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Instant Rent Control in Sacramento?

August 13, 2019 10:50 amAugust 13, 2019 11:24 am

If rent control of any type is enacted, all rental property owners can properly and immediately demand reduced property value assessments by the County Assessor. A surprise rent control measure has suddenly appeared on Tuesday’s Sacramento City Council agenda....

Statewide Rent Control Bill Passes Assembly While Tenant-Unionizing Bill Fails in Senate

May 30, 2019 7:52 amMay 30, 2019 1:54 pm

The State Assembly voted Wednesday to impose statewide rent control by capping rent increases. Assembly Bill 1482 would prohibit landlords from raising rent by more than 7 percent plus inflation over the course of a year. The bill, by Assemblyman...

Bill Creating Tenant Unions Also Creates Rent Control

April 26, 2019 2:05 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:30 am

California voters soundly defeated a ballot measure in November 2018 that would have allowed for rent control in every city across the vast state. Proposition 10 would have repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which limits the use of rent...

Proposition 10 Dies in Decisive Vote

November 6, 2018 10:32 pmNovember 6, 2018 11:06 pm

Shot down in a decisive decision, Proposition 10, a measure that would have allowed cities across the state to expand rent control, has been defeated after a massive backlash from voters. Totaling more than $104 million, both campaigns working to...

Sanders Weighs in on California’s Proposition 10 and Local Assembly Seat

October 29, 2018 3:46 pmOctober 30, 2018 3:49 pm

During a trip through parts of the Golden State, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) stopped in the Bay Area community of Berkeley to give a thumbs up to Proposition 10 and Richmond City Council Member Jovanka Beckles (D East bay). The...

There Are FOUR Proposals Addressing Affordability and Prop 10 Is the Thorniest

October 22, 2018 11:08 amOctober 22, 2018 9:16 pm

When Californians go to the polls on November 6th they will be greeted with four separate ballot initiatives concerning the issue of housing, a testament to the ongoing affordability crisis that has engulfed the state in recent years. None is...