The activists are restless in California. This past week The Wall Street Journal broke the news that the required threshold of signatures has been achieved to add rent control to the next ballot. The signatures must next be verified by the pertinent counties and finally go to the Secretary of State to certify those actions. Final certification is expected by mid June.
The nation’s lack of affordable housing is particularly severe in California. Rent control will effectively freeze construction of new housing, including more affordable units for needy Californians. Lack of affordable housing units will further drive up rents. Who wins? Michael Weinstein. He funneled more than $2 million into qualifying it for the ballot. Stay tuned for more on this is the weeks ahead.
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