So, despite the fact that 2018’s Prop 10 failed by a wide margin with 59% against , the State of California has decided that they know better than the voters and have passed statewide rent control anyway, 25-10 for the bill. The bill will allow for rent increases not to exceed 5%+CPI (the consumer price index, which is confusing by itself), it DOES NOT exempt low unit landlords, and it is overlaid on top of existing rent control. It is no exaggeration to say that the state wants to be in the business of housing, to have all the liability be on the owners and for fees, licenses, point of sale retrofits going to the state. A quick history lesson , This is a stunning and generational about-face of the landmark 1995 Costa Hawkins legislation that the voters of the state of California agreed to allow rent control to die a slow death. This act did not allow the formation of new rent control by cities. This was written as a direct response to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO)