Should Californians Allow Rent Control to Expand? Proposition 10, Explained

Bay Curious

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🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Proposition 10 aims to overturn the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing act, which limits rent control throughout the state. Produced by Jessica Placzek. Featuring KQED's Guy Marzorati. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi and Suzie Racho. Additional support from Julie Caine, Ethan Lindsey, Katie McMurran and David Weir. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	It might be the single biggest issue facing Californians.
0:10.0	There's lots to come to California for, but not affordable housing.
0:14.2	Today home prices are twice the national average.
0:16.6	We know it's expensive is all get out in California.
0:19.0	The high cost of housing is fueling the crisis.
0:22.3	I'm Olivia Allen Price. In this episode for Bay curious
0:25.3	Prop Week we're going to be hearing about rent control, the Costa Hawkins
0:29.2	Rental Housing Act and Propt 10.
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0:55.0	Here's reporter Jessica Plachik.
0:58.0	Prop 10 wants to overturn Costa Hawkins.
1:01.0	But what is Costa Hawkins? To understand that, we need to go back to
1:06.4	1995. It was the year that Brad Pitt won Sexiest Man Alive, Amazon sold its first book, and one of my favorite
1:17.7	Mariah Carey songs topped the charts.
1:21.1	But we're talking about housing.
1:25.0	At the time, the state was recovering from a housing slump and construction of new housing had
1:35.4	slowed down.
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