Many cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, limit the amount a landlord can raise the rent each year β a policy known as rent control. But for nearly 30 years, California has imposed limits on those limits, via a law known as Costa-Hawkins.
Cities cannot set rent control on single-family homes or apartments built after And landlords are free to set their own rental rates when new tenants move in. If Proposition 33 passes, that would change. Cities would be allowed to control rents on any type of housing β including single-family homes and new apartments, and for new tenants.
To change that, tenant advocates have been fighting Costa-Hawkins for years, but so far, without success. They tried to overturn it with ballot measures in and Lawmakers also tried with legislation.
While those efforts failed, Gov. Supporters of Prop. They hope this finally is the year to upend the decades-old rules controlling rent control. Arguments in support of Prop.
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Teachers, police officers and firefighters starting their careers are paying half their salary to live in many California cities, while others on fixed incomes are one step away from homelessness.
