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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />18 18 <br />Jurisdiction Type of Petition Petition Fee Approves <br />Petitions <br />Petitions <br />Received <br />Annually <br />Inglewood <br /> <br />Fair Return, <br />Separate Capital <br />Improvement, <br />Tenant <br /> <br />$199 petition, <br />$265 appeal; $0 <br />(None) Tenant <br />petition <br />Rental Housing <br />Board <br />New program, 0 <br />Petitions <br />Richmond Fair Return, <br />Tenant $0 (None) Hearing Officer, <br />Rent Board <br /> <br />5-7 Fair Returns, <br />60 Rent Changes <br />(majority tenant <br />downward) <br /> <br />Santa Monica Fair Return, <br />Tenant <br /> <br />$100 per petition <br />for all properties <br />up to ten (10) <br />units; $150 <br />properties with <br />between eleven <br />(11) and fifteen <br />(15) units; $200 <br />properties with <br />sixteen (16) or <br />more units; $0 <br />(None) Tenant <br />petition <br /> <br />Hearing Officer, <br />Appeal to Rent <br />Review Board <br />Limited Fair <br />Returns, 89 <br />Tenant Petitions <br />West Hollywood <br />Fair Return, <br />Separate Capital <br />Improvement, <br />Tenant <br /> <br />$500 for buildings <br />with 1-4 rental <br />units; $500 base <br />fee for buildings <br />with 5-9 rentals <br />plus additional <br />fee of $25 per <br />unit; $500 base <br />fee for buildings <br />with 10+ units <br />plus additional <br />fee of $35 per <br />unit; $25 Tenant <br />decrease petition <br />(low-income <br />waiver available) <br /> <br />Hearing Officer, <br />Appeal to Rent <br />Stabilization <br />Commission <br />2 Fair Returns in <br />the past 10 years, <br />30-40 Tenant <br />Petitions annually <br />Sources: City Ordinances, May 2022; Zoom Interviews of Sample Jurisdictions conducted in May and June 2022 <br /> <br />Program Design Recommendations <br />As explained above, there are generally three types of petitions. Currently, the City’s RSO and JCEO <br />ordinances only have one type of petition, fair return petitions for landlords with capital improvements <br />City Council 26 – 33 9/6/2022 <br />