[leftyted]

How is "economists broadly agree that rent control is bad" irrelevant to a discussion of rent control?

The intention of the law is what's irrelevant. What matters is what the law will actually do. Economists broadly agree that rent control will drive down supply. Are they right? Is this law different? Time will tell. But there's every reason to be skeptical.

[HelloMcFly]

This is not really an apples-to-apples comparison. Yes, it is a form of rent control, but it's not the "rent control" that people typically think of or was referenced in that quote given its link to SF and NYC. While there are some increase limits, they are large and not on a scale likely to have a material limiting impact. What is definitely impacted is the timeframe in which the changes are applied.

> Is this law different?

Yes, it is, both in intention (i.e., to give people time to move vs. enabling them to stay where they live) and in details. I think this will certainly reduce investment groups buying properties though, which I personally think is a great thing overall. I think that clearly something needs to be done, I'm glad California is trying to find a middle-ground here. Not to say they shouldn't also find ways to increase supply as well, but to me the two are not mutually exclusive.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong and totally off-base. I think it's a worthwhile bill though, and look forward to seeing the impact one way or the other.