normal people can afford.

It makes me so angry as a local resident of nearly 50 years here in the Los Angeles westside, that now I must suffer the endless annoyance and disturbance of these “PARTY HOUSES” that have popped up all over the neighborhood. For a price much cheaper than renting a hotel, people can take a house for the week-end and share the cost with their many friends, so if it costs them maybe $4,000 or $5,000 for a period of time, they don't care because it's cheaper than if they were to have a week-end worth of parties in a hotel. And now they don't have anyone giving them rules or end times at which they must shut down or anything. They share the cost with their friends, bring in food, etc and it's a good situation for everyone, the landlord, and the renters. And I know for a fact that the houses in my neighborhood that are doing this are not houses in which the owners are themselves living for any period of time at all. You really need to find a way to police this and make sure that the fake documents they are giving you to try prove they (the owners) actually live there, are really bogus. These houses are EMPTY year round except for the short term renting that they are pulling off on a week-end or weekly basis, just for the purpose of being a temporary vacation house. How does this help the living situation in Los Angeles as more and more addresses are turned into vacation spots instead of a dwelling that a family can buy or rent on a more permanent basis. Plus it keeps the price of the real estate sky rocketing and that leaves out my adult children from being able to buy anything at all in the city in my neighborhood. If you would stop this, then people would stop buying the homes that older people are leaving as they die or move away and knocking them down and building these awful, modern, boxy McMansions that nobody can really afford to buy. You are killing our neighborhoods!

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic!

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home-

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Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction. WE ARE TRULY BECOMING THE LA LA LAND, instead of a normal neighborhood where families can grow and thrive safely and sanely. Don't do this to us, please!

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Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please do the right thing and REJECT THIS PROPOSAL!

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Tamar Brooks6371 Maryland Drive,Los Angeles, CA 90048

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:15 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Sue A Kaplan <[email protected]>Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 9:24 AMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: Mike Bonin <[email protected]>, Jason Douglas <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Paul Krekorian <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Paul Koretz <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Herb J. Wesson, Jr <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

In this time of a critical housing shortage, RSO units must be preserved as residential living units with affordable rents.

This amendment will provide an unenforceable loophole and create a gaping hole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing. The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support and please save the RSO units by not allowing landlords and owners to capitalize with their profit making motives by allowing them to do STRs, thus decreasing the much needed residential living supply.

Sincerely,

Sue Kaplan Venice resident

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File1 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:15 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Mary <[email protected]>Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 11:08 AMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council FileTo: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, Jason Douglas <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

I have been living in Venice for over 25 years. My building has been used for Illegal Airbnb sinc Jan of 20 19. Our building code is available to anyone who has EVER stayed here people from all over the world.It is very unsafe, noisy & no one who would be a long time neighbor can afford to live here. Strangers are coming & going at all hours , overfilling the trash & breaking out washer & dryers. Our Building is supposed to be rent stabilized. The rents the new landlords are collecting are way way over the limits. They are running it like a hotel which it is not.

I am a senior & do not feel safe.Mary Catalano

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:15 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: 'Heidi Ifft' via Clerk - CityClerk <[email protected]>Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 12:01 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <councilmember.Krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I strongly urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Before the Home-Sharing Ordinance was passed, I lived in constant fear of eviction AND I continue to live in constant fear of eviction. My landlord uses the “owner move-in” threat on a weekly basis. I live in a Venice RSO triplex. Many years ago, my landlord removed one of the three RSO units from the housing market by classifying it as “owner occupied.” It is NOT owner occupied. It was NEVER owner occupied. It has been used as a short-term rental for over six years!

Classifying an RSO unit as “owner occupied” is easy. You simply check a box. There is zero oversight. Once your RSO unit is classified as “owner occupied”, STR business begins and flies completely under the radar.

No one from HCIDLA investigated this matter despite hundreds & hundreds of complaints from neighbors. Why? Because the unit is erroneously classified as “owner occupied.” Every time the unit was reported, and the landlord was contacted by city enforcement, the landlord claimed to live in that unit. Blatant lies! One literally cannot have two primary homes.

