One year after adopting rent control, and just months after voting to repeal it, the Salinas City Council has sent the issue to voters.

On Sept. 23, the council voted 4-3 to place the repeal of the city’s rent control ordinance on the November 2026 ballot. Until then, the law remains in effect, forcing housing providers to comply with strict rent caps, just-cause eviction limits, rental registry mandates, and anti-harassment provisions.

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