RENT-RATE POSITIONS ON RECORD CANDIDATES PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR CONTROLS.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Answering anti-secession critics, the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Independence Committee announced Tuesday that 90 percent of candidates for mayor and city council in the proposed new city have signed a pledge to support rent control. Ninety-eight of the 111 candidates for Valley offices signed a pledge vowing to enact Los Angeles' current rent-control policy in a new Valley city at the first meeting of its city council, said Carlos Ferreyra, co- chairman of the Valley Independence Committee and a candidate for Valley council. The pledge - the first written commitment by Valley candidates on an issue - was intended to defuse de·fuse tr.v. de·fused, de·fus·ing, de·fus·es 1. To remove the fuse from (an explosive device). 2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile: ``fear-mongering'' by secession secession, in art secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. opponents that leaders of the new city would not protect renters, said mayoral candidate Keith Richman Dr. Keith S. Richman is a California, United States, Republican politician. From 2001 to 2007, he served in the California State Assembly representing the 38th Assembly District based in Northwest Los Angeles County. . Los Angeles' rent-stabilization ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been , adopted in 1979, limits rent increases on current tenants to once a year at a rate similar to inflation. ``We aim to protect every renter who lives in the new city,'' Ferreyra said at a press conference in front of a North Hollywood apartment complex. One mayoral candidate, Bruce Boyer, did not sign the pledge and said he is sending a letter explaining his opposition. He said rent control leads to slums by choking Choking Definition Choking is the inability to breathe because the trachea is blocked, constricted, or swollen shut. Description Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs. off revenue to landlords. In addition, he said, such laws create inequities among newer and long-term renters and subvert the free-market principles of supply and demand. ``Why don't we go to 7-Eleven and tell them that the 64-ounce Diet Pepsi Diet Pepsi is a low-calorie carbonated cola, introduced in 1964 as a variant of Pepsi-Cola with no sugar. Its current formula in the United States contains only the artificial sweetener aspartame, but the current Canadian formulation contains both aspartame (124mg/355ml) and that I just bought shouldn't cost $1.69 and that I think 50 cents is a fair price because that's all I can afford?'' Boyer said. A larger number of candidates, however, said affordable housing would be a top priority in a new Valley city and that they firmly support efforts to keep rent control in place or even expand the current ordinance to cover newer apartment complexes. Rent control promotes stability in neighborhoods by discouraging people from moving often and helps many senior citizens on fixed incomes afford to live in areas where they otherwise would be priced out Priced out The market has already incorporated information, such as a low dividend, into the price of a stock. of the market, the candidates said. ``We're ethically and morally bound to preserve rent control,'' council candidate Carol Silver said. ``People shouldn't have to choose between food, medicine and housing.'' Ferreyra said the Valley Independence Committee solicited pledges from candidates on rent control to eliminate a scare tactic used by secession opponents. But the leader of Mayor James Hahn's anti-secession campaign called the pledges meaningless and said a new city wouldn't necessarily represent renters. Hahn consultant Kam Kuwata said some secession leaders have opposed rent control in the past, and he accused the Valley Independence Committee of hypocrisy Hypocrisy See also Pretension. Alceste judged most social behavior as hypocritical. [Fr. Lit.: Le Misanthrope] Ambrosio self-righteous abbot of the Capuchins at Madrid. [Br. Lit. for asking candidates to support rent control. ``What happened to independence, to independent thought?'' Kuwata asked. ``They just want the candidates to sign their pledge and so much for debate.'' |
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