Measure B Proponents Maintain They're not Against Rent Control
October 15, 2020
Leaders of Protect Culver City, the much-maligned, local political action committee that placed the rent control initiative on November 3 ballot, told the Observer this week that Measure B was never meant as a “statement for or against rent control, but as a simple demand: City Council let us (voters) have the final word on it.”
Ron Bassilian, president of Protect Culver City (PCC), said his group -- composed of local business owners,
residents and landlords, wanted to have “proper citywide conversation about the issue and let people decide
if it’s a good idea for our city” b...
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Reader Comments(1)
Flechewounds writes:
Unfortunately, this article (along with much of the materials provided by Measure B) mischaracterizes the effects of Measure B upon the tenant community in Culver City. Furthermore, the scare tactics in recent door hangers are both incorrect and misleading. The proponents of Measure B both downplay the immediate effect of the measure, and ignore fact that it removes legitimate emergency powers from the city council. Follow the money -- and look who is behind Measure B. It is telling.
10/17/2020, 10:08 pm