In San Pablo, California, tenants and advocacy groups have successfully compelled the city council to place a rent stabilization measure on the local ballot. This action follows sustained criticism regarding the council’s perceived inaction on escalating rental costs and housing affordability within the municipality.
The California Apartment Association has warned that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to declare a local state of emergency in response to federal immigration enforcement actions is a dangerous trend of normalizing emergency powers as a political tool to suspend property rights.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has charged a Beverly Hills real estate agent with violating a state law by raising rents by over 30% after a disaster, and the real estate industry has a history of hiring hitmen to eliminate partners or competitors.
California lawmakers are focusing on increasing housing supply, but neglecting the people suffering most from the housing crisis, and the powerful landlord lobby is preventing meaningful tenant protections.
The California Apartment Association often frames itself as a defender of mom-and-pop landlords, but that’s anything but…
On the heels of widespread reports of rent gouging in Southern California following its recent apocalyptic wildfires,…
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