Post-Wildfire Rent Hikes in Los Angeles
The January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires enticed a few landlords to increase rent. California law generally prohibits rent increases of more than 10% during a declared state of emergency.
Prop 13 wtf
A collection of facts about Prop 13.
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The Culver City Rental Registry and Prop 13
The Culver City Rental Registry is collected by the City of Culver City directly from landlords. It has been made available via public records request to https://www.ccrentals.org.
Prop 13 illegally favors white neighborhoods
A great visualization by Alfred Twu:
Howard Jarvis bestof
Howard Jarvis was arrested for DUI on March 15, 1978
The California Tax Postponement Program, not Prop 13, Protects Grandma
Far and away the most common argument for Prop 13 is that without it low income seniors would be forced to sell their homes. This is a lie and it always has been.
Prop 13 Is Not Passed On to Renters
California’s Proposition 13 is often advertised to renters as a way to keep rents low. The pitch is that landlords are nice and, when given tax cuts, will pass the savings on to their tenants. This promise was even made explicitly during the initial campaign in the 70s: That was pretty obviously a lie. And of course shortly after Prop 13 passed rents didn’t go down and tenants lashed out with…