City I live in doesn't have cap on landlord's raising monthly rents. How would I go about to change this?

Question

Do I get public's signature and submit somewhere? How do I do this? I live in small city in Los angeles county.

Answer 1

Once you get one hundred signature, goto your mayor's office and petition for rent control cap. It usually goes in affect in two weeks after a hearing. If landlord doesn't comply immediately to this new ordinance, the landlord gets 6 months prison sentence and/or $10,000 fine. Good luck.

Answer 2

Good luck with THAT one. You can surely bring it up to your city council person, but expect a VIGOROUS fight from the landlords in the city. Given that they are many and YOU are one, don't expect to get very far.