But that might lower the cost of housing for people who don’t already own a home

Noooo

Please don’t

Edit:

Under the proposal, many landlords in unincorporated L.A. County would be barred from raising rent by more than 3% a year. Small property owners could increase rent by up to 4%, while owners of luxury units would be capped at 5%.

“Luxury” units are the bane of affordable housing. Cap that shit at 1%.

The push to change the county’s rent stabilization rules yet again was met with skepticism by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger, who voted against the proposal. They said they were worried that the government was overburdening smaller property owners who rely on the rent to pay their bills.

“We’ve once again put these struggles on the back of landlords,” Barger said.

“Landlord” isn’t an occupation to pay the bills. They’ve already got someone else paying their fuckin mortgage, they can work like the rest of us who own one or fewer properties.