There is hereby established the Rent Stabilization Commission.
A. Appointment And Qualifications: The commission shall be composed of six (6) members and three (3) alternates appointed by the city council, all of whom shall be residents of the City. Applicants for membership on the commission shall submit an application to the City. The application shall include a statement under penalty of perjury of the applicant's interests and dealings in multi-family residential real property including, but not limited to, ownership, trusteeship, sale, or management, including investment in or in association with partnerships, corporations, companies, joint ventures, and syndicates engaged in the ownership, rental, sale, or management of multi-family residential real property during the three (3) years immediately prior to the date of submission of the applicant's application to the City. This documentation shall be made available to the public.
B. Composition: The commission shall be comprised of two (2) landlords, as defined in chapters 5
and 6
of Title 4 of this code, who own one or more residential rental properties within the City, two (2) tenants, and two (2) members who are not tenants or managers of an apartment building, and each of whom does not directly control or have a financial interest of five percent (5%) or more in a multi-family residential rental property (apartment building) either within or outside of the City ("at large member"). One of the three (3) alternates shall be a landlord, as defined in chapters 5
and 6
of Title 4 of this code, who owns one or more residential rental properties in the City; one alternate shall be a tenant, and one alternate shall not be a tenant, manager of an apartment building, and does not directly control or have a financial interest of five percent (5%) or more in a multi-family residential rental property (apartment building) either within or outside of the City (“at large alternate”).The landlord alternate shall serve in place of the landlord members of the commission; the tenant alternate shall serve in place of the tenant members, and the at large alternate shall serve in place of the at large members. Members of the commission shall have the duties and functions set forth in this article and in title 4, chapters 5
and 6
of Title 4 of this Code with respect to rent stabilization.
C. Term Of Office: Commission members shall serve terms of four (4) years. Commission member terms shall be staggered. Therefore, one landlord member, one tenant member, and one at large member of the initially appointed Commissioners and the landlord alternate, the tenant alternate and the at large alternate shall be appointed for an initial term of four (4) years. The other three (3) Commissioners shall be appointed for an initial term of two (2) years. Each Commissioner and alternate shall thereafter have the opportunity for reappointment to an additional four-year term. An appointment to fill a vacancy on the commission shall be for the period of the unexpired term.
D. Secretary Of The Commission: The Deputy Director of Rent Stabilization shall act as the Secretary of the commission. The Secretary shall attend commission meetings and keep a record of the proceedings and transactions of the commission, specifying the names of the Commissioners in attendance at each meeting and the ayes and noes upon all roll calls. The Secretary shall, among other duties, post and publish all orders, resolutions, and notices which the commission shall order to be posted and published.
E. Quorum And Actions Of The Commission: Notwithstanding section 2-2-107 of this chapter, to constitute a quorum of the commission, the following six (6) Commissioners must be present: two (2) Commissioners who are the landlord members or the landlord alternate; two (2) who are tenant members or the tenant alternate, and two (2) who are the at large members or the at large alternate. The powers conferred upon the commission shall be exercised by resolution or motion adopted by a majority vote of the members of the commission and recorded in the minutes with the ayes and noes. If one or more alternates are present at a meeting but are not serving in the place of an absent Commissioner, the alternate(s) may participate in the commission's discussions about policy issues but shall not be entitled to cast a vote.
F. Chairperson And Vice Chairperson: A Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson shall serve for one year. Notwithstanding Section 2-2-107 E of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code, the Chairperson shall be one of the two (2) at large members of the Commission. The initial Chairperson shall be appointed by the City Council, and thereafter the position of Chairperson shall rotate between the two (2) at large members. The Vice Chairperson of the Commission shall be chosen by the Commission and shall rotate between a landlord member and a tenant member. (Ord. 19-O-2776, eff. 5-3-2019; amd. Ord. 19-O-2788, 10-22-2019; Ord. 20-O-2812, eff. 7-17-2020)