Dear Journal,
Thank you for your recent coverage of Councilman Glass's (now defunct)
rental inspection ordinance. Allow me to add a few points to some
quotes from your article.
Quote 1: "A crucial element to [a similar ordinance] in Rancho Cordova,
population 61,000, has been education and outreach -- something that
may have been fatally lacking in the approach taken by Glass' task
force."
This is somewhat of an understatement, as Glass and his task force met
and drafted the ordinance in secret. The public was neither allowed
to observe task force meetings nor to comment on its proceedings. The
public was not given a draft of the ordinance prior to said draft
being placed on the agenda for approval on April 21.
