Tenant advocates in California faced a setback last year with the failure of Proposition 10, a state ballot measure that would have allowed cities to expand rent-control policies to more types of housing by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. But even with the law still in place — Costa-Hawkins prevents cities from extending rent control to condominiums and townhouses and apartment units built after Feb. 1, 1995 — some cities are creating new rent-control laws and enacting rent freezes. Meanwhile, advocates are hopeful that the California legislature will approve a bill that would limit annual rent increases across the state.

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