Now they are coming for my RSO unit, using the owner move-in reasoning. Landlord specifically told me he needs my RSO unit for his elderly father. More lies. Elderly father lives in a gorgeous home. He isn't moving here. The landlord wants all his RSO units back to make more money! It's painstakingly obvious.

Where will that leave me? Homeless. Homeless during a pandemic. The $8K landlord is required to pay me won't cover moving costs, 1st months rent and security deposit at another apartment. I'm looking down the barrel of homelessness. I have no other options.

This amendment will provide an unenforceable loophole and create a gaping hole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, with a watershed of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing. The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits!

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

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Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

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Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, Christy Nelson

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:12 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Dennis Hathaway <[email protected]>Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 2:35 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: Mike Bonin <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, David Ryu <[email protected]>, Paul Koretz <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Supporters of this amendment say it will allow occupants of these rent-controlled units to earn needed money by renting out the units for short periods of time, but in reality it creates a dangerous loophole that will give unscrupulous property owners an incentive to evict low-income tenants and take badly-needed affordable housing off the market.

This amendment will also pose a serious enforcement challenge. The question of who actually owns a property is not always easy to establish, and as we've seen in the 35-year history of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, there are always those who will take advantage of such challenges to game the system, always to the detriment of people who need housing they can afford.

In fact, enforceability was one of the biggest issues in the debate over the Home-Sharing Ordinance, and until the city determines whether or not that ordinance is being effectively enforced it makes no sense to add an amendment that will strain enforcement capabilities even further. A small number of owners and occupants of rent-controlled units may have a genuine need for added revenue from short-term rentals, but that need is far outweighed by the need to protect rent- controlled housing for those who could be facing dire circumstances without it.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Dennis Hathaway Venice, CA

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:09 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: 'Dee Ann Newkirk' via Clerk - CityClerk <[email protected]>Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 8:06 AMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Dee Ann

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:09 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: 'Rebecca Lucas' via Clerk - CityClerk <[email protected]>Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 1:24 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, Rebecca Lucas

Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:08 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Raymond Klein <[email protected]>Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 3:51 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS!I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, Ray Klein

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Fwd: STRONG Opposition to Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units CouncilFile # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:07 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Dianna Schonfield <[email protected]>Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 7:07 PMSubject: STRONG Opposition to Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,<[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

To the Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

My name is Dianna Schonfield. I am a resident of Los Angeles in Council District 4. I currently live in an RSO apartment, as I have done for the past 6 years. I am writing to urge you to reject the amendment to the HSO. Please take a stand and prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

For the few remaining tenants of my rent stabilized building, we live a daily nightmare. Our property managers have listed 14 of the 21 units in our RSO building on Airbnb (see attached). None of these listings display the registration number that the host is required to provide under current regulations. We are subjected to a cavalcade of unfamiliar people in our building who have access to our mailboxes, front doors, and garage. Many of the units are filled with half a dozen or more people. They have loud parties, often nightly, and smoke and carry on in our shared pool area which each unit overlooks. Despite the current pandemic setting these guests never wear masks. There are elderly and immunocompromised people who live in this building who are directly impacted by not only the smoke, but also COVID-19.

The Airbnb guests are not given a key. Instead, they are given a code to the front gate (which is withheld from the RSO tenants) and these guests then give out the code to their friends in order to throw Hollywood house parties. We recently had a loud drunk woman at our front gate, calling random units demanding to be "let into the party". This was a Wednesday night.

Our property manager, Louis, who is advertised as someone who lives on property, is rarely if ever present. When he is, he does little to nothing in terms of managing the behavior of these Airbnb guests. This week, despite having lived in her unit for over 6 years, my girlfriend returned home to find her parking spot had been given to an Airbnb guest. When we contacted the property manager he said they were allowed to park there and we would have to move our car to the street, despite our lease stipulating that we are entitled to our covered car space in the car port. We are in an ongoing dispute regarding this unannounced reduction of services.

