The Sacramento Bee: major rent cap reduction removed from bill

California tenants will likely not get a hoped-for reduction to the state’s rent cap after lawmakers removed a major provision from an eviction protection bill.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday indicated support for legislation from Sen. María Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, that would bolster a 2019 measure, Assembly Bill 1482, establishing a 10% statewide rent cap and preventing landlords from evicting tenants without a just cause. But their approval was contingent on removing a portion of the measure, Senate Bill 567, that would have capped rent increases at the Consumer Price Index inflation rate and lowered the maximum threshold to 5%.

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