"Rent Strike" Losing Steam at Burlington Avenue Apartments in Westlake

Media Inquiries: Email: BurlingtonApartmentsLA@gmail.com “Rent Strike” Losing Steam at Burlington Avenue Apartments in Westlake Two Tenants Say They Were Deceived by Tenant Activists, Union Organizers, One Quits Strike and Pays Rent   Los Angeles, Calif. (Aug. 16, 2018) —Two tenants have come forward in recent weeks at the Burlington Avenue Apartments, telling apartment managers they were deceived and mislead by...Read More...

To Endorse Prop. 10 or No? SF YIMBY Faces Soul-Defining Choice

"San Francisco’s YIMBY Action is facing a difficult choice, one that may define the group for years to come. Will the champions of “build, build, build” endorse Proposition 10, the state ballot prop that would repeal rent control advocate’s most pernicious roadblock, Costa Hawkins? The 1995 Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act is the white whale of...Read More...

California Progressives Think That Price Controls Will Fix the State's Housing Shortage, But It Will Do Immeasurable Damage to the State

"After debating rent control in Santa Monica on Monday with a leader of a liberal community group, I was left thinking about a great quotation from a famous left-wing Californian, author Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” In this case, Santa...Read More...

These Democratic Socialists Aren't Just Targeting Incumbent Politicians

"In the spring of 2017, at a house party celebrating May Day in Washington, DC, a small crew of socialist organizers identified an enticing vulnerability in their city’s local eviction machine—one that might help them slow or even stall its gears. With beers in hand and electronic music in the background, members of the Metro...Read More...

Will Stronger Rent Control Spread Across California? Here's What You Need to Know...

California voters are set to vote this November on an initiative that would allow California cities and counties to adopt stronger rent control laws, which limit how much landlords are allowed to raise rents each year. The Secretary of State's office reported last week that initiative backers have enough valid signatures to qualify it for the Nov....Read More...

L.A. County Supervisors Approve Temporary Rent Control Ordinance for Mobile Homes

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It is Wrong for Medicare-Supported AIDS Healthcare Foundation to Spend Millions on Political Campaigns Unrelated to Healthcare

"In November, California voters will decide whether to re-write the law regarding home ownership and real estate investment in our state. To me, the most alarming aspect of Prop. 10 is not what it seeks to achieve – wiping out policy that has governed California rental property ownership for more than two decades –...Read More...

Rent Control Fuels Costliest Fight on California 2018 Ballot

"A Los Angeles-based healthcare nonprofit known for funding controversial ballot measures is waging an expensive battle with the real estate industry over rent control in California. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has poured more than $12 million into a November initiative it's spearheading to let cities and counties regulate rental fees in buildings that state law...Read More...

Berkeley Residents to Vote on New Rent Control Exemptions

"Berkeley residents may be able to set some of their own rent control rules if Californians vote to repeal the 1995 Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act in November. Costa Hawkins bars cities from imposing rent control on houses and condominiums as well as “new construction” — any housing built either after 1995 or after a city...Read More...

Why Rent Control Measure Won't Help Housing Crisis

"California is in the clutches of a housing crisis, one that is making it more difficult for middle-class families to find a safe, affordable place to live. Unfortunately, Proposition 10 — the ballot measure that repeals the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, including protections for tenants and single-family homeowners — could make the housing crisis...Read More...

5,000 Signatures Submitted for Rent Control Referendum

"Activists on Monday, August 6, submitted over 5,000 signatures to place in support of a referendum that would ask voters to lift the ban on rent control in the Logan Square, Rogers Park and Uptown neighborhoods which face rapidly increasing rents that are forcing families and longtime residents out of their apartments. Activists say...Read More...

Non On Prop 10 Committee Launches Aggressive Ethnic Community Outreach Effort

African American, Asian and Latino Community Voters the Focus of Multi-Million Dollar Education and Outreach Program SACRAMENTO, CA – The No on Prop 10 – A Flawed Initiative That Will Make the Housing Crisis Worse committee announced today that it has begun a multi-million-dollar outreach effort aimed at educating Latino, African American and Asian voters about...Read More...

Businesses and Veterans Campaign Against Rent Control

California’s war of words continues over Proposition 10 and the possibility of expanding rent control in the state, with business interests and veterans of actual wars coming out against the measure. Proposition 10, which will be up for a vote on California’s November ballot, would eliminate the 1995 Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and grant California cities broad new authority...Read More...

