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Re:A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school by chung8123 on Friday March 29, 2024 @01:12PM (#39866488)
They really need to get rid of RSO and Prop13 at the same time. Both laws do the same effective thing, one for the renter and one for the homeowner.
Re:A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school by nick7376182 on Friday March 29, 2024 @01:33PM (#39866770)
Keep RSO but get rid of Prop13 on any non-owner occupied buildings. Multi unit buildings that are not individual condos should automatically be voided out of Prop 13 anyways.
Re:A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school by KerrAvon on Friday March 29, 2024 @02:14PM (#39867224)
They recently got rid of Prop 13 on inherited homes -- apparently because people got real mad at Jeff Bridges for having a second home -- which is currently fucking me over personally because it's taking a long time to prep the inherited property for sale.
Re:A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school by nick7376182 on Friday March 29, 2024 @02:21PM (#39867311)
Sorry for your loss.

Given that you are selling it rather than rent it out, it seems to have the intended effect. Just as when I renovated a vacant RSO duplex, I sold it rather than enter rent control again.

Incentives do work, but we accidentally incentivised and subsidized a whole bunch of mom and pop landlords with prop 13.

Re:A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school by bombcar on Friday March 29, 2024 @03:39PM (#39868129)
What is RSO?

The subsidization of mom and pop landlords with Prop 13 basically translates into lower rents overall; without it rents would have to rise (or total rentals decrease, which may be a desirable outcome).

Re:A Chronicle reporter went undercover in high school by dredmorbius on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:29PM (#39869223)
I'm presuming "rent stabilization ordinance", which is specific to Los Angeles, best I can tell:

<https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lam...>