Political mailers that highlight criticism of rent control as noted by the Legislative Analyst’s Office do not violate the Fair Political Practices Act, a state agency concluded this week.
The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission said it found no evidence of campaign violations, concluding that the mailers appear to be “properly identified as coming from the California Apartment Association Issues Committee.”
Tenant advocates filed a complaint with the FPPC after the CAA Issues Committee published campaign literature detailing the LAO’s conclusion that rent control doesn’t work.
The mailers are intended to inform the electorate of the LAO’s misgivings about rent control, which appears on the Nov. 8 ballot in Bay Area cities including Richmond, Mountain View, San Mateo, Burlingame and Alameda.
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