SDCAA Opposed Rent Control Bill Defeated in Senate!

SDCAA is pleased to share that SB 184 (Leno) was not heard on the Senate floor today. Under the rules, the bill is dead for 2012!

SDCAA members along with members from the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AALGA), Apartment Association of Orange County (AAOC), Apartment Association of California Southern Cities (AACSC), Northern California Rental Property Association (NCRPA) and East Bay Rental Housing Association (EBRHA) housing advocates united to ask Senators to vote against this flawed measure.  This coalition, along with the dedicated work of our advocates in Sacramento, caused the bill's author to forego moving the bill forward. . SB 184, if passed, would have reversed the long standing Costa-Hawkins law that limits rent control on newly constructed rental housingThe result would have been a new form of rent control – capping rents on units for as long as 55 years. You may recall that SB 184 failed to pass last June and action on it was suspended until this month.

Thank you to all members who answered the SDCAA's "SB 184 Call-to-Action" and contacted their State Senators. Victories over flawed legislation like this are possible with the grassroots efforts of our members.

This is a positive start to the 2012 legislative year. As hundreds of bills are now poised to be brought forward in the legislature, the SDCAA will be updating you periodically and sending out “calls-to-action” when mobilization is need to support or oppose legislation.