No. Prop. 33 sends the wrong signal right now for California and San Francisco. While the repeal of Costa-Hawkins is idealized as a solution to ensure affordability and greater tenant rights, rent control has very real pitfalls and can't be a stand-alone fix. If we want true affordability, we need a holistic approach: streamline permitting, attract development and investment, establish urban design frameworks that preserve and beautify our built environment, create paths to homeownership, review property taxes to keep homes affordable, and ensure California is open for business.
As a 10+ year renter in District 3, I know how important protecting our existing rent control is. I also know that we need to build more new homes and reduce the burdensome permitting and financing that stands in the way. Unfortunately Prop 33 does nothing to make it easier to build new affordable homes, and most economists agree it would in fact freeze new construction across California. I do not support Prop 33 because I believe we should expand rent control in combination with making it easier to build.
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