"Human rights city." Is that where landlord lobbyists in city government "stipulate" that the rent control law approved by voters will not take effect?

The message: we won't turn you in for illegal immigration but get out of MV if you can't afford to pay far more in rent. Rich illegal immigrants can stay; not-rich ones must leave.

All of the not-rich will soon be gone. Guess that's Showalter's idea of a "Happy New Year."

Horse Radish,

Please don't turn against your fellow renters that are simply here trying to make a better life for their families. Keep your focus on the wealthy property owners that have captured the city council while they continue to be subsidized by the California taxpayer. We need a unified front against this assault on good government, not divisiveness amongst the renters.

Hi Horseradish, no, it's a city where voters force private citizens to give up their property equity to strangers and call it rent control, and the city allows such nonsense.

If you think the rent control of buildings built before 1996 is a way to force wealthy landowners to "be fair", you're looking in the wrong place. These older properties are owned by your neighbor's of average income, they cost more to maintain, have lower rents and have much lower profit margins than newer buildings.

I really don't see how people have gone to deamonizing their neighbors who happen to hold property as small business owners. You folks are looking in the wrong place with your witch hunt.

Mt. View Neighbor,

Agreed, let's fix Costa-Hawkins to make all rentals subject to rent stabilization.

On the other hand, here's a fair trade: renters will give up Measure V once property owners give up Proposition 13 and the Mortgage Interest Deduction.

I recently moved from MtnView (after 50 yrs)....Nevada now has my home, no taxes (State....10 % in Calif...ZER0 in Nevada.

I could not live in Atherton, BelAire or any other super rich place...That's A-OK,,,, We all should live where we can AFFORD....It is bull stuff that somehow any city should have to make it available to those who can't afford it.

If you can't afford it, MOVE to where you can.
If that means one has to go back to the place they came from, SO WHAT.

I doubt that the coal miners in West Virginia could afford to live in MtnView, .... Should we give them money to come here? If not, then WHY do we owe such $$$ to come here.??