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Affordable Housing Act Qualifies for the November Ballot

If Sacramento legislators won’t represent our interests then we have to do it ourselves! That’s the message sent by 447,834 voters to legislators when we signed a petition to put the Affordable Housing Act on the ballot this November. The measure would return to localities the authority to establish tenant protections that fit local needs. The state’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act had preempted local control. Finally Costa Hawkins repeal makes the November ballot!

Commentary

AAGLA Sees Ghosts in Prop 10’s Affordable Housing Act

May 29, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot AAGLA, Affordable Housing Act, Costa Hawkins, Costa Hawkins repeal, Dan Yukelson

Last year Beverly Hills landlords saw their allowed annual rent increase drop from 10% to 3% and a city-imposed relocation fee for involuntarily-terminated households. They lost the battle for the rental unit registry and all landlords were compelled to get a business license when about one-in-ten had avoided it. If 2017 was a tough year then 2018 looks only worse should the Affordable Housing Act ballot initiative win approval from voters in November.

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Costa Hawkins Repeal Headed for the Ballot?

May 28, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot Affordable Housing Act, Costa Hawkins, Costa Hawkins repeal

California voters may have an opportunity in November to overturn the state’s Costa Hawkins law. It prevents localities like Beverly Hills from extending protections to all who rent housing — a “gift to landlords” (in their words) that has handcuffed local officials for decades. With the Affordable Housing Act initiative about to qualify for the ballot, the stakes are high. Let’s take a look at the proposed initiative’s objectives.

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Tenant Protections on the November Ballot?

April 8, 2018June 22, 2019 Mark Elliot AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Costa Hawkins, Costa Hawkins repeal, Richard Bloom

A petition making the rounds would qualify an initiative for the November ballot to repeal a state law called Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act. That law has greatly limited the reach of local rent control protections. The ballot measure titled, ‘Expands Local Governments’ Authority To Enact Rent Control On Residential Property,’ is our best opportunity to expand tenant protections both statewide and in Beverly Hills.