On May 5, the California Apartment Association announced that it was suspending its lawsuit against Richmond for the city’s rent control and just cause for eviction ordinance, Measure L.

This is the (hopefully) marks the end of the CAA’s years-long effort to quash rent control in Richmond.

After the Richmond City Council passed rent control in 2015, the California Apartment Association launched a signature gathering effort in which they misled voters into thinking they were supporting rent control by signing the CAA petition. Fair and Affordable Richmond mounted a robust counter-effort, and last fall won a major victory when Measure L passed with a whopping 64.4% of the vote.

Congratulations, Tenants Together, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), Richmond Progressive Alliance, SEIU Local 1021, Mountain View Tenants Coalition, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, Stanford Community Law Clinic, Leah Simon-Weisberg, Dan Harper, Aimee Inglis, Eduardo Torres, Gayle McLaughlin, Marilyn Langlois, Mike Parker, Daniel DeBolt, Daniel Saver, Gabriel Haaland, Zak Wear, Melissa Morris, Juliet Brodie, Melvin Willis, Jovanka Beckles, Eduardo Martinez, and so many more amazing folks that led the fight for the first new rent control ordinances in 3 decades, which are now in effect, reducing rents, protecting against evictions, stabilizing communities, and inspiring other cities to take bold action.

Thanks to Dean Preston for contributing.