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Follow the money: who’s behind the petition effort?

 
 
Santa Barbara Rental Property Association – SBRPA – the local “landlord union” of Santa Barbara. As an interest group they are extremely well funded and have always opposed efforts to increase tenant protections such as regulating “renovictions” (evicting tenants so landlords can remodel and raise rents) and aggressively oppose capping the rent at 3% per year. Many petitioners are saying things like “lower the rent?” and “support rent control?” which is deceiving, but when asked further they often will say “we just want the voters to decide.” But why would a landlord interest group spend so much money to let voters decide?
 

We believe it’s because it delays the implementation of the rent stabilization law the city just passed on October 8, and once this hits the ballot the landlord lobby will put millions of dollars into fighting against capping the rent at 3%. 

What do you think: would a wealthy landlord group be paying for out of town petitioners by the signature “for the voters to decide” or because they have a strategy in place to make more money off their properties by raising rents on us renters?

More Info:

News:

Santa Barbara Residents Accuse State Street Petition Gatherers of Deceptive Tactics:
https://www.edhat.com/news/santa-barbara-residents-accuse-state-street-petition-gatherers-of-deceptive-tactics/

On Reddit:

How to report misleading or deceptive behavior:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SantaBarbara/s/uKwWjuF3fT