When we express our concerns and exasperations as RSO tenants to management, they dismiss us and have even told us that we are "nothing but trouble". We have repeatedly reported our complaints to the city and the landlord continues to act with impunity. We do not live in a transient hotel. We live in an apartment. We have jobs in the city of Los Angeles. I am a public elementary school teacher and my boyfriend who lives with me is a stage manager at Universal Studios Hollywood. We need a safe, secure place to live where we can be without the constant abuse that our landlords enable by listing over 2/3 of the units on Airbnb.

With the price of living here in Los Angeles continuing to climb over 3% a year, as well as the added threat of pandemic looming over us, we are in danger of getting infected by these guests who do not follow any sort of safety protocols, as well as by the slumlord building management who put profits over people. The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock. This amendment will create a loophole for landlords to continue auctioning off rent-

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stabilized units, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic. Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home-Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

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Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system.

I implore you to reject this amendment and I invite you to contact me with any questions so I may provide you with specific recordings, photographs, and correspondence between us and the management.

Thank you,

Dianna Schonfield RSO Tenant 1940 Carmen Ave #1 Los Angeles, CA 90068 323-646-8490

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:06 AM

[email protected]

----------Forwarded message ----------From: boubalina via Clerk - CityClerk <[email protected]>Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 10:01 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Barbara A Davies

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Anna Martinez <[email protected]>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 2:21 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Barbara Milliken <[email protected]>Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 2:18 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Before the Home-Sharing Ordinance was passed, Many feared eviction. This amendment will provide an unenforceable loophole and create a gaping hole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing. The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Barbara Milliken Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: SUPPORT Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units w/amendments CF#18-12451 message

From: Anna Martinez <[email protected]>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 4:24 PM

----------Forwarded message----------From: Heather Carson <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 4:21 PMSubject: SUPPORT Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units w/amendments CF# 18-1245 To: Cally Hardy City Planning Associate <[email protected]>, Matthew Glesne <[email protected]>, Vince Bertoni <[email protected]>, Mayor Eric Garcetti <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Councilmember Gil Cedillo <[email protected]>, Councilmember Paul Krekorian <councilmember.Krekorian@ lacity.org>, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield <[email protected]>, David Ryu <[email protected]>, Paul Koretz <[email protected]>, Councilmember Nury Martinez <[email protected]>, Councilmember Monica Rodriguez <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr <[email protected]>, Councilmember Herb J. Wesson Jr <[email protected]>, Councilmember Mike Bonin <[email protected]>, Councilmember John Lee <[email protected]>, Mitch O'Farrell <[email protected]>, Jose Huizar <[email protected]>, Councilmember Joe Buscaino <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Deputy Gerald Gubatan<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Deputy Adrienne Asadoorian <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Director of Land Use & Planning Elizabeth Ene <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Nicholas Greif <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Justin Orenstein <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Directory of Policy & Legislation Jeff Ebenstein <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Director Humberto Quintana <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Deputy Chief of Staff & Policy Director Marisa Alcaraz <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Council Floor Director Justin Wesson <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Deputy Len Nguyen <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Hannah Lee <[email protected]>, Jeanne Min <[email protected]>, Marisol Rodriguez <[email protected]>, Star Parsamyan <[email protected]>, Christine Peters<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Amy Ablakat <[email protected]>, <eduardo.soriano.hewitt@ lacity.org>, Policy Director Adam Acosta <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Policy Director Dennis Gleason <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Nicholas Maricich Director Planning Policy and Development <[email protected]>, Greg Good Chief of Legislative & External Affairs <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

To the Planning Department, the Mayor's office, City Councilmembers and their Staff,

I stand with HALA. Planning's proposed amendment is too limited.

RSO hosts should have the same rights as non-RSO hosts

*REMOVE THE LIMIT OF 4000 REGISTERED RSO HOSTS

*REMOVE THE LIMIT OF ONLY 120 NIGHTS BOOKING CAP

*REMOVE THE LENGTHENED ELLIS ACT WAIT OF 7 YEARS.

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We thank the Councilmembers for voting unanimously to support Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied units and continuing to work to protect mom and pop hosts during these unprecedented times.

