Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) proposed a new bill last week that will add additional protections under California’s Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and lower the threshold property owners can increase rent.
Durazo held a news conference March 10 to promote Senate Bill 567—called the Homelessness Prevention Act—of which details are currently being finalized and have yet to be formally introduced.
The bill would cap, at 5 percent, how much property owners could raise rent each year.
Additionally, Durazo’s bill will “close the loopholes for landlords to evict people,” create enforcement and extend protections to renters of mobile and single-family homes….