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Election 2020: Prop. 21 Brings Back Another Attempt to Expand Rent

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Advocates of expanding rent control in California are back with this year with Proposition 21 two years after voters turned down a similar ballot measure. Prop. 21 would allow cities to put limits on how much landlords can annually increase rents. The measure would also allow cities to include single-family homes under control provisions, which are currently exempt. In 2019, the state legislature established a statewide rent cap of 5 percent plus inflation on buildings that are at least 15 years old. We look at both sides of the debate on Prop. 21 and what it would do compared with existing laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. I'm Michael Krasny. California voters will encounter a ballot measure this fall that may sound familiar. Proposition 21 aims to give cities

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more leeway to expand rent control. The measure comes two years after a similar initiative failed by nearly 20-point margin

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and a year after the state legislature enacted a rent cap.

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Welcome to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Advocates of expanding rent control in California are back this year with Proposition 21, two years after voters turned down a similar ballot measure. Proposition 21 would allow cities to put limits on how much landlords can annually increase housing rents, and the measure would also allow cities to bring single-family homes under

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rent control. In 2019, the California legislature established a statewide rent cap of 5% plus

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