Rent
Elections
Why is California’s rent-control initiative tanking so badly?
We break down the reasons Prop. 10 appears to be failing, and what lies ahead for the rent-control movement. It’s not all about the money.
Housing
Rent-control campaign chief says he doesn’t trust Newsom to help tenants, may be back with 2020 initiative
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'd work toward a deal between landlords and tenant groups if Prop. 10 loses. Proponents of Prop. 10 are skeptical.
Elections
Record spending as huge money flows into industry fights on the California ballot
This year, with hundreds of millions of dollars rolling into initiative campaigns over housing and health care, California has hit a new record: The $111 million campaign against Proposition 8 on kidney dialysis clinics amounts to the most money poured into a single side of a ballot measure in the United States—at least since electronic record-keeping began in 2002, and possibly ever.
Elections
New poll: Rent control prop is tanking, Dems are surging, and other unexpected, and totally expected, results
A new California midterm poll shows public opinion holding steady or coming in pretty much as you'd expect—but dig deeper into every expected result and you'll find something unexpected.
Elections
Proposition 10: What to know about the rent control measure, in under a minute
On the November ballot, Californians will vote on Proposition 10, a measure to bring back rent control. Learn about the measure in our minute explainer.
Elections
Wording matters: Decoding mixed messages on gas tax and rent control from new poll
Ballot measures to repeal a recent increase in the state gas tax and expand rent control may both be in trouble, according to a new voter poll.
Elections
Why drug makers are opposing rent control
In 2016, Michael Weinstein pushed Proposition 61, which he claimed would regulate drug prices. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and other drug makers spent $110 million to kill that initiative. Now, he's pushing Proposition 10 to expand rent control. Drug makers donated $500,000 to kill the measure.