Bay Area Rent Control Propositions Restricted by Existing California Law
Five Bay Area cities will be voting on whether to implement rent control in November, but a California law has long-restricted rent control statewide.
Five cities, five ballot propositions all with the goal of stopping big rent increases and protecting tenants.
The proposition in Burlingame says they’ve suffered from unreasonable rent increases, in San Mateo it says exorbitant rent increases, in Mountain View, excessive rental increases, in Richmond it says housing has reached a crisis level, and in Alameda, it says high rents are an immediate threat to the public.