Rent Control in California is Missing the Point and Here’s Why

I recently wrote an article outlining the new rent control regulations in New York — and I think a lot of the points I made then apply here. The actual bills and details are different but the overall effects of rent control are the same, because at the end of the day this has nothing to do with landlords or improving lives.

First, let’s all accept there’s a housing crisis in California — the epicentre of which is LA.

Last year when visiting my partner in Los Angeles I was shocked to come face to…