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John Fielding,
CEO
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Explain how rent controls contribute to the imposition or increase in local sales and income taxes.
Unlike previous rent control programs, the Mayor’s proposal does not specify a ceiling beyond which landlords can raise rents.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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RENT CONTROL - Regulation by state or local governmental agencies restricting the amount of rent landlords can charge their tenants; such regulation is a valid exercise of the state's police power.
Cost Control - Develop and implement programs to substantially reduce property expenses and increase rollover rents and net operating income.
Rent control supporters drafted a permanent rent stabilization ordinance to replace the temporary measure adopted in November 1978.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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California landlords are getting around strict rent control laws by exercising their rights to evict tenants under the Ellis Act, which allows landlords to withdraw their rental units from the market and evict tenants.
A local rent control ordinance prohibits a landlord from increasing rent rates unless a tenant moves out and is replaced by a new tenant, a sublessee or an assignee.
A rent control ordinance governs the tenancy of a family member of the original tenant, barring the landlord from increasing rent under a state statute.
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Craig Leveaux,
Blogger
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Rent controls lower the rents of a few people, but keep some people from finding an apartment.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Rent control became a political liability, as all the BCA candidates received more votes than Measure B.
Rent Control has always been the great dividing line between Berkeley's two rival political coalitions.
With rent control as the dominant issue, it would be easy for the voters to distinguish BCA from our opponents.
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