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Prop 13 applies to all of California. Most of California does not have rent control.

I have complex feelings about Prop 13, and I'm not by any means unilaterally a fan. But to suggest that it necessitates rent control sounds, at the very least, under-argued. How does San Jose fit into this picture?

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I'm not saying it necessitates rent control. I'm saying that Prop 13 and rent control both came from the same place, the high inflation 1970s (see the TechCrunch article: http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/).

Repealing rent control without repealing Prop 13 would result in a MASSIVE wealth transfer from renters to landlords. I don't think that's fair.

Repealing both would likely result in massive wealth transfer from renters to the government, though, with the landlord just being the conduit, yeah? The only way to avoid that would be to repeal prop 13 and keep rent control, but that's also unfair, as it tells landlords "hey, we're going to increase your costs, but give you no ability to recoup those costs".

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