A bill that would have put a harder cap on how much landlords can raise rents has just died in Sacramento.
SAN DIEGO — Assembly Bill 1157, the Affordable Rent Act, also known as the “Rent Cap Bill,” will not be moving forward.
It failed to pass on Tuesday afternoon in the Assembly Judiciary Committee for the second year in a row.
Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), the author of the bill, introduced it last year and brought it back for reconsideration.
AB 1157 proposed establishing a permanent rent cap statewide, reducing it from the current 10% to 5%, and expanding protections to single-family homes.
“There is a cost to humanity. But I think there is a far greater cost to our inhumanity and for us not understanding that we need to do more for the people that are struggling the most,” Kalra said.
The bill ultimately failed to get a majority of the votes needed to advance through the committee.
“I’m concerned about the big arm of government telling private property owners what they have to do,” Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) said.