Rent Control Ballot Measure Town Hall

2024 Initiative to Repeal Costa-Hawkins

Activist Michael Weinstein and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation have once again qualified a 2024 ballot initiative that directly threatens your rights as a property owner. This will be their third attempt to repeal Costa-Hawkins protections for property owners and expand rent control. 

What it means for you:

• Local jurisdictions will have free rein to impose and expand rent control.
• Will prohibit rent increases upon vacancy (also known as vacancy de-control) by eliminating the owner's ability to charge the market rate when a tenant vacates the unit.
• Imposes rent control on all properties including single-family homes and condominiums by eliminating AB 1482 protections.

Join SCRHA at this important Town Hall to learn more about this 3rd attempt to repeal Costa-Hawkins protections at the statewide ballot box, how it could impact your investment and livelihood, and how you can help defeat this attack on your property rights. 

Featured speakers: 

• Jordan Marks, San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk
• Lori Holt Pfeiler, CEO Building Industry Association of San Diego
• Matt McGarty, Russo, McGarty & Associates, Inc., Campaign Consultants (led opposition on previous rent control initiatives)
• Christine La Marca, California Rental Housing Association (CalRHA) and SCRHA Past President
• Patrick Kappel, Kappel Realty Group
• Mark Feinberg, Heinz and Feinberg, Attorney & SCRHA Board Member
• Alan Pentico, SCRHA Executive Director and Molly Kirkland, SCRHA Director of Public Affairs

Agenda:

• Brief Overview of Justice for Renters Act 
• Independent Analysis of Property Value Impacts – Jordan Marks
• Impact on Home Sales – Patrick Kappel
• Impact on New Home Construction – Lori Holt Pfeiler
• Campaign Overview - Matt McGarty
• Deeper Dive into Vacancy Control – Christine La Marca
• Evictions Now and Under Rent Control – Mark Feinberg
• How the Industry Can Help – Alan Pentico

Click here to learn more about the measure!