In a short article I wrote, “Rent Control is Not the Answer,” I outlined some of the deleterious effects of rent control policies using standard economics tools. To be clear, by the term “rent control ...

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Are you *** renter or *** landlord prop 33 could directly impact you current state laws keep local governments from limiting what landlords can charge for housing built after 1995 prop 33 would remove ...

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Proposition 33 addresses rent control in California – or at least how much authority local government has over rent control. For starters, what is rent control? Rent control limits how much a landlord ...

LOS ANGELES -- Rent control is a term Californians are familiar with, but for nearly three decades, a state law has imposed limits on rent control ordinances. In November, voters will decide if local ...

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Should cities and counties be allowed to impose strict rent caps on all types of housing? That’s the question Proposition 33 will ask California voters when mail-in ballots go out in early October.