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Sincerely, Heather Carson CD4HALA member

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Fwd: Support- Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File1 message

From: Anna Martinez <[email protected]>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:42 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Tyrrell <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:40 PMSubject: Support- Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council FileTo: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to allow home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units. I am a mom and pop duplex owner who relies on home sharing income from renting my spare bedroom in my owner occupied RSO unit to pay my mortgage. Now, more than ever, I need home sharing during these difficult times.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance will make Los Angeles more affordable for mom and pop landlords like myself.

Please support this proposal. Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Tyrrell Shafffner

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:15 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Carlos Antillon | ANTILLON INC. <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:17 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

C. AntillonTel. 323 878-0973 x 101

Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 2:59 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Barbara Milliken <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 3:00 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Barbara Milliken

Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: SUPPORT - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Anna Martinez <[email protected]>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:58 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Melanie Mendoza <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:57 PMSubject: SUPPORT - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to SUPPORT home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

My mother in law first started renfi'ng out her extra bedroom on Airbnb as a means to pay for dental insurance. She's on a fixed income with SSN as she is 74 years old. She owns a fourplex, but since she stays home all the time, she wanted to socialize and rent her lovely home out for the added income needed to survive in LA. My husband and I have been helping her with groceries, internet, and ufi'lities. With Airbnb's added income, she is able to sustain herself while also doing what she loves, meeting new people from all over the world, cooking for them and caring for her guests.

Since her fourplex was built in the 1920's, her unit is considered an RSO. She does not want a permanent roommate as she has a lot of family coming in from various parts of the world to visit her, so Airbnb gives her the flexibility she loves and needs while also helping her out financially as well.

We fully support home sharing and urge you to continue to support Angelenos like my mother in law, Piedad.

Thank you

Melanie Ramirez

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:52 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Anne Johnson <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:49 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I implore you to please prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

I have lived in Venice for over 25 years and of latter years it has become out of control and a miserable experience due to the transient habits of the Air B&B greedy property owners and creating a hotel revolving- door environment rather than of community.

I currently live and have for the passed 16 years resided in a RSO rental front duplex.In 2014 my landlord gave me an illegal (not registered with LA housing to remove off of the rental market, notify City and pay appropriate fees) a 30 day no fault notice to leave so she could rent this 1bed 1 bath front unit on AirB & B as she had been doing with her other RSO units on this same land.

She has been illegally renting the back unit unchecked for YEARS. I also get mail regularly to this address belonging to her as she has items sent pretending to live full time on site.Until the recent pandemic they had been using air B&B to illegally rent out the back duplex and a shanty non-permitted converted garage studio.

She has rented short-term said non-permitted studio with illegal bathroom and kitchen in the back duplex garage and used to air b&b until her cash cow slowed in the pandemic.

I fear retaliation from the landlord and am uncomfortable with the myriad of random strangers in and out. Not to mention that the parking in this neighborhood is ridiculous.There are so many unresolved issues that need improvement.

On a more positive - I'd like to give a compliment to the LA Housing department and representative.I am grateful for their wonderful assistance in helping usher me through the laws and rights of the particular situation I faced in 2014.

The landlord retracted the no-fault notice and continued on illegal air B&B of her other units but left me relatively alone to live as I have, paying rental increases yearly and on time while the neighborhood around me changed for the worse.

The City does not regulate or control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals. How can you even begin to suggest addition of more unenforceable loopholes RSO.This creates a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a magnitude of negative consequences. RSO was supposed to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for Greed driven landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent-

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stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.10 emails

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Anne

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:23 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Anne Johnson <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:23 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

With all due respectcapable of adequately enforcing the restrictions on the books currently? Really?

Seriously? Are we really going down this rabbit hole again? Do any of you actually believe the city is

What is really going on? How can any of you entertain the possibility of allowing RSO property owners, with the city's approval, to place their units on the STR gravy train? Please STOP THE MADNESS!!! STOP FALLING FOR THE B.S. FROM STR COMPANIES AND GREEDY LANDLORDS.

