CA Landlord - Proactive Rental Enforcement Program - What is it?

[James Mays]

Hello BP!

I have a rental Condo in Southern California (City of Santa Ana) for 3 years now. I always get a notice to pay for the "Proactive Rental Enforcement Program" https://www.santa-ana.org/prep-program/. 

From a real estate/landlord perspective what does this do besides take money out of my pocket? Is it a tax write off? Does it benefit me at all or is it just a gov't tax money grab? 

Open conversation, thanks all!