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Legislative advocate briefs board on 2026 housing bills and possible affordable‑housing bond
Summary
Legislative advocate Brian Augusta updated the board on early 2026 legislative activity: bills on mobile‑home rent caps, smoking restrictions in state‑subsidized housing, repeal of on‑site manager requirements, work‑requirement prohibitions for federally subsidized housing, eviction‑data collection, and tenant application disclosures for pet rules; he also flagged a potential billion‑dollar bond measure for affordable housing to appear on the November ballot.
The Rent Control Board received an update from legislative advocate Brian Augusta about housing‑related measures in the 2026 legislative session and an expected bond effort to fund affordable housing.
Augusta told the board that housing affordability, renter protections and stabilization remain major themes despite a tighter state budget. Key measures he highlighted included AB543 (a mobile‑home park space‑rent cap modeled on the Tenant Protection Act framework), AB1695 (prohibiting smoking in multifamily developments…
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