Applications for City’s Rental Housing Board Due Today at 5 p.m.

The deadline for applicants to submit completed applications to sit on the City’s Rental Housing Board (RHB) is Thursday, March 23 at 5 p.m.

The Rental Housing Board is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of charter amendments related to rent control Measure H, which provides eviction protections, rent increase limits and rent rollbacks.

Measure H, which became effective on December 22 requires the City Council to make appointments to the RHB within 120 days of the effective date of the new measure.

The Board will consist of 11 members, composed of seven tenant members (one from each Council District), and four at-large members that may reside in any Council District in Pasadena, as well as two alternate members; one for the tenant group and one for the at-large group, according to a staff report.

As agreed upon, each Councilmember will nominate two individuals for the tenant members.

Each will also nominate five individuals for the at-large members. The nominees for the at-large members will be ranked based on the number of nominations the nominees would get, as agreed upon by the City Council.

Nominees for the alternate members may come from the list of nominees for the tenant members or the ranked nominees for at-large members.

Councilmembers agreed to invite at-large nominees to attend the City Council meeting set for the Rental Housing Board appointment.

The Councilmembers will submit nominations to the City Clerk on April 13.

The City Council is set to vote on the seven tenant members on April 17 and on April 20, they will vote on the four at-large and two alternate members.

The charter-imposed deadline for appointments to the Board is April 21.

The first meeting of the Rental Housing Board will take place on or before May 17.