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From:Paulsen, Shaina
To:BOS
Cc:Hatcher, Casey
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Price Gouging Letter Request to Agendize ASAP
Date:Monday, August 8, 2022 10:55:07 AM
Attachments:8.2.22 board of supervisors price gouging letter (SL edit).docx
Please see Board Correspondence.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
From: Jennifer NVPOA <jennifer@nvpoa.org>
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2022 10:43 AM
To: Teeter, Doug <DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Connelly, Bill <BConnelly@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>; Saulo Londono <saulo@wma.org>;
Tanya Morgan <tanya@hill-properties.com>
Subject: Price Gouging Letter Request to Agendize ASAP
Good Morning Supervisor Connelly and Supervisor Teeter,
The North Valley Property Owners Association and The Western Manufactured Housing
Communities Association would like to request for the attached letter to be placed for
discussion at the earliest possible Board of Supervisors meeting.
The current Executive Order N-13-22 was extended until September 30, 2022. There wasn't a
press announcement, just an update on the CalOES website stating the extension. We are
asking for this letter to be approved and sent to the Governor's Office asking to let Butte
County be lifted from the order or let it expire entirely. We believe we have the support of the
majority of Supervisors to move this forward and were told we could make the request at a
future date.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if I need to proceed in another manner.
--
Jennifer Morris
Executive Director
North Valley Property
Owners Association
984 East Ave Suite B-1
Chico, CA 95926
Governor Newsom,
In November 2018 Butte County experienced one of the most destructive wildfires in state
history. As a result of the Camp Fire, an Executive Order by then Governor Brown was issued
limiting price increases for goods and services, rental housing, and hotels to no more than 10%
from the price they were prior to the fire. Since the first executive order was passed on
November 14, 2018, Butte County has been under a continuous price gouging ordinance (B-59 -
18, N-12-19, N-22-19, N-85-20, and N-13-22). With the continuation of the ordinance, housing
providers have been forced to delay much needed capital improvement projects, tap into
reserves, or run negative, all of which further exacerbates the amount of housing and quality of
housing in our communities.
We support the purpose for the original price gouging ordinance in general and oppose those
that look to exploit the tragedy of our community members. However, Butte County is already
regulated under the California Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB1482) that places an annual
rent increase of 5% plus current CPI. Limiting Landlords from reasonable legal rent increases
compounded with the steady rise in operating expenses is creating an unreasonable loss to
Butte County housing providers and property owners through the continuous renewal of the
2018 price gouging ordinance.
We formally request Butte County to be removed from the next price gouging executive order
extension. We understand that there have been additional housing units lost since the Camp
Fire and finding affordable housing for these fire survivors is still important. With that said,
allowing housing providers to recoup expenses through increasing rent will allow them to
continue to stay in business and provide good quality rental housing to our community
members.
Thank you for your consideration,
Butte County Supervisors