(d) The Rent Board shall use the information it receives under this Section 37.15 to create a housing inventory that may be used for purposes of inspecting and investigating the level of housing services being provided to tenants, investigating and analyzing rents and vacancies, monitoring compliance with this Chapter 37, generating reports and surveys, and providing assistance to landlords and tenants and other City departments as needed. The Rent Board shall not use the information to operate a rental registry within the meaning of California Civil Code Sections 1947.7 – 1947.8.
(e) If a landlord has substantially complied with the obligation to report information about a rental unit as required under this Section 37.15, the landlord shall receive a license to impose rent increases on tenants in that unit under Sections 37.3(a)(1)-(2). If the landlord has not substantially complied with the reporting obligation, then the license to impose rent increases shall be temporarily suspended during the period of the landlord’s noncompliance. Upon receipt of the required information from the landlord, the suspension shall be terminated, and the license to impose rent increases shall be restored prospectively, but a tenant shall not be obligated to pay the increased rent for months during the period of suspension.
(Added by Ord. 265-20, File No. 201262, App. 12/18/2020, Eff. 1/18/2021, Oper. 7/1/2022)
(Former Sec. 37.15 originally Sec. 37.14; amended by Ord. 20-84, App. 1/19/84; Proposition I, 11/8/94; Ord. 62-02, File No. 020343, App. 5/3/2002; renumbered as Sec. 37.15 by Ord. 34-04, File No. 031879, App. 3/19/2004; renumbered as Sec. 37.16 by Ord. 265-20, File No. 201262, App. 12/18/2020, Eff. 1/18/2021, Oper. 7/1/2022)
CODIFICATION NOTE
1. So in Ord. 265-20.