Editorial: San Anselmo renter-supportive measures N, O go too far

Measures N and O on the Nov. 5 ballot have San Anselmo voters embroiled in a political battle over local rent control and additional protections for renters.

Larkspur and Fairfax have similar campaigns underway on their ballots.

The impetus is similar. The town council hears from many renters – local residents and voters – that rent increases are pricing them out of town. Council members seek to help out by adopting a local rent control law, stronger than the state’s 2019 version...