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Rent control measure qualifies for Sacramento city ballot in 2020
Mike Nemeth CAA Marketing and Communications Director
An initiative to bring rent control to the city of Sacramento has qualified for the March 2020, however, a legal challenge could prevent the measure from ever appearing before voters.
Last week, Sacramento election officials announced that rent control proponents had submitted the 36,817 valid voter signatures required to qualify the measure for the next general election.
The measure threatens to change the city charter to impose inflation-based …
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