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Back in November, Californians voted on a proposition to eliminate the current state wide rent control legislation that was enacted in 1995. California\\u2019s rent-control regime is governed by a state law called the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. It prevents cities and counties from imposing rent control on single-family homes or apartments built after 1995, among other prohibitions. The law also froze rent control rules in cities such as Los Angeles that had policies before Costa-Hawkins was implemented.

By repealing Costa Hawkins, it would leave the field wide open for individual cities to implement their own rent control rules. 

The defeat of the proposition by a vote of 60% in which voters rejected the initiative and landlords spent $100-million-plus in a campaign to sway public opinion. 

The state government is trying again with a new set of measures aimed at weakening the Costa Hawkins rules.

About 9.5 million renters \\u2014 more than half of California\\u2019s tenant population \\u2014 are burdened by high rents, spending at least 30% of their income on housing costs, according to a UC Berkeley Study.

The authors of the study are recommending rent control again, at the same time they acknowledge it will not solve the problem of inadequate supply.