The Concord City Council will take another crack at drafting an anti-tenant-harassment ordinance after residents and tenants’ rights groups expressed deep disappointment with an existing proposal.

The council was expected to vote on the new rules at its Dec. 14 meeting but instead voted unanimously to send a draft anti-harassment ordinance back to its Housing and Economic Development Committee and directed city staff to work with tenants’ groups on strengthening the proposal.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.