New statewide rent control measure heading to November ballot

Another rent control measure is set to appear on the November ballot, as proponents have successfully gathered enough verified signatures, according to the California Secretary of State's office. The measure would overwrite a 1995 housing law, the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, that bans local governments from enacting rent control on housing that became first occupied after 1995 as well as condos, townhouses and single-family homes. If passed, the measure would allow local governments to pass…