California, Proposition 33 and rent control
Fact-checking the ads for Proposition 33, California’s rent control ballot measure
The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides.
Voters to decide the future of rent control in California through Prop 33
The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act was passed back in 1995, preventing cities and counties from imposing certain rent control measures. Prop 33 would repeal that.
What is Prop 33? A look into California’s rent control ballot
Proposition 33, also known as the “Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative,” aims to improve tenant rights by allowing the state to impose rent control on any California home. Many cities in California,
Aggressive Prop 33 ad campaigns try to sway voters on California rent control expansion
California's housing crisis is at the center of dueling commercials focused on Prop 33 trying to convince voters to pass or reject an expansion of rent control.
California’s rent control ballot measure could reverberate across the US
Among the many ballot questions American voters will consider next month, housing experts are paying close attention to California and a question known as Proposition 33 — a proposed repeal of the state’s restrictions on local rent control.
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Endorsement: No on Proposition 33. This rent control measure could make the housing shortage worse
Proposition 33 goes too far. It includes sweeping language that prohibits the state from imposing any limits on rent controls set by cities and counties in the future, even if they stymie housing construction.
CalMatters Exposes Lie-Filled Ads Attacking Rent Control (Yes on 33)
With less than three weeks until election day, CalMatters has fact-checked the California Apartment Association's (CAA) ads about Proposition 33 and points out CAA is lying when it says Prop 33 will repeal more than 100 state housing laws and when it claims Prop 33 will repeal the strongest rent control law in the nation.
Rent control proponents, opponents fall short on accuracy, according to CalMatters
CalMatters says both sides of the Proposition 33 campaign — those for and those against it — have made recent factual errors.
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California’s Rent Control Ban Hits Disabled Tenants Hardest
California’s statewide rent control law, the Costa-Hawkins Act, has been contentious since it was signed into law in 1995.
Expanding Rent Control Will Not Make Housing More Affordable for the Disabled
Rent control proponents like to argue that the policy will make housing more affordable. Now they're claiming it will also ...
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District 1 candidates: Do you support Prop. 33 to expand rent control?
District 1 candidates discuss if they support Prop. 33, the state ballot measure that would expand rent control.
Your guide to Prop 33: Local expansions of rent control
With Proposition 33, Californians will vote again on whether to OK the possibility of local expansions of rent control. The ...
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We fact-checked the ads about Proposition 33, California’s rent control ballot measure
The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more ...