Pomona’s City Council this week approved a 6% cap on annual rent increases, replacing the city’s more restrictive temporary rent control ordinance.

For more than two years, Pomona’s temporary rent control ordinance capped rent increases at 4% or the change in the consumer price index (CPI), whichever was lower.

During the meeting, the mayor pushed to retain the 4% rent cap in the permanent ordinance, but the City Council rejected the proposal in a 4-3 vote.