[BrownTown]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

Whaaaaaat??? I would think most if not all renters would be for it.

Here's an article from April, before the initiative to repeal Costa-Hawkins made it to the November ballot in California:

https://www.dailynews.com/2018/04/09/59-of-orange-county-residents-support-rent-control/

I know we're a democracy and all, but I wish people would stop pretend that what most people want has any bearing on whether or not something makes sense. If you ask most people what taxes they support and what handouts they support you'll end up with virtually everyone wanting a massive budget deficit and that's simply not sustainable forever (as much as people continually want to bury their heads in the sand and act like it is). It sure sounds nice on TV to say just tax the top 1% and give everyone else all the free shit they want, but the math simply doesn't work. Saying a poor person doesn't have a right to live in Manhattan and it would make a lot more sense for them to live somewhere cheaper doesn't make you a heartless villain. Most of us here probably make more (and in many cases much more) than the median income and yet even here I doubt most of us feel entitled to the most expensive locations in the country. I live in New Jersey and I don't feel as though I'm somehow being discriminated against because I can't afford Manhattan.