The Peoples Rose Parade protests for more affordable housing and rent control after the 134th Rose Parade along in Pasadena on Monday, January 2, 2023. (SARAH REINGEWIRTZ/GETTY IMAGES)
On July 26, the California Secretary of State announced the third rent control initiative sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in four election cycles had qualified for the Nov. 2024 ballot. Californians defeated the two other initiatives in 2018 and 2020.
A large office complex leased by Amazon is seen jutting out against the small neighboring homes of East Palo Alto, California on October 4, 2018. The lack of real estate and commercial office spaces in Silicon Valley has already put pressure on the residents of East Palo Alto, one of the few cities in California that already have strict rental controls. However, the November ballot initiative, Proposition 10, could overturn California’s Costa-Hawkins Rent Control Act and let local governments impose any form of rent control on any rental housing, which is worrying many East Palo Alto residents. (MASON TRINCA/GETTY IMAGES)
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