Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s bill would improve the Tenant Protection Act. Landlords and developers have declared war.
Housing activists accuse rental giant of excessive payment hikes.
Bill author David Chiu implored Assembly members to imagine the impact of a massive rent increase on a typical tenant’s health, children and job.
In an era of wealth inequality, said State Sen. Connie Leyva, passing a bill to put a stop to exorbitant rent increases “is the least we can do.”