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RED ALERT: Last Chance to Ask Assembly Judiciary Members to Vote "NO" on AB 1157!

Date postedJanuary 12, 2026
Posted By: David Cordero Legislative Affairs, Advocacy Updates,

Time is running out! AAOC needs you to contact key members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee TODAY and ask them to vote "NO" on AB 1157 (Kalra) when the bill is presented in committee tomorrow - Tuesday, January 13th.

AB 1157 would LIMIT YOUR ABILITY TO INCREASE RENTS:

  • Caps annual rent increases at 2% plus the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) OR 5% (whichever is LESS). Today, the statewide rent cap is 5% + CPI... with a maximum of 10% (whichever is less).
  • Eliminates the rent cap exemption for single family homes, ADUs, and condominiums.
  • Repeals the “sunset” provision for the current statewide rent cap under AB 1482, and makes this new, lower rent cap under AB 1157 PERMANENT.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO - 
  1. CALL & EMAIL each member of the Assembly Judiciary Committee below who represents AAOC territory. (Clicking on the members name will pull up a pre-written email for you to send)
  2. EXPLAIN what this bill would do and how it would impact you as a rental housing provider.
  3. ASK them to vote "NO" on AB 1157 (Kalra)


ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE:

  • Diane Dixon, Vice Chair - (916) 319-2070
    (Represents Northern Coastal Orange County)
  • Blanca Pacheco - (916) 319-2064
    (Represents Northern Orange County and Southern LA County)
  • Kate Sanchez - (916) 319-2071
    (Represents South Orange County and Southwest Riverside County)
Every call and email matters! Contact these legislators today (Monday) and ask them to vote "NO" on AB 1157!

SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS:
  • Rental housing providers are still recovering from years of lost rent and rising inflation. Further reducing the rent cap will worsen the financial strain on small property owners. Hurting "mom-and-pop" rental owners does nothing to increase housing supply and availability, and it harms those owners who typically provide the most affordable rental housing on the market.
  • California faces severe housing shortages and lowering rent caps is the wrong approach to encouraging housing development. Property owners will further lose incentive to rent their properties, and developers will lose incentive to construct new housing.
  • California voters have rejected the expansion of policies similar to this bill three times, with the resounding defeats of Proposition 10 in 2018, Proposition 21 in 2020, and Proposition 33 in 2024.  AB 1157 goes against what California voters have said on expanding rent control as a means to address housing affordability issues.

If you have questions, contact AAOC Advocacy at (714) 245-9500.

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