The battle over our neighborhoods and livelihoods here in Los Angeles continues. SB50, a California bill which would eliminate single family zoning in the state of California, fortunately suffered a setback. And I also had a very successful article in Human Events “Disguising a Public Safety Issue as a Housing Issue”, It also appeared in Culver City Observer and is scheduled to run in Citywatch LA, and got me a nice interview with Dr. Drew and Leanne Tweeden on KABC.
So we’re making advances and getting our story out. But the hydra of property seizure continues to rear its ugly heads.
We just got troubling news that our leftist Culver City council plans on passing rent control in the dead of night this coming Monday the 24th. As Republicans we know rent control can be a contentious issue, especially here in West LA. But we have to understand the context of it. This was not an issue the incoming councilmen campaigned on. In fact one specifically said rent control does not work.
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
MONDAY, JUNE 24TH, 7PM
CULVER CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
9770 CULVER BLVD 90232
RSVP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH, 6PM
Council is currently framing it as a “rent freeze”, but the City of Inglewood made their freeze permanent as soon as their freeze was set to expire. So there’s really nothing temporary about this. And if we see by previous meetings and decisions, there won’t be much discussion about this either. The agenda was decided as soon as this council was elected.
From the document we’ve received, the rent control proposal is quite draconian – 3% regardless of inflation. And the group that drafted the proposal, “Protect Culver City Renters”, is pure AstroTurf: no link, no contact info, no website. Just a logo. It’s the same gang of 15 people who pushes the same agenda at all the council meetings.
