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At the urging of the California Apartment Association, the Santa Ana City Council on Tuesday rejected rent control, opting instead to focus on more sensible alternatives.
The decision to steer clear of rent control came during a study session on the controversial housing policy.
During the study session, city staff presented an overview of the city’s housing situation, and guest speakers discussed the pros and cons of rent control.
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The California Apartment Association is closely monitoring a newly formed coalition that’s working to bring rent control to the city of Sacramento.
The coalition, Housing4Sacramento, includes groups that champion tenant rights, organized labor, socialism and subsidized housing.
Tagged: Rent Control Sacramento Valley
The California Apartment Association was quoted this week in a number of news stories about efforts to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act via statewide initiative.
“Rent control would put a halt on new construction,” Debra Carlton, senior vice president of public affairs for CAA, told Sacramento CBS 13. “It may help an individual at that moment in time, but it will stop construction going forward, and the future of California is in jeopardy.”
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Repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — and bringing extreme forms of rent control back to California — is no longer a legislative priority for the San Jose City Council.
On a 9-2 vote Tuesday, the council removed overturning Costa-Hawkins from its legislative to-do list.
That decision came after this year’s legislative effort to repeal Costa-Hawkins — Assembly Bill 1506 – died Jan. 11 during its first committee hearing. It was the second straight year that AB 1506 fizzled amid fierce opposition from the California Apartment Association and its allies.
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Rent control activists in the city of Santa Cruz have filed paperwork to place a rent control measure before voters in the November election.
Rent control proponents filed their initiative with the Santa Cruz city clerk on Friday, Jan. 19, beginning the process of qualifying the measure. Within 15 days, the city attorney is expected to review the measure and issue an impartial summary and analysis.
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Tenant advocates in Long Beach have refiled documents to place a rent control measure before voters.
On Jan. 12, representatives from Housing Long Beach filed paperwork to qualify a rent control initiative for the November 2018 ballot.
The California Apartment Association and its allies today derailed AB 1506, a bill to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and bring radical rent control back to California.
This morning, following lead testimony from the California Apartment Association, FPI Management and the California Association of REALTORS, AB 1506 failed passage in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, all but closing the door on the bill for the balance of the legislative session.
Over 400 rental property owners came to the microphone and indicated their opposition to the measure, outnumbering the tenant advocates, who totaled nearly 300.
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The rent control movement established a foothold in Southern California. Lawmakers passed a historic package of bills to address the state’s ongoing housing crisis. And one of the state’s most important rental housing laws came under attack.
2017 certainly generated some big headlines for California’s rental housing industry.
In the top-10 list below, we summarize the most significant of those stories. To delve deeper into the issues and explore related content, follow the links embedded in each summary.
Costa-Hawkins Act comes under attack with legislation, possible ballot measure