{"id":15843,"date":"2024-12-24T23:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T23:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=15843"},"modified":"2024-12-24T23:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T23:32:38","slug":"california-voters-opt-for-orderly-urbanism-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=15843","title":{"rendered":"California Voters Opt for Orderly Urbanism on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The biggest housing issue<\/a> on the California ballot was rent control. Proposition 33 would have repealed all state-level limits on local rent control policies, thus giving cities and counties a free hand to regulate rents however they pleased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The measure went down in flames on Election Day, with roughly 60 percent of voters casting a “no” ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That result is good news<\/a> for the availability of rental housing in California, given rent control’s well-documented history of reducing rental housing supply and quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is nevertheless a somewhat surprising result. California has a much higher proportion<\/a> of renters than most other states and polls consistently find<\/a> that rent control is supported by a wide majority of respondents. Dozens of cities already have rent control policies on the books.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Prop. 36 asked California voters if they wanted to increase legal penalties for certain drug and theft crimes. With roughly 70 percent of ballots counted, some 70 percent<\/a> of voters said yes they do. Prop. 36 has earned majority support in every single county<\/a> in the state.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/reason.com\/2024\/11\/12\/california-voters-opt-for-orderly-urbanism-on-election-day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The biggest housing issue on the California ballot was rent control. Proposition 33 would have repealed all state-level limits on local rent control policies, thus giving cities and counties a free hand to regulate rents however they pleased.
\nThe measure went down in flames on Election Day, with roughly 60 percent of voters casting a “no” ballot.<\/p>\n

That result is good news for the availability of rental housing in California, given rent control’s well-documented history of reducing rental housing supply and quality.<\/p>\n

It is nevertheless a somewhat surprising result. California has a much higher proportion of renters than most other states and polls consistently find that rent control is supported by a wide majority of respondents. Dozens of cities already have rent control policies on the books.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Prop. 36 asked California voters if they wanted to increase legal penalties for certain drug and theft crimes. With roughly 70 percent of ballots counted, some 70 percent of voters said yes they do. Prop. 36 has earned majority support in every single county in the state.”<\/p>\n

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