The rent control movement established a foothold in Southern California. Lawmakers passed a historic package of bills to address the state’s ongoing housing crisis. And one of the state’s most important rental housing laws came under attack.

2017 certainly generated some big headlines for California’s rental housing industry.

In the top-10 list below, we summarize the most significant of those stories. To delve deeper into the issues and explore related content, follow the links embedded in each summary.

Costa-Hawkins Act comes under attack with legislation, possible ballot measure

2017 saw the beginning of two campaigns to repeal the …

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