California voters already rejected a measure just like this one in 2018, with nearly 60% of voters saying “No.”

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Proposition 21 does nothing to address California’s housing crisis.

Prop 21 repeals portions of California’s rent control law that protects single-family homeowners and has no plan to build affordable and middle-class housing or deal with the increasing problem of homelessness on our streets. Prop 21 includes no protections for seniors, veterans, or the disabled, and it has no specific provision to reduce rents. For Californians losing jobs – and both renters and homeowners who are struggling – this poorly written initiative is the last thing we need.
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Proposition 21 is Bad for California

REDUCED AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE AND MIDDLE-CLASS HOUSING.
Independent academic experts from Stanford and U.C. Berkeley agree extreme rent control policies like those in Prop 21 discourage new construction and reduce availability of affordable and middle-class housing, driving up rents for many Californians.

ELIMINATES HOMEOWNER PROTECTIONS.

Proposition 21 allows regulators to tell single-family homeowners how much they can charge to rent out their homes – even if they just want to rent a single room. Homeowners will be subject to regulations and price controls enacted by unelected boards.
GRANTS NEW POWERS TO REGULATORY BODIES TO IMPOSE OR MODIFY RENT POLICIES – WITHOUT PUBLIC OVERSIGHT.
Proposition 21 will change existing law to allow extreme rent control regulations and rules to be locally enacted by unelected rent boards. These boards could change the cost and availability of housing with no requirements that they seek public input or that they hold a public vote.
CANNOT BE EASILY CHANGED WITHOUT ANOTHER STATEWIDE INITIATIVE.
Proposition 21 can only be amended by the legislature with a 2/3 vote and only to further its purpose. Another ballot measure would be required to change any substantive problems.

This initiative will only further the economic pain created by COVID-19 that is hurting working families across the state, including the men and women of the building trades. It will stifle housing construction and increase housing costs while killing thousands of good-paying union jobs our economy needs to emerge from this unprecedented crisis.

Two years ago, California voters soundly rejected Proposition 10, Michael Weinstein’s deceptive initiative that would have made our state’s housing crisis even worse. Now he’s back with a nearly identical measure that would inflict more damage on a state that is already in an economic freefall brought on by the pandemic. We need to defeat this measure that will limit affordable housing, kill blue-collar jobs, and reduce funding for state and local services.”

 

ROBBIE HUNTERPresident - State Building and Construction Trades Council of California