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A Look at Proposition 33, California’s Latest Effort to Expand Rent Control
With the exorbitant price of housing in California, some local governments have attempted to alleviate costs by restricting a landlord’s ability to increase rent each year – a policy known as rent control. Currently over 20 cities and counties in California – including San Francisco and Santa Monica – have rent control ordinances for residential rental housing.
On this November’s ballot, the measure known as Proposition 33 seeks to give local governments broader power to implement rent control on residential properties currently exempt from rent control policies. If passed, the law would expand local government’s ability to control rental costs for single-family homes, accessory dwelling units and apartments built after Feb. 1, 1995 by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.
CGS3 attorney Riley Cutner-Orrantia and law clerk Eurie Hwang take a closer look at this latest measure – which has sparked heated debate with multiple arguments on both sides in an article written for The Daily Journal and The Daily Transcript.
The full article can be read in The Daily Journal here (subscription required).