Citing the passage of AB 1482, the Larkspur City Council earlier this month rejected proposals to institute local “just cause,” rent control and rent-registry ordinances.
Since early September, the California Apartment Association’s North Bay staff has provided strong opposition to the city’s effort to adopt restrictive policies on rental units in in Larkspur, a small city in Marin County.
Testifying to the City Council, Alex Khafin, CAA’s vice president of public affairs for the North Bay, argued that “just cause eviction and rent-cap policies will have serious unintended consequences and will not provide a single additional unit of affordable housing, which the city desperately needs.”
Khalfin added “these ordinances are unnecessary, as just-cause eviction and rent cap policies are included in AB 1482,” a statewide tenant protect bill that takes effect Jan. 1.
Agreeing with that notion, the Larkspur City Council unanimously voted to drop any further discussion of the three ordinances.