Morena, Himmelrich and McKeown endorsed by SMRR (Santa Monicans for Renters Rights)

'The first set of official endorsements for the 2018 election season arrived this week with Santa Monicans for Renters Rights announcing their slate in several local races. SMRR endorsed Sue Himmelrich, Keven McKeown and Greg Morena for City Council. For School Board SMRR endorsed Laurie Lieberman, Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Craig Foster and Oscar de la Torre....Read More...

Glendale Tenants Union Latest to fail in Collecting Enough Signatures to Get Rent Control on November Ballot

"Another local rent control effort has come up short on the required number of signatures to qualify for the November ballot. On Monday, the Glendale City Clerk deemed 4,000 signatures collected by the Glendale Tenants Union (GTU) “insufficient.” The GTU, which needed 10,529 valid signatures to qualify for the general election, is the latest to fall...Read More...

Rent Control Foes Hire California NAACP Leader After Her Group Opposes Initiative

"The president of the California NAACP has long resisted criticism that she melds the group’s interests with those of her political consulting firm, which takes in large fees for working on campaigns that the civil rights organization backs. Critics say Alice Huffman is doing it again on what is shaping up to be one of...Read More...

AIDS Group Kicks in $10 Million More to Expand Rent Control

"The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has contributed an additional $10 million to Yes on 10, the coalition supporting a November ballot measure that would let California cities to impose stricter rent control laws. The Los Angeles foundation had previously donated $2.2 million to the campaign. The only other two contributors to the campaign — unions representing...Read More...

Big Money Pours Into California's Rent-Control Initiative

"Amid a tense battle over rent control in California, real-estate interests are writing big checks to defeat a November ballot measure that would give cities more power to regulate what landlords can charge tenants — and the initiative’s backer responded this week with a $10 million cash infusion. “We know we will be significantly outspent...Read More...

Real Estate Firms Dig Deep to Fund Fight Against Rent Control

"In the fight against rent control, real estate firms are not holding back. Opponents of the Proposition 10 measure have contributed over $21 million to fight a November ballot measure that could expand rent control across California, Curbed reported. Western National Group, an Irvine-based real estate investment firm, contributed over $3.7 million. Essex Property Trust, based...Read More...

Costa Hawkins, California's Rent Control Law, Explained

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Will California Be The First State to Repeal Rent Control Limits?

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Glendale Rent Control Campaign Falls Short for 2020 Election

"Supporters of a Glendale rent control initiative announced Monday, Aug. 6 they gathered less than half the needed signatures needed to get a referendum on the 2020 ballot. The campaign needed to turn in 10,529 signatures by Monday to qualify for the next election after this November's voting. But supporters garnered 4,000, a statement...Read More...

Proposition 10 and the Housing Freeze

"Fasten your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen. The rent control fight of our time is upon us. Only this time, the fight will have lasting effects on residents statewide. After several unsuccessful attempts by the state Legislature to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act — the landmark legislation protecting the rights of property owners against...Read More...

Rent Control Campaign Increases Funds Sixfold in One Day

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Housing in Sweden: An Overview

"With the Lindbäcks delegation’s recent visit to the University of California, Berkeley during the week of October 16, 2017, this memo provides background information on the Swedish housing system and how it compares to the American context. Despite foundational differences in approach, the United States and Swedish housing systems share many key challenges with...Read More...

Danielle Elliott — 43 Year AAGLA Member

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Pitfalls of Rent Restraints: Why Stockholm's Model Has Failed Many

"For the past two years, Viktor Fridh Kleberg and his girlfriend, Louise, have been sharing a studio apartment in Vasastan, one of the most desirable areas of central Stockholm. Together they pay 5,266 kronor (about £390) a month. “I consider myself very lucky to be in the situation I’m in,” says Kleberg, 26, a student. “I...Read More...

Johnny Walker: Rent Control Not the Answer

"It’s no big surprise that California’s far-left political apparatus is in favor of repealing Costa-Hawkins (California Proposition 10, November 2018), the California law which restricts local governments from imposing rent control on single-family homes and properties built after 1994, among other things. What my friends on the far left fail to understand is that we...Read More...

Possible Rent Control Expansion Sets Off Debates in Bay Area

If California voters approve Proposition 10 this fall, they won't be ending the debate over how to address the state's soaring rents. In fact, by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, voters will spark a multitude of intense housing deliberations at the local level. "Ultimately, Prop. 10 is really about local control," said David Campos, chair of...Read More...

Ballot Measure $ Totals; Obama Endorses 10 CA Candidates; Census Impact

"Here comes the money. Ballot measure committees are gearing up for the general election, and millions are about to be spent over the next few months to persuade voters. Campaign finance reports filed ahead of a Tuesday deadline show ballot measure committees had large disparities of available cash as of June 30. Proposition 6, which...Read More...