Calif. Senate advances statewide caps on rent hikes

California moved closer on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to enacting statewide rent caps on apartments and some rental houses, after the state Senate voted 25-10 along party lines to pass the so-called “anti-gouging” rent bill.
Assembly Bill 1482 would limit rent increases to 5% a year plus inflation, up to a maximum of 10%.
The Assembly could take the measure up again on Wednesday to vote on Senate amendments, with Friday the last day to pass state legislation. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approv