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Prop. 34 Is Revenge for My Nonprofit’s Fight for Rent Control

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Guest Commentary: No One Is Fooled by CAA’s Proposition 34

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Corporate Real Estate Is Holding Us Hostage. Proposition 33 Is Our Chance to Fight Back

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Guest Commentary: Only a Housing Paradigm Shift Will Make a Difference for California

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Los Angeles County Endorses Proposition 33 to Support Rent Control

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LA County Supervisors Endorse Prop 33 Rent Control Measure

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The Homelessness Crisis = Barbarism

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Ignore the Wall Street-Funded “Science” Attacking Rent Control

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Will Corporate Landlords Spend $100 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF?

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Opinion: 10 Crazy Housing Solutions That Don’t Work and a Couple That Do

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Corporate Landlords and California Apartment Association Raise Nearly $55 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Pass Prop 34

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Why is UC Berkeley’s Ken Rosen Trying to Deceive California Voters?

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Opinion: Yes on Prop 33 Endorsed by Labor Unions, Activists, and Civic Leaders. Which Side Are You On?

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Opinion: Housing Shortage? Luxury Housing Too Prevalent in California.

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Opinion: Rent Control is Only Way to Rein In Corporate Landlords

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Economists Say Rent Control Works

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Opinion: National Homelessness Crisis Worsens. Americans Need Rent Control.

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Californians Are Homeless Because Rent Is Too High, New Study Finds

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Opinion: LGBTQ+ Tenants Need Rent Control

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To Fend Off Excessive Rents and Homelessness, Seniors Need Rent Control

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July 8, 2024

Opinion: Big Real Estate Is Wrong — Rent Control Won’t Stop Housing Construction

There is no doubt that California faces an existential affordable housing crisis. More than 171,000 Californians are homeless, and 3.2 million — 56% of tenants —

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July 8, 2024

Opinion: America’s Rent-Burdened Tenants Need Rent Control

Where are people supposed to live in the United States? Rents are increasing while wages remain stagnant. Meanwhile, the cost

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July 8, 2024

Opinion: California: The new Rust Belt?

When Americans picture the Rust Belt, they have an image of the once-great industrial Midwest, now transformed into rusted-out factory

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July 3, 2024

Opinion: California Has Plenty of Luxury Dwellings — The Crisis Is in Affordable Housing

As with so many issues, solving California’s housing affordability crisis has become polarized. The “build, build, build” folks are on

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July 1, 2024

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Use the California Apartment Association to Carry Out Greed-Driven Agenda

In 2022, controversial corporate landlords Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and AvalonBay Communities quietly contributed massive sums to a California

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June 14, 2024

Opinion: Rent Control Reins In Corporate Landlord Greed

Rent control is the only way to rein in corporate landlord greed. The California Apartment Association and other Big Real Estate groups

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June 3, 2024

Opinion: Top Five Flaws of Stanford University Study on Rent Control

For more than five years, reporters and the real estate industry continue to cite a seriously flawed and misleading study

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May 18, 2024

Opinion: California Has Most Rent-Burdened Tenants in US. We Need Rent Control.

California has more rent-burdened tenants than anywhere in the United States, according to a new report by the O.C. Register. It’s

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May 6, 2024

Opinion: While the Rest of Us Drown Under Sky-High Rents, Big Real Estate Execs Buy Superyachts and Hire Superstar Drake for a Party

While more and more Americans struggle to pay wildly inflated rents, Big Real Estate executives are splurging on superyachts, car

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May 3, 2024

Opinion: ‘3 Ps’ Must Be Top Priority for Housing Policymakers

As the housing affordability and homelessness crises continue to slam the poor and middle- and working-class residents, the “3 Ps”

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