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    Some LA landlords are threatening to raise rents if Prop 10 passes

    Proposition 10 is on next month’s ballot. If it passes, California cities and counties will be able to expand rent control. But it’s controversial, with landlords and renters fighting over it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 2, 2018 • 1 min read

    Proposition 10 is on next month’s ballot. If it passes, California cities and counties will be able to expand rent control. But it’s controversial, with landlords and renters fighting over it. In LA, some landlords are apparently threatening to raise rent if Prop 10 passes. Tenant activists say this amounts to voter intimidation.

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    3 of 5
    True stories of love driving people to literal madness
    1. 0:00Polling data shows partisan divide over Kavanaugh
    2. 9:12How the Kavanaugh hearing affected male sexual abuse survivors
    3. 17:49Some LA landlords are threatening to raise rents if Prop 10 passesYou’re reading this
    4. 25:07The psychology behind why people do crazy things for love
    5. 40:03What are the Dodgers’ World Series chances?
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