Rent control could be back on California ballot by 2020
(WorldNews Politics)

After a crushing defeat in November, the rent control advocates who brought you Prop. 10 last year are back - and they´re launching a new campaign to get the issue on the ballot as soon as 2020. The new initiative would allow individual cities and counties to impose rent control laws on residential properties that are at least 15 years old - a controversial move that would increase the number of rent-controlled units in the state. The proposed 2020 ballot measure, dubbed the Rental Affordability Act, is a scaled-back version of Proposition 10, which voters rejected last year. It´s already drawing opposition from critics who argue rent control discourages the production of rental units and...