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May 22, 2018

Costa-Hawkins and the future of rent control in California

It is not a coincidence that the effort to overturn the law comes in the wake of an unprecedented housing crisis.

Joseph Tobener

Managing Partner
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP

Email: jtobener@tobenerlaw.com

UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA

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Rahman Popal

Associate
Tobener Ravenscroft LLP

Email: rpopal@tobenerlaw.com

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Costa-Hawkins and the future of rent control in California
A neighborhood of single-family homes in San Francisco, June 25, 2017. (New York Times News Service)

This November, the fate of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act will be in the hands of California voters. After a legislative attempt to repeal the law failed in the Assembly, tenant rights advocates penned enough signatures to place a repeal initiative on the ballot.

It is not a coincidence that the effort to overturn the law comes in the wake of an unprecedented housing crisis. On average, at least 30 percent of the California po...

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