A portfolio covering One San Mateo’s work so far
Complaint Alleges Landlord Initiative “Misleads” Voters and Amounts to “Sneaky Repeal” of Tenant Protections
Mountain View, CA—Today 18 residents of Mountain View filed a complaint with the City Attorney alleging that a recently proposed landlord initiative is rife with misleading statements and inaccuracies. The complaint demands that the City Attorney reject the proposed initiative unless the landlord campaign corrects the falsehoods.
Repeal of Costa-Hawkins essential to our communities
A recent column by Jonathan Madison mentioned the negative impacts of repealing the Costa-Hawkins provisions in California law. For those not fully briefed, Costa-Hawkins prohibits any sort of rent control of properties built after 1995, as well as any single-family structure or condominium of any age.
Renters rights are civil rights
This month, San Mateo County and a handful of nearby local governments officially recognized what many of us already knew: Large rent increases and no-cause evictions are an urgent civil rights issue on the Peninsula. These practices, which thrive in the brutal rental market on the Peninsula, undermine the housing security of many — but they disproportionately harm African-American, Latino, Filipino and Pacific Islander renters. Left unchecked, the displacement crisis we now face will lead to a new era of housing segregation.
Now that the county has acknowledged the problem, it has a moral — and a legal — obligation to combat it.
Fair Rents for Redwood City Rallies
Rent too high?
What can you do about it?
Unite! Rally!
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