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Polls Show Prop 10 Rent Control Measure Still Trailing by Wide Margin
The final California pre-election Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies Poll shows the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act continued to trail by a wide margin. Prop 10, a statewide ballot measure that would repeal a more than 20-year state law that prohibited local governments from regulating the price of rents on rental units built after 1995.
The latest poll indicated that 60% of likely voters oppose Proposition 10, while 35% support the measure, and 5% are undecided. The poll was completed online in English and Spanish Oct. 19-26 among 1,339 likely voters statewide.
Steven Maviglio, spokesman for the No on Prop 10 campaign says, “This poll mirrors public and private polling that shows voters clearly understand that Prop 10 is a flawed measure that would worsen California’s affordable housing crisis, reducing property values and freezing the construction of housing for low- and middle-income families that we desperately need.”
California Apartment Association wrote, “If Costa-Hawkins is overturned in the November election, California cities and counties will once again gain the authority to adopt extreme forms of rent control, including the imposition of rent caps on new apartments and single-family homes. Such moves would stifle housing development and exacerbate the state’s housing shortage.”
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