PROPOSAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS OF A PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA


      

             Section 2009 of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica is amended to read as follows:

            Section 2009. Use of tax.

            All monies derived from the Tenant-Participating Conversion Tax shall be annually appropriated by the City Council for only the following purposes:

            (a) To pay for reasonable and necessary costs of development and administration of programs required to meet the purposes of this Section. Such monies shall not be used for costs attributable to the processing of Tenant-Participating Conversion Applications or to the non-project related administrative overhead of nonprofit housing development corporations that are acquiring and rehabilitating, constructing, or providing rental subsidies for affordable housing in the City.

            (b) One-half of The revenues derived from Section 2008 that remain after deducting the revenues appropriated pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section shall be used as follows:

            (1) To assist Low Income Households and Moderate Income Households in Tenant-Participating Conversions to purchase or improve their units subject to an affordable repayment plan including interest, keyed to future income increases. Upon resale of a unit by a household assisted pursuant to this Subsection, the City shall receive a percentage of the appreciated value of that unit obtained by the assisted household. In the case of a direct loan, the percentage of the appreciated value received by the City shall not be less than the percentage of the loan to the purchase price for the unit. In the case of a loan made by a private lender that is guaranteed by the City, the percentage of the appreciated value received by the City shall not be less than the percentage of that portion of the loan guaranteed by the City to the overall loan provided by the private lender. Monies received by the City as a result of shared appreciation shall be expended in accordance with Subsection (c) of this Section. Monies received in repayment of the original loan amount and interest thereto shall be expended in accordance with this Subsection.

            (2) To assist the City or a nonprofit housing development corporation to purchase units, for which a Tenant-Participating Conversion Application has been approved, for lease or resale to Low and Moderate Income Households, provided that any unit so acquired shall be subject to limited equity resale provisions.

            (3) Revenues expended pursuant to this Subsection shall be equally allocated between Low Income Households and Moderate Income Households.

            (3) (c) One-half of the revenues derived from Section 2008 that remain after deducting the revenues appropriated pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section shall be used To assist the City or a nonprofit housing development corporation to acquire and rehabilitate, construct, aid in the financing of, or provide rental subsidies for temporary or permanent housing for Low Income Households.

            All monies received by the City prior to June 7, 1992 pursuant to Section 2008 of this Article shall be expended by the City in accordance with this Section as amended at the November 6, 1990 Santa Monica Municipal Election unless these monies are not expended by January 1, 1993, in which case the 1992 amendments shall apply. 



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