A bipartisan coalition of political leaders from across California has urged voters to reject a ballot measure that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and return radical forms of…
San Diego’s new ‘just cause’ law
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Long Beach is considering a policy that could ultimately require landlords to accept Section 8 housing vouchers. During a presentation Tuesday, city staff told council members it could adopt source-of-income…
California lawmakers returned from their summer recess this week and are now in the home stretch of the 2017-2018 legislative session. Before they adjourn Aug. 31, however, the California Apartment…
A combination of wildfires and flooding this week prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare states of emergency in several California counties in both northern and southern parts of the state,…
In the first half of 2018, California lawmakers considered a number of bills that were threatening to the rental housing industry, including proposals to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act,…
Wildfires have returned to California this summer, prompting a new set of emergency declarations from Gov. Jerry Brown and accompanying bans on rent increases exceeding 10 percent. The most recent…
An initiative that would bring rent control to National City, a municipality in San Diego County, has qualified for November’s ballot. The San Diego County Registrar of Voters confirmed this…
Rent control activists in National City on Thursday submitted signatures in hopes of placing a rent control measure before voters this November. Signatures filed at City Hall numbered more than…
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Tenant activists, landlords argue for and against rent control before San Diego council committee
Although not on the agenda, arguments over rent control dominated the discussion Wednesday at a San Diego City Council committee meeting. Scores of public speakers – both for and against…
Rent increases remain limited to 10 percent Gov. Jerry Brown has again extended states of emergency in areas of both Northern and Southern California affected by last fall’s wildfires. The…
