Proposition 33 on the November Ballot: Initiative to Expand Rent Control

Proposition 33 (aka ‘Justice for Renters Act’) is on the November 2024 ballot. The measure boils down to only twenty-three words: “The state may not limit the right of any city, county, or city and county to maintain, enact or expand residential rent control.” If approved by voters it would right a wrong perpetrated by the legislature in 1995: the enactment of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act which even today prevents a locality in California from expanding tenant protections to renting households. Here is why Proposition 33 supporters say it deserves your support at the polls in November.

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