Rent Control Board and City Council Special Joint Meeting

                           NOTICE OF A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL AND THE RENT CONTROL BOARD 

                                                                                                                           MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026

                                                                                                                      MEETING BEGINS AT 4:00 P.M.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Joint Meeting of the Santa Monica City Council and the Rent Control Board will be held on Monday, July 27, 2026, at 4:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90401, for the purpose of conducting the following business:

See attached July 27, 2026, Special Joint Meeting Agenda.

ADJOURNMENT

No other business will be conducted at the Special Joint Meeting.

                                                                                                                                                                                  CAROLINE TOROSIS
                                                                                                                                                                                  City Council, Mayor
                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                   DANNY IVANOV
                                                                                                                                                                                   Rent Control Board, Chair
                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                         AGENDAS

                                                                                                                 CITY OF SANTA MONICA SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE

                                                                                                                                CITY COUNCIL AND RENT CONTROL BOARD

                                                                                                             CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1685 MAIN STREET, ROOM 250,

                                                                                                                                                   MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026

                                                                                                                                               MEETING BEGINS AT 4:00 PM

                                                                                                                      HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT BY TELEPHONE

Participants may join a meeting by phone via Zoom.  Dial, the phone number to access Zoom’s audio system, and enter the Zoom Meeting ID to join the meeting. Zoom Dial-In Information: 

Phone Number (669) 900-6833 (US), Meeting ID:978 8290 3006# 

Persons wishing to address the Council by telephone must register at santamonica.gov/public-comment no later than 5:00 p.m. the business day before a meeting. Donation of time and showing electronic presentation materials are not permitted when commenting by telephone.

CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL

(This is a special City Council meeting. Public comment is restricted to only items listed on the agenda.)

City of Santa Monica Statement of Accountability (Land Acknowledgement)

The City of Santa Monica is located on the land of Tovangaar. With great respect, the City acknowledges the Gabrieleño/Tongva as the First People of this ancestral and unceded territory of Kuruvungna, a village that we know as Santa Monica. We honor their elders, past and present, and the Gabrieleño descendants who are part of the Gabrieleño /Tongva tribes.

We recognize that these peoples are still here, and as settlers and kuyam (guests), we recognize our responsibility and obligation to care for their land in partnership with them. The City of Santa Monica commits to work in partnership with the Gabrieleño/Tongva people to uplift their voices and visibility on their ancestral land.

LEVINE ACT DISCLOSURES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS / PROCEDURAL MOTIONS

1. GENERAL PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT ON SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS

(For regular meetings, public comment is permitted on Special Agenda Items and items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City. State law prohibits the City Council from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda, including issues raised under this agenda item. For special meetings, public input is limited to scheduled Special Agenda Items only.)

. Public input under this item will not be heard at this meeting. This is a special meeting and public input is limited to agenda items only.

6. PUBLIC INPUT ON REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS

. Public Input for 12-Items will be heard at the time when the Public Hearing is called.)

11. STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

11.A. Update on Resolutions Placing Proposed Ballot Measures Amending Articles XVIII, Rent Control Law, and XXIII, Housing Policies, of the City Charter on the November 3, 2026 Ballot Previously Adopted on July 14, 2026 and Possible Further Direction to Staff to Return with Revisions.

ADJOURNMENT

Agendas and reports are accessible on the City's webpage at www.smgov.net/council/agendas. They are also available at the City Clerk's Office and in alternate formats upon request. For a free email subscription to the City Council Agendas, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (310) 458-8211 or clerk@santamonica.gov.

Members of the public unable to attend a meeting but wishing to comment on an item(s) listed on the agenda may submit written comments prior to the meeting by meeting by mailing them to: City Clerk, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 or to councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov. Written comments received from the public by 12 PM on the day of the City Council meeting will be distributed to the City Council prior to the meeting and posted online. Members of the public who submit written public comment on an agenda item may be subject to the Levine Act which requires disclosure of campaign contributions of more than $500 to an officer of the City within the preceding 12 months.

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