Legislative Update - July 2, 2026

Your Advocacy Made an Impact at City Council – Rental Price Gouging Ordinance
SCRHA would like to thank all the members who showed up to city council or called in to speak, and those who called or wrote councilmembers. With your help, we were able to generate hundreds of messages. Your concerns were mirrored in the comments of several councilmembers. Click here for more details.

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Lemon Grove Tenant Protection Discussion – Tuesday, July 7
The Lemon Grove City Council is expected to continue their discussion of additional tenant protections this coming Tuesday, July 7. Originally expected to return to council on June 16, the discussion was again delayed due to an overextended agenda. The agenda is expected to be posted tomorrow. SCRHA will share more details when available.  

Reminder: Help SCRHA Gather Data & Shape Policy

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ICYMI:

• San Diego County apartment vacancies are now the highest this century

• Menifee’s major growth makes it Southern California’s only ‘boomtown’

• Experts, data refute White House claim that rent prices down due to immigration enforcement

• Affordable housing preservation fund approved by San Diego City Council  

• How many Californians face eviction each year? The state can’t say for sure

• City of San Diego fully transitioned to new grey trash bins, no longer collecting trash from old black bins

• National City weighs business tax overhaul amid mounting budget pressures