A bill aimed at expanding rent control in California won't be moving forward in the Legislature.
The legislation by Assemblyman Richard Bloom of Santa Monica was one vote short of passage Thursday in an Assembly committee.
The Democrat's proposal would have repealed a 1995 law that prohibits cities from placing rent control on properties built after that year. It would not have mandated new rent control.
Bloom says tenants across California need relief from high rents.
But supporters of the rent control restrictions say more rent control would stifle more building.
Fifteen California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have some form of rent control, but it applies to just a fraction of properties.