California bill to expand rent control pulled for lack of support

California Democrats Split on Bills to Promote Housing

A pair of bills that would encourage construction are moving through the state Senate despite the opposition of key committee chairs.

Lawmakers need to expand housing availability in California, not put up more barriers

Californians who actually provide rental housing for other Californians might logically be seen as better arbiters of how much that housing should cost than a Sacramento lawmaker. Nevertheless, members of the Legislature persist in attempting to create new and and arbitrary rent-control laws, dealing in percentages that they simply make up, and that bear no resemblance to the market forces that create real housing: supply and demand, the cost of…

California Rent Control Bill Withdrawn by Lawmaker

California’s newest legislation to lower the statewide rent control cap and increase tenant protections was pulled by its author on April 29.

California Bill to Expand Rent Control Is Pulled for the Year by Bay Area Lawmaker

A bill that would have lowered the statewide cap on rent increases won’t move forward in the California Assembly this year, but the effort isn’t over.Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D–San José, who authored the bill dubbed the Affordable Rent Act, said the push to further restrict how much landlords can raise the rent for long-term tenants and expand protections to more renters would become a two-year endeavor.

San Jose lawmaker withdraws bill to lower state rent caps - San José Spotlight

Politically-active landlords are coordinating a campaign to stop a proposal from California lawmakers to slash yearly rent control caps — and it appears to have worked. While Assemblymember Ash Kalra successfully advocated for his “Affordable Rent Act” proposal Thursday at the state Housing and Community Development Committee, further discussions with the Judiciary Committee led Kalra to withdraw the proposal Tuesday. Also known as Assembly Bill…

California bill to expand rent control pulled for lack of support

A state bill to tighten rent control won’t become law this year after a Bay Area legislator pulled the measure for lack of support. Assembly Bill 1157, dubbed the Affordable Rent Act, aimed to lower statewide rent caps already in place for most apartment buildings and expand the restrictions to single-family rental homes.