California Apartment Association

Contra Costa County’s registrar of voters Oct. 13 certified CAA’s referendum to repeal rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond.

This past summer, Richmond became the first city in California to approve rent control in roughly three decades. A CAA-led effort to collect thousands of signatures prevented Richmond’s rent control and just-cause eviction ordinance from taking effect.

Now that Contra Costa County’s registrar has counted and certified the signatures, it’s up to Richmond City Council members to either repeal the ordinance themselves or schedule the issue for a public vote.