Board of Supervisors To Hear Formal Complaint Pertaining to Rejection of Proposed Short Term Rental Ordinance

Posted 5 months ago by A member of the 3RTogether Team

Formal Allegation That Board of Supervisors Violated the Brown Act in Rejecting the Proposed Ordinance Regulating Short-Term Rentals

Board of Supervisors to Hear Record of Threat of Litigation in Closed Session on 23 July

SUMMARY

At the Board of Supervisors meeting on 9 July, the Resource Management Agency (RMA) introduced a Draft Short Term Rental Ordinance to the Board of Supervisors. The public was informed that this was to be an informational presentation, and that no vote would be taken until the 23 July meeting. Nevertheless, Supervisor Pete Vander Poel moved that the proposed ordinance be rejected and that the process be stopped “altogether.” This motion was approved 3-2 by the Board of Supervisors.

On 11 July, Delores Lucero submitted a letter alleging that the Board of Supervisors violated the Brown Act at its 9 July meeting when it rejected the proposed ordinance regulating short-term rentals and directed staff to stop investigating the matter and conducting outreach. Specifically, the letter asserts that the vote to reject the proposed ordinance constituted a deviation from the posted agenda, and that such deviations are in violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act, which governs the conduct of meetings of public agency legislative bodies.

The Board of Supervisors will hear an agenda item entitled ‘Record of Threat of Litigation’ during a closed session as part of its regular 23 July meeting.

MORE INFORMATION

Upcoming 23 July Board of Supervisors Meeting

9 July Board of Supervisors Meeting:

[SOURCE: Tulare County]