We are L.A. Times reporters who write about rent control and housing affordability in California. Ask us anything!

We want to talk about Proposition 10, an initiative on the November ballot that would expand rent control across California. We’ll be addressing housing affordability for renters in the state, what rent control does, existing state rent control policies and how Prop. 10 would change things. Here’s some of our reporting on Prop 10 so far:

• Overview of how bad things are for renters in California, what experts think about rent control and what Prop. 10 would actually do

• How the politics of rent control has taken over one Silicon Valley city and why that could be a harbinger of what’s to come in California should Prop 10 pass

• Tenant advocates have argued for rent control to stop investors from doing what happened at this Long Beach building: a mass eviction to renovate the property

• Though rents have skyrocketed in recent years, they are showing signs of slowing just as voters head to the polls.

We are:

Liam Dillon, a state politics and policy reporter for the L.A. Times - Proof: https://twitter.com/dillonliam/status/1051924528367001600

Andrew Khouri, a housing reporter for the L.A. Times - Proof: https://twitter.com/khouriandrew/status/1051961873531162624

submitted by /u/losangelestimes to r/IAmA
[link] [comments]

from reddit: the front page of the internet https://ift.tt/2yPmKKs