Hi All,
We had a good general meeting yesterday, with several new people in attendance. Our agenda covered the history of our group, our experiences dealing with the current rent control program, and our subsequent understanding that the only solution to our current situation is the drafting of a new measure; one that upholds the needs for reasonable tenant protections, but preserves the incentives for small property owners to continue to provide and adequately maintain much needed rental housing in Richmond.
As many of you know we've begun to draft a new measure, the terms of which we roughly laid out at the meeting. We also gave an overview of the framework for the path to getting a new measure on the ballot. While a new measure might sound like a daunting goal, we're confident that with the right strategy, hard work, and a quality policy, we'll be able to achieve success by getting our new measure on the 2020 ballot.
It goes without saying that we'll need as much help as possible as we gear up for this goal. We'll not only need substantial community input on the policy itself, but also marketing, promoting, and overall campaigning for the new measure once complete..
We'll continue to provide the group with updates on our plans for this coming year. We encourage those interested in contributing to this effort to attend our general meetings and/or reach out to me or Ilona directly.
-Mike