California lawmakers are trying again to tamp down on rising housing costs with bills to expand rent control and stop rental price gouging.
The bills introduced Thursday come after voters
ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
Faced with a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents, Oregon is poised to become the first state to impose mandatory rent controls, with a measure establishing tenant
Name: Lori Brown
Age: 58
Occupation: Business owner; Vice Chair of Santa Monica Recreation & Parks; Mother of a public school students.
Neighborhood of residence: Sunset Park; Pico Neighborhood and
Name: Naomi Sultan
Age: 44
Occupation: Veterans’ Rights Attorney
Neighborhood of residence: Ocean Park
Own/Rent: Rent
Marital status: Single
Kids: 0
Political affiliation: Democrat
Square footage of current home:
The Rent Control Board (RCB) favors freezing base rents for all controlled units if Proposition 10 passes to allow time for permanent solutions to be developed.
At their Oct. 11
Two recent reports out of Berkeley further muddy the water for voters considering whether to vote for Proposition 10, the grassroots initiative that would repeal a state law limiting rent
The Santa Monica Rent Control Board has definitively established that landlords can’t exceed rent limits by engaging in Ratio Utility Billing Systems, or “RUBS.” Unlike those who use individual
Any landlord leasing a rent-controlled apartment to a corporation without first getting a removal permit from the Rent Control Board is running afoul of the law, according to the Board’
Santa Monica’s elected leaders are split over whether the City should place a development-related measure on the November ballot. The proposed measure would require a supermajority vote from the
Landlords may raise the rent in controlled units 2.9 percent Sept. 1st, according to a city report on the annual general adjustment allowed under the City Charter. Elected leaders
As tenant advocacy groups gather signatures to put rent-control reform on the November ballot, Santa Monica’s Rent Control Board is looking at the local possibilities if it succeeds. At
As proponents of a statewide voter-initiative gather signatures to put rent control reform on the November ballot, the Santa Monica Rent Control Board is considering a ballot measure of its
