You're being down-voted because Klipt is agreeing with GP that by holding down the costs of property owners Prop 13 makes the holding down of property revenues by rent control more tolerable for the owner.
No, I'm being downvoted as a protest proxy against Prop 13, which I didn't advocate or defend -- I just tried to clarify the history. (I wasn't even of voting age when it passed.)
Rent control existed in many CA cities well before Prop 13 and is orthogonal. The impetus for Prop 13 was that frequent and growing property tax rate (as well as assessment) increases during Willie Brown's control of the Assembly, combined with high mortgage interest rates, were driving longtime residents (especially seniors and others on fixed incomes) out of their homes.
Most rental property owners are not lifelong, continuous owners that benefit significantly from Prop 13, and I guarantee you that those who are aren't giving any rent "discounts" because of Prop 13 savings -- the market (and law) sets the rents.
