Committee kills proposal to lift rent control restrictions in California

SACRAMENTO — A closely watched legislative attempt to repeal a 1995 California law known as Costa Hawkins — which bars cities from enacting rent control rules on single-family rental homes, condominiums or apartments built after certain years — died in committee on Thursday, but proponents vow to keep their fight for expanded rent control alive.

“Regardless of the outcome today I think there is no choice but for the conversation to continue and for us to try to find common ground,” said Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, the main author of Assembly Bill 1506, when it became clear it didn’t have the votes.