Rent control isn't the answer to California’s affordability problem. It's a tool to deal with the consequences of that problem. (via latimesopinion)
Tenants face big rent increases after their property lost its rent control status in Reseda, Calif. on Oct. 4, 2018.
And there are more bills pending in Sacramento to boost the supply of housing, which is absolutely essential after many years during which the state failed to build enough units to keep up with population growth.But the focus on increasing housing supply has overshadowed other reforms designed to help struggling Californians now.
The most contentious proposal is likely to be Assembly Bill 36, which would weaken the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a 1995 law that restricts cities' ability to enact or expand rent control. Costa-Hawkins bars rent control on apartments built after 1995 Proposition 10, which would have repealed Costa-Hawkins entirely.
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