Rent Control
As a concerned tenant, it has come to my attention recently that state Sen. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Creek) is authoring SB 1646, the real estate industry’s latest attempt to undermine rent control.
Shouldn’t rent control be left to the local governments? Aren’t there enough homeless people already? I am appalled, shocked and terribly distressed to think of what might happen if this bill is passed. It will bring hardship to tenants, especially senior and low-income renters, and will contribute to the loss of our already scarce affordable housing. In fact, I don’t doubt it will also result in more people living on the streets.
As an almost senior citizen, I can’t imagine what the world will be like in another 100 years--”Soylent Green.”
ELAINE AUERBACH
Los Angeles
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