is the position of legal counsel for the State family. Affordable housing has hit our city of Nevada that existing law already allows hard, and SB 398 aims to give local governcities and counties to pass affordable housments broader authority to address this ing policies such as inclusionary zoning and policy challenge at the local level. While rent control without approval from the state. lawyers can debate about the specific need That’s because existing law already “authofor legislation like this, the bill itself will rizes a board of county commissioners or bring clarity that this is an issue that cities the governing body of an incorporated city play a big role in fighting.” to exercise powers necessary or proper to Noble said she’s hoping SB 398 will pass, address matters of local concern, though she doesn’t think it’ll be a magic whether or not such powers bullet for the affordable housing are expressly granted to the crisis. Her new rental unit is board or governing body.” smaller and cheaper, and But the legal counsels of she’s thinking about using some cities and counthe money she’ll save to ties disagree. eventually put a down Senate Bill 398, payment on a condo. sponsored by Senator “That might be the Julia Ratti, is intended way I go—because I to address this. The don’t know if things are bill, which has made it going to improve,” she Brooke Noble through the Senate and said. “Even if this bill Renter is now in the Assembly does pass, what is it going Government Affairs to be like to get a resolution committee, would amend state passed through city council, statutes to specifically include and what is that going to look like? affordable housing as a matter of local Are rents going to go down? Are they concern. Asked for the city’s position on going to be capped? I don’t know what’s whether this clarifying language is necesgoing to happen.” Ω sary, Director of the Office of Policy and Strategy Dylan Shaver made the following statement: “The City of Reno supports any legislaLearn more about Senate Bill 398 here: bit.ly/2V6tFDF. tion that enhances or clarifies our ability and authority to provide service to our Reno
“This is just where my friends are, my community.”
right to assemble
On May 7, protestors gathered outside of the Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal building at 400 S. Virginia St., carrying signs calling for the release of the unredacted Mueller report and the president’s impeachment. The protest comes one day before congress is scheduled to vote on whether Attorney General William Barr should be held in contempt for denying a subpoena to provide the full report. Photo/Matt Bieker
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