The ordinance aims to protect Santa Ana tenants from inflated or unfair rent increases that officials say can be driven by pricing tools, ones that critics argue allow landlords to artificially inflate rental prices, often working in coordination to manipulate competitive market rates.
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Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
3 Mar. 2026
After Molina’s landlord installed a plywood base, Bolding started on the mural several days later.
The state has also asked the Lake and Porter county councils to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax and for Lake County to pass a 5% innkeepers tax, Huston said.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
The legislation also re-works the distribution of innkeeper’s tax dollars in Hamilton County.
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