https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/04/25/california-lawmakers-tighten-rent-control/

Bay Area lawmakers are throwing their support behind a new state bill to tighten rent control, a proposal cheered by tenant advocates but met with fierce resistance from landlord groups across California.

Assembly Bill 1157, dubbed the Affordable Rent Act, would lower statewide rent caps already in place for most apartment buildings and expand the restrictions to single-family rental homes. The bill advanced out of the state Assembly’s housing committee on Thursday.