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New Action Committee Fires Back After Claiming Local Community Group Has ‘Launched an Attack’ on Property Owners 1_LBBJ_August2_2016_LBBJ 7/30/16 8:51 PM Page 1 August 2-15, 2016 Long Beach’s Newsmagazine www.lbbizjournal.com New Action Committee Fires Back After Claiming Local Community Group Has ‘Launched An Attack’ On Property Owners I By BRANDON RICHARDSON Butler, has been pushing for a Last year, instead of REAP, the Staff Writer Rental Escrow Account Program Long Beach City Council voted (REAP) like Los Angeles imple- unanimously to enact the Proac- ith rents skyrocketing mented in 1988. tive Rental Housing Inspection W around the city, com- In L.A., if a property owner is Program (PRHIP) to “safeguard munity groups are looking for a found to provide tenants with sub- the stock of decent, safe and sani- means to eradicate slumlords and standard living conditions, the tary rental housing” in the city implement programs to protect property is placed in REAP and through mandatory periodic in- renters’ rights. tenants may pay a reduced rent spections of rental properties. Since 2013, Housing Long into a city-managed escrow ac- While Butler acknowledged Beach, a nonprofit organization count until inspectors determine that PRHIP was a good starting led by Executive Director Josh the violations have been corrected. (Please Continue To Page 13) Low Interest Rates Forecasted To Persist, Elaine Hutchison, right, and Joani Weir have teamed up to create an action com- mittee in Long Beach to fight for the rights of property owners. The committee claims Driving Buyer Demand For Residential Properties that Josh Butler, executive director of Housing Long Beach, has “launched an at- tack” on property owners’ rights. (Photo by the Business Journal’s Larry Duncan) I By SAMANTHA MEHLINGER forded by lower rates and pay- have been in an interest rate situa- Senior Writer ments coupled with increasing tion that is very atypical,” Robert rental rates. Kleinhenz, economist and execu- Long Beach Sales Tax Measure lthough an improving “For the last couple of years, we (Please Continue To Page 16) A economy usually triggers Voters Draw A Line In The City increases in interest rates, such has not been the case in the United I By GEORGE ECONOMIDES Altos area, Naples and other parts States over the last couple of Publisher’s Analysis of East Long Beach. years. Financial and real estate ex- On January 1, 2017, the city’s perts, as well as economists, agree map by a local consulting sales tax moves to 10% from the that continued global uncertainties A firm plotting the final re- current 9% – an 11.1% tax in- are keeping rates low and are sults of the June 7 Long Beach crease. The new revenue is to be likely to do so well into 2017. sales tax measure shows that most used for the city’s public safety Low interest rates are putting of the opposition to the tax in- and infrastructure needs. pressure on demand for residential crease came from residents living While the measure passed eas- real estate, both in the single-fam- in Northeast Long Beach, with ily citywide – 60% to 40% – a dis- ily and multi-family markets, ac- heavy opposition from the Los (Please Continue To Page 32) cording to local real estate professionals. Homebuyers are Jess Romo Named Airport Director seeking to take advantage of lower home mortgage payments, while Robert Camerota, senior vice president of residential lending operations for Farm- Jesus “Jess” L. Romo is the new director of the Long investors in apartments hope to ers & Merchants Bank, said he doesn’t expect interest rates to increase significantly Beach Airport, effective September 6. City Manager capitalize on steady cash flows af- in the foreseeable future. (Photograph by the Business Journal’s Larry Duncan) Pat West announced the appointment on July 29. Romo has been serving as interim deputy execu- tive director of Los Angeles World Airports, oversee- Americans With Disabilities Act – ing operations and emergency management at LAX, and has also served as director of airport operations 26 Years On, The Court Battles Continue for Ontario International and Van Nuys airports. “Mr. Romo is an accomplished aviation professional I By MICHAEL GOUGIS in the Central District of Califor- vate businesses. This has left who will provide strong leadership and strategic planning for Long Contributing Writer nia, U.S. District Court, against public agencies, but especially Beach Airport,” West said in a press release. “He will work collabora- the Long Beach auto repair facil- business owners, footing the tively with all stakeholders, including the community, tenants and our he parking lot at Coast ity shows that 26 years after the bill for enforcement and com- commercial and general aviation partners.” T Auto Care & Tires isn’t a passage of the Americans with pliance actions. In the same release, Romo said he is “committed to being an ap- parking lot in the common usage Disabilities Act, litigation remains (Please Continue To Page 9) proachable and responsive steward of this great airport.” He earned a of the term – it’s a driveway into the way that specific issues of ac- bachelors in psychology from UC Irvine and a masters in industrial the service bays. Therefore, there cess for the disabled are resolved. Understanding The psychology from CSU Los Angeles. He also holds the designation is no designated parking area set And in California, despite ef- A.A.E. – Accredited Airport Executive. 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