Rent Control Gearing Up to Be One of California’s Biggest Ballot Measure Fights on Election Day

Route Fifty: Advocates of California’s Proposition 10 argue removing state limits on local rent control will improve housing stability for low- and middle-income families, but passing the ballot measure on Election Day doesn’t mean jurisdictions will rush to expand their policies.

Local governments are already able to impose rent control on half of rental units across California, but the state’s current law, the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, curtails the extent to which they can curb rent increases.

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