Proposition 33, titled Expands Local Governments’ Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property, and also marketed as the "Justice for Renters Act", was a
California ballot proposition
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and initiative statute in the
2024 general election
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that would have repealed the
Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act and allowed localities to enact
rent control
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on single-family homes, apartments built after 1995, and to control rent increases between tenancies (vacancy control), all currently banned by Costa-Hawkins. It would also have prohibited the state from limiting local rent control.
It was sponsored and primarily funded by
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
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, which contributed $47 million of the total $50 million in support funding.
It was opposed by the California Apartment Association and the California Association of Realtors who contributed $100 million of the $125 million in opposition funding. It failed to pass, 62% to 38%, a margin almost identical to that by which the previous two rent control initiatives sponsored by AIDS Healthcare Foundation also failed,
2018 California Proposition 10 and
2020 California Proposition 21.
Support
The official support statement of the proposition argues that "The rent is too damn high. One million people have left California. Rent control in America has worked to keep people in their homes since 1919. California’s 17 million renters need relief. Homeowners and taxpayers benefit from stable communities. The California dream is dying. You can help save it."
Opposition
The official oppositional statement of the proposition argues, "Don’t be fooled by the latest corporate landlord anti-housing scheme. California voters have rejected this radical proposal twice before, because it would freeze the construction of new housing and could effectively reverse dozens of new state housing laws. Vote No on 33 to protect new affordable housing and California homeowners."
Polling
Results
The proposition failed, with 3,861,352 voters (38.6%) voting "yes" and 6,149,550 voters (61.4%) voting "no."
See also
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2020 California Proposition 21
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2024 California Proposition 34
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References
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Rent regulation
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