Costa Mesa Seeks to Require Copies of All 3 Day Notices

99%+ of all 3-Day Notices to pay rent or quit are resolved without further eviction actions.

Despite this, the Costa Mesa City Council will be considering a proposal to require that all 3-Day Pay Rent or Quit Notices be copied to the city housing department.

The stated purpose is to "collect data on at-fault evictions."

AAOC has met previously with city officials and explained the challenges with this proposal:

• 3-Day Notices are more commonly considered a courtesy reminder, and rarely lead to an actual eviction.
• At the point a 3-Day notice is filled, there are still several months worth of legal actions that take place before an actual eviction occurs.
• The 3-Day Notice is a required step in the eviction process - but it is not yet a public filing, and as such is not a useful data point.
• The fact that a 3-Day Notice is not public helps to protect the privacy of the tenants as well as the owners - and making it a required notice to the city would violate those tenant's privacy rights.
• At fault evictions mean that the tenant either didn't pay rent or violated the terms of the lease - this is not a point where the city should be getting involved as it is a private matter and the city could take on unnecessary liability by inserting themselves in the process
• If data is the goal of the council, there are already public and non profit resources in the state that can provide that data. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DEFEAT THIS PROPOSAL!

Attend the Costa Mesa City Council Meeting on TUESDAY, MARCH 17th at 6PM.

Costa Mesa City Hall
77 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

For more information contact AAOC at (714) 245-9500 or advocacy@aaoc.com.

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