Contra Costa Times is reporting that Richmond has implemented a rent control ordinance today, making it the first in Contra Costa County.
With rents climbing throughout the Bay Area, tenants in Richmond have been feeling the same squeeze of devoting a higher percentage of their income to rent as the more politicized stories in San Francisco and Oakland.
A last minute reversal by the Council’s swing vote landed in favor of rent increase limitations, a rent control board and a just-cause for eviction ordinance. The new law is set to go into effect on December 1st of this year.
