Local rent control on the ballot

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Local rent control on the ballot: This topic refers to local ballot measures that regulate rent rates for housing.

Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act

The California State Legislature passed AB 1164, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (CHRHA), in 1995. Assemblyman Phil Hawkins (R) and State Senator Jim Costa (D) sponsored the bill. The CHRHA restricts local rent control laws in California to housing units first occupied prior to February 1, 1995. The law exempts housing units first occupied after February 1, 1995, from local rent control ordinances, along with any housing units that were previously exempt as of February 1, 1995. All single-family homes are exempt from rent control under the law, as are condominium units with some exceptions.[1]

The CHRHA also outlines provisions to allow for vacancy decontrol. Vacancy decontrol refers to a landlord's ability to raise the rent of a vacated unit to the market rate when the previous tenants vacated voluntarily. This provision came as a response to local laws in Berkeley, Santa Monica, Cotati, East Palo Alto, and West Hollywood that—until the CHRHA took effect—prohibited some landlords from raising rental rates for new tenants.[1]

View the full text of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act here.

Ballot measures lists

By state

California

  1. San Francisco, California, Increased Income Qualifications for Affordable Housing, Proposition U (November 2016)
  2. Mountain View, California, Rent Control City Charter Amendment, Measure V (November 2016)
  3. Mountain View, California, Rent Stabilization Tenant-Landlord Dispute Ordinance, Measure W (November 2016)
  4. Richmond, California, Rent Control, Measure L (November 2016)
  5. Burlingame, California, Rent Control, Measure R (November 2016)
  6. East Palo Alto, California, Rent Control Law Revisions, Measure J (November 2016)
  7. San Mateo, California, Rent Control, Measure Q (November 2016)
  8. Alameda, California, Rent Stabilization Ordinance Adoption, Measure L1 (November 2016)
  9. Alameda, California, Rent Control City Charter Amendment, Measure M1 (November 2016)
  10. Oakland, California, Just-Cause Eviction Requirements and Rent Increase Approval, Measure JJ (November 2016)
  11. Humboldt County, California, Mobilehome Rent Stabilization, Measure V (November 2016)
  12. Santa Rosa, California, Rent Control Veto Referendum, Measure C (June 2017)
  13. Pacifica, California, Rent Control, Measure C (November 2017)
  14. Santa Cruz, California, Measure M, Rent Control Charter Amendment (November 2018)
  15. National City, California, Measure W, Rent Control (November 2018)
  16. Berkeley, California, Measure Q, Rent Control Ordinance Amendments (November 2018)
  17. Alameda, California, Measure K, Rent Control Charter Amendment (November 2018)
  18. St. Helena, California, Measure F, Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance (June 2019)
  19. Culver City, California, Measure B, Rent Control Code Amendment (November 2020)
  20. Berkeley, California, Measure MM, Rent Stabilization Ordinance (November 2020)
  21. Burbank, California, Measure RC, Rent Control Ordinance (November 2020)

By year

2020

  1. Culver City, California, Measure B, Rent Control Code Amendment (November 2020)
  2. Berkeley, California, Measure MM, Rent Stabilization Ordinance (November 2020)
  3. Burbank, California, Measure RC, Rent Control Ordinance (November 2020)

2019

  1. St. Helena, California, Measure F, Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance (June 2019)

2018

  1. Santa Cruz, California, Measure M, Rent Control Charter Amendment (November 2018)
  2. National City, California, Measure W, Rent Control (November 2018)
  3. Berkeley, California, Measure Q, Rent Control Ordinance Amendments (November 2018)
  4. Alameda, California, Measure K, Rent Control Charter Amendment (November 2018)

2017

  1. Santa Rosa, California, Rent Control Veto Referendum, Measure C (June 2017)
  2. Pacifica, California, Rent Control, Measure C (November 2017)

2016

  1. San Mateo, California, Rent Control, Measure Q (November 2016)
  2. Mountain View, California, Rent Control City Charter Amendment, Measure V (November 2016)
  3. Mountain View, California, Rent Stabilization Tenant-Landlord Dispute Ordinance, Measure W (November 2016)
  4. East Palo Alto, California, Rent Control Law Revisions, Measure J (November 2016)
  5. Richmond, California, Rent Control, Measure L (November 2016)
  6. Alameda, California, Rent Control City Charter Amendment, Measure M1 (November 2016)
  7. Oakland, California, Just-Cause Eviction Requirements and Rent Increase Approval, Measure JJ (November 2016)
  8. Alameda, California, Rent Stabilization Ordinance Adoption, Measure L1 (November 2016)
  9. Humboldt County, California, Mobilehome Rent Stabilization, Measure V (November 2016)
  10. Burlingame, California, Rent Control, Measure R (November 2016)
  11. San Francisco, California, Increased Income Qualifications for Affordable Housing, Proposition U (November 2016)

2015

  1. City of San Francisco Initiative to Restrict Short-Term Rentals, Proposition F (November 2015)

2014

  1. City of Santa Monica Rental Registration Fees, Measure FS (November 2014)

2012

  1. City of El Monte Rent Control on Mobile Homes, Measure F (November 2012)
  2. City of Moorpark Low-Rent Housing Development, Measure O (November 2012)
  3. City of Santa Monica Rent Control Adjustments, Measure GA (November 2012)
  4. City of Watsonville Mobile Home Parks Rent Control Fee, Measure R (November 2012)
  5. Oceanside Mobile Home Rental Control Phaseout, Proposition E (June 2012)

2010

  1. San Francisco Rent Increase Hardship Appeals, Proposition F (June 2010)
  2. East Palo Alto Rent Control, Measure H (June 2010)
  3. Santa Monica Eviction for Cause, Measure RR (November 2010)

2009

  1. Fillmore Rent Control Ordinance, Measure F (November 2009)
  2. East Palo Alto Rent Control Ordinance, Measure N (November 2009)
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Apartment Association, "Rent Control: A General Overview of California’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act," June 2017
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