The City of Concord’s third annual Residential Rent Registry Program report is now available for review. The Program requires that all landlords of multifamily complexes with four or more units register with the City on an annual basis. The 2023 report builds upon and includes year-over-year comparisons to the baseline data obtained in 2022 and 2021.
The 2023 report analyzes tenancies and rents in Concord, provides a landlord registration and program compliance analysis, and includes neighborhood maps with the locations of the registered multifamily complexes.
No Registry requirements for the “Single Family Residences” with 2,3,4 or more, families and mixed singles squeezed in. There are way more of these than you would believe. Five cars= Five adults, two teens, on toddler a couple doors down the street….
This is a waste of time and money.
Why do we tolerate this nonsense?
This detailed online reporting is what single family homeowners who rent their homes will have to do if the referendum fails and the new rent and occupancy control regulations go into effect.
Interestingly, the report says they have a total of 391 apartment Concord apartment owners in Concord and 81 of them are ignoring the current law and not inputting data into the registry.
It’s a mess, yet the city council (with the exception of Laura Hoffmeister) is demanding thousands more people, many of them senior citizens, pay the fee and register their rental units. Crazy.
The Concord City Council only represents the big money that supports their re-election.
There is no connection with the citizens of Concord.
Why do we tolerate this?
ABE,
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Concord City Councilmembers up for reelection this year are Mayor Edi Birsan of Concord City Council District 4 and Vice Mayor Carlyn Obringer of Concord City Council District 2, do you happen to know of anyone living in those Districts who can be recruited to run against them?
BK. I believe Edi Birsan had no challengers last election. This time I believe it will be different, but we won’t know for sure who is in the race until after the last filing date, which I think is August 9.
Carlyn Obringer always has had several challengers in her district. Last time she ran, perennial progressive candidate Hope Johnson was in the race and I think she ran second. Hope had the endorsement of the major progressive sponsors of this bad law, so if we have a rematch with the same alignment of endorsements, I would probably support Carlyn. She was the 4th vote for this law, not the 1st 2nd or 3rd vote. Makes a difference IMHO.
MIKE MCDERMOTT,
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Vice Mayor Carlyn Obringer has only run in one district election where she ran against four other candidates.
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Hope Johnson has run for San Francisco Board of Supervisors once and Concord City Council in two elections, 2016 and 2020.
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Harmesh Kumar who has run for Concord City Council four times, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors once, Governor of California once, US Congress once, and US Senate once, would be more of a perennial candidate.
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Even Tim McGallian ran for Concord City Council three times, losing twice, and the one election he did win happened to be because he was first appointed to the position and then ran unopposed. The City of Concord is lucky to be rid of him!
How is this even legal???
It isn’t!
Ah, compulsory registration of private property.
Where have I heard that before?
Bob
Exactly
Why do we tolerate this?
What’s it for? Next everyone will need to register their property and pay a fee, rental or not.
I watched the 4 1/2 hour City Council meeting on January 30 on TV. Concord rental property owners came to the microphone and spoke honestly and sincerely about the negative ramifications of passing the Rent Control ordinance. Edi Birsan gleefully dismissed every one for “time”. The City Council with the exception of Laura Hoffmeister, who chickened out and just didn’t vote, passed the ordinance. It was like giving the finger to every one who spoke. I promise to vote every one of the Concord City Council OUT!
I promise to vote every one of the City Council members out when they ask for my vote.
AMY,
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The Concord City Council is now elected by districts, you only get to vote for one of them. Which district do you live in?
You landlords raise your rents annually that us renters just can’t afford. Have some compassion instead of greed! Would you rather your properties be vacant?
SHARON,
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Do you know what increases in expenses all of us landlords have each year? It was so nice of you to label all of us landlords as greedy when you know nothing about us! Yes, I’d rather my rentals remain vacant rather than renting to someone with your mindset!!!
Sharon, Guess what? A lot more homes will remain vacant now. This 30 page law full of requirements and restrictions makes it just too risky and complicated to rent. Even property management companies are likely to give up and just tell Concord homeowners: sorry, we can’t help you, or charge thousands of dollars more for concord homeowners.
I suggest you take the time to read the law, and put yourself in the position of a homeowner who has a need to rent their home. You may well change your viewpoint.