A statewide rent control bill that passed out of the Assembly last week remains the wrong answer to our housing crisis — both across California and here in San Diego.
Assembly Bill 1482 ignores the root of the problem — a severe housing deficit that’s fueled by over-regulation, permitting delays, high fees for development, and a lack of political fortitude to approve housing in the face of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) true believers.
