Didn't We The People Just Vote AGAINST Rent Control? (San Francisco: apartment, rental)

[wac_432]

This is so un-democratic and against the clear will of the people.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/...rent-cap-bill/

60% of the population voted against Prop 10, which would have allowed localities to enact targeted rent control laws. Now Sacramento is forcing blanket rent-control on all of us, when the people clearly sent them a message in 2018, that we do not want rent control.

[Des-Lab]

So what? It's a one party rule state.

It's illegal. Go ahead. Whatcha gonna do about it?

Good luck finding a politician or attorney that will both back you and have the clout to stop this.

[Finper]

Same thing happened with the death penalty here. Des lab is right libs rule this state.... get used to it

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by Des-Lab

So what? It's a one party rule state.

It's illegal. Go ahead. Whatcha gonna do about it?

Good luck finding a politician or attorney that will both back you and have the clout to stop this.

Exactly.

One may have voted against "rent control", but if they voted one party rule into the state, I'm not sure what else they would have expected.

Anyone who participated in the latter has no right to complain about the former.

[2sleepy]

It limits the annual increase in rent to 7% per year plus the cost of living and expires in 3 years. It also exempts anyone who has fewer than 10 single family homes for rent and properties that are less than 10 years old- and it expires in 3 years. This came about due to the greed of landlords who doubled and tripled rent after the Paradise fire when residents of that town were displaced. Oregon has a similar law and there is no indication that landlords are going broke because of it.

[veritased]

It's the DNC super majority... doesn't matter what the populace says. It's was Newsome and his progressive overlords want.
Eventually the DNC will so seriously damage California, that they will be thrown out state-wide. But by then, the damage will be irreparable.

[wac_432]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

It limits the annual increase in rent to 7% per year plus the cost of living and expires in 3 years. It also exempts anyone who has fewer than 10 single family homes for rent and properties that are less than 10 years old- and it expires in 3 years. This came about due to the greed of landlords who doubled and tripled rent after the Paradise fire when residents of that town were displaced. Oregon has a similar law and there is no indication that landlords are going broke because of it.

I'm not really for or against this particular cap on rental increases. The problem is that this is clearly against the will of the people as demonstrated less than 2 years ago.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by wac_432

I'm not really for or against this particular cap on rental increases. The problem is that this is clearly against the will of the people as demonstrated less than 2 years ago.

I know what you're saying and I'm undecided on this particular legislation but I think that the rent control ballot initiative failed for three reasons, it was very poorly written, it had lots of loopholes and the apartment owners association spent 73 million dollars defeating it with ads showing grandma getting kicked out of her home.

I'm not even sure that rent control really does much to help people in the long run. My stepson lived in a rent control apartment in San Francisco for years. He only moved when he got married and had a kid, but for most of the time he lived there he was making enough money that he could have paid 3 times what he was paying for his rent controlled apartment.

But I can see the other side too, there are a bunch of 2 bedroom 800 sq ft duplexes near my home. They've rented for $900-$1200 for the past several years but the owner of several of those duplexes sent out letters increasing the rent to $2,000 a month. I'm pretty sure that very few of the current residents can pay that, so in the next few months when their leases expire there will probably several families with no place to go. One of my neighbors has a daughter and son in law living in one of the duplexes with their baby, they will be moving in with she and her husband, but what happens to the folks who don't have family who can take them in?

[payutenyodagimas]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

sent out letters increasing the rent to $2,000 a month. I'm pretty sure that very few of the current residents can pay that

then that should be the time Sec 8 comes in, not control rent

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I'm not even sure that rent control really does much to help people in the long run.

Let me help you. It doesn't. It actually hurts a lot more than it helps in the long or short run.