It took me weeks and weeks of outreach, coupled with my limited connections within city hall, to get something done regarding a nuisance party house in my neighborhood. A party house that held a 150 attendee party, in April, during the COVID-19 nightmare, which took 3 visits from the LAPD to clear out the party with the assistance of LAPD's air units, and Gang Unit detail. It took weeks to get something done. About a party house. 150 attendees. During our pandemic....

The City is too understaffed and ill-prepared to handle the ordinances on the regs now. Why add to the problem?

Can the city for once, just once, stop bending to the pressures and greed of Silicon Valley, and actually put the real needs of Angelenos in first position.Is the city truly that tone deaf? That hard up for revenue? Is there not enough pain and suffering? Are there not enough hotel rooms to house the tourists coming to this city?Are there not ENOUGH homeless people living on our filthy streets or in their cars?

Do Not Support The Amendments. The affordable and safe housing for long term Angeleno residents should be your priority. Please prohibit the greedy, and unregulated home-sharing business from infecting our shrinking pool of RSO units.

Sincerely,Anne-Marie Johnson

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:42 PM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Jack Jackels <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:41 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245 To: [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing? The purpose of the RSO is to provide limited rent increases and affordable housing - not an opportunity for landlords to charge inflated rents for greater profits while inviting more scofflaw activities to add to those that already go unchecked.

The Home-Sharing Ordinance sets forth clear guidelines for legal home-sharing, wisely preserving critically needed rent- stabilized (RSO) affordable housing stock.

The City must stand firm in its commitment to tens of thousands of Angelenos who don't want to lose their homes. This loophole will renege on that commitment, auctioning off rent-stabilized units with a windfall loophole for unscrupulous landlords and AirBnB, directly harming those without the means simply to pull up stakes and move - especially in the midst of our pandemic.

Los Angeles already suffers from an ever-growing inequality in affordable housing; this proposed amendment to the Home­Sharing Ordinance is both unnecessary and irresponsible, and is a giant leap in the wrong direction.

Every new exemption weakens the Home-Sharing Ordinance. This one also invites challenges to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance and opportunities for fraud. Its only winners are unscrupulous landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please reject this proposal.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, John Jackels

Sent from my iPhone

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12451 message

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:33 PM

----------Forwarded message----------From: Linda Lucks <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:34 PMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

Today, the City can't even control today's abuses, from illegal short-term rentals to nuisance house parties and noise. How can you even think of adding an unenforceable loophole in the historic Rent Stabilization Ordinance, creating a gaping hole in the Ordinance, with a landslide of negative consequences that threaten the existence of affordable housing

Linda Lucks [email protected] tel: 310-505-4220

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Fwd: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-12452 messages

From: Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]> To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 11:25 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Karl Hamann <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 11:21 AMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

I have been involved in efforts to regulate short term rentals since 2014. I lived for nearly 20 years in a rent stabilized unit on a property with three standalone cottages. Rent stabilization enabled me to stay in my unit by keeping my rent affordable. I had to move out of my unit in 2018 and was shocked to discover that I could no longer afford to rent in my same neighborhood due to the fact that the cost of rentals citywide had skyrocketed. I know from first hand experience how important rent control is to a renter in this City. And I know, from years of involvement in the effort to convince the City of Los Angeles to pass a home sharing ordinance, that thousands of potential rental units are not on the market for residents -- they were and are rented out short term to visitors.

This proposed amendment to allow short term rentals in owner-occupied RSOs undermines the purpose of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, and will be an additional threat to existence of affordable housing in Los Angeles. We have thousands of homeless here, we have residents who are facing eviction because they have lost their income due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Consider the long term consequences for the City and its residents if landlords can charge inflated rents on RSO units short term.

This proposed amendment to the Home-Sharing Ordinance is unnecessary, irresponsible, and invites opportunities for fraud by landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please do not overturn years of effort by concerned residents to establish reasonable regulations on short term rentals, and reject this proposed amendment.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Karl HamannWoodland Hills, CA 91364

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From: Anna Martinez <[email protected]>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]> At: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 11:28 AM

----------Forwarded message ----------From: Karl Hamann <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 11:21 AMSubject: OPPOSE - Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units Council File # 18-1245To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <Councilmember.krekorian@ lacity.org>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department, Planning Commissioners and Councilmembers,

I urge you to prohibit home-sharing in owner-occupied rent-stabilized (RSO) units.

