Rent Control Rally Puts Spotlight On Housing Problem

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Construction of new homes may be booming in Sacramento, but state financial analysts say, a typical renter in California pays 50 percent more than rents in other parts of the country.
It’s a housing crisis fueling a rent control debate in our state’s capital.
Hundreds of housing advocates lined the halls of the state Capitol Thursday, chanting for the repeal of the 1995 Costa-Hawkins rental housing act. The act keeps counties and cities from passing rent co