Rent Registry Creating Issues in Santa Ana

Santa Ana's recently rolled out rent registry has created a great deal of problems for property owners - and tenants alike.

The registry requires all rental property owners to submit all the information related to the leases they hold with their residents - as well as the name, phone, e-mail and preferred language of everyone living in a unit - whether they are on the lease or not - and certified by the owner under penalty of perjury.

This overreach has created a great deal of uneasiness among tenants as to why this information is being collected - and among owners as to why all this information is being requested.

AAOC penned an Op Ed on this in the OC Independent this week - an are working to get additional coverage.

Santa Ana's Rental Registry Program: Bad Policies Creates Bad Results - OC Independent

On OCTOBER 17TH the Santa Ana City Council will be hearing a presentation by city staff on the registry.

We encourage all property owners an residents to go to city hall and voice your concerns about this policy.

SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY OCTOBER 17TH
6:00 PM
SANTA ANA CITY HALL
20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
SANTA ANA, CA 92701

If you are unable to attend but would like to submit comments to the council about this policy, you can do so by emailing the council through the following link:

SUBMIT COMMENTS TO SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL

AAOC has also created a new disclosure for Santa Ana owners to provide to their tenants in order to protect you from any liability from what the city does with this information. (You will need to be logged in to your AAOC account to view/ download the form).

SANTA ANA RENT REGISTRY DISCLOSURE

We at AAOC will continue to monitor this issue an work to protect all parties in the city from the impacts of this poorly developed policy.