I have been involved in efforts to regulate short term rentals since 2014. I lived for nearly 20 years in a rent stabilized unit on a property with three standalone cottages. Rent stabilization enabled me to stay in my unit by keeping my rent affordable. I had to move out of my unit in 2018 and was shocked to discover that I could no longer afford to rent in my same neighborhood due to the fact that the cost of rentals citywide had skyrocketed. I know from first hand experience how important rent control is to a renter in this City. And I know, from years of involvement in the effort to convince the City of Los Angeles to pass a home sharing ordinance, that thousands of potential rental units are not on the market for residents -- they were and are rented out short term to visitors.

This proposed amendment to allow short term rentals in owner-occupied RSOs undermines the purpose of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, and will be an additional threat to existence of affordable housing in Los Angeles. We have thousands of homeless here, we have residents who are facing eviction because they have lost their income due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Consider the long term consequences for the City and its residents if landlords can charge inflated rents on RSO units short term.

This proposed amendment to the Home-Sharing Ordinance is unnecessary, irresponsible, and invites opportunities for fraud by landlords and commercial short-term rental operators who are expert at gaming the system. Please do not overturn years of effort by concerned residents to establish reasonable regulations on short term rentals, and reject this proposed amendment.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,Karl HamannWoodland Hills, CA 91364

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Fwd: SUPPORT Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units w/amendments CF# 18­12451 message

Izabella Hovhanisian <[email protected]>To: City Clerk Council and Public Services <[email protected]>

Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:24 PM

----------Forwarded message----------From: Jason Dilts <[email protected]>Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 5:24 PMSubject: SUPPORT Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied Units w/amendments CF# 18-1245To: Cally Hardy City Planning Associate <[email protected]>, Matt Glesne City Planner <[email protected]>, Vince Bertoni Head of Planning <[email protected]>, Mayor Eric Garcetti <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Councilmember Paul Krekorian <councilmember.Krekorian@ lacity.org>, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield <[email protected]>, David Ryu <[email protected]>, Councilmember Paul Koretz <[email protected]>, Councilmember Nury Martinez <councilmember.martinez@ lacity.org>, Councilmember Monica Rodriguez <[email protected]>, Councilmember Marqueece Harris- Dawson <[email protected]>, Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr <[email protected]>, Councilmember Herb J. Wesson Jr <[email protected]>, Councilmember Mike Bonin <[email protected]>, Councilmember John Lee <[email protected]>, Councilmember Mitch O' Farrell <[email protected]>, Councilmember Joe Buscaino <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Deputy Gerald Gubatan <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Deputy Adrienne Asadoorian <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Director of Land Use & Planning Elizabeth Ene <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Directory of Policy & Legislation Jeff Ebenstein <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Director Humberto Quintana<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Deputy Chief of Staff & Policy Director Marisa Alcaraz <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Council Floor Director Justin Wesson <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Planning Deputy Len Nguyen <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Chief of Staff Hannah Lee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Policy Director Christine Peters <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Policy Director Adam Acosta <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Policy Director Dennis Gleason <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Nicholas Maricich Director Planning Policy and Development <[email protected]>, Greg Good Chief of Legislative & External Affairs <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Homeshare Alliance Los Angeles <info@ homesharealliancelosangeles.org>

To the Planning Department, the Mayor's office, City Councilmembers and their Staff,

I stand with HALA. Planning's proposed amendment is too limited.

RSO hosts should have the same rights as non-RSO hosts

*REMOVE THE LIMIT OF 4000 REGISTERED RSO HOSTS

*REMOVE THE LIMIT OF ONLY 120 NIGHTS BOOKING CAP

*REMOVE THE LENGTHENED ELLIS ACT WAIT OF 7 YEARS.

We thank the Councilmembers for voting unanimously to support Home Sharing in RSO Owner-Occupied units and continuing to work to protect mom and pop hosts during these unprecedented times.

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Sincerely, Jason Dilts HALA member

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