[C19fan]

As if being an investment property owner in the Bay Area is bad enough. If a tenant with a criminal record murders someone else on the property is the owner of the property still have liability for renting to a ticking time bomb?

[NormsRevenge]

Dere go da ‘hood.

[Texas Eagle]

A ban on background checks? In Oakland? What could go wrong?

[IC Ken]

I will be looking forward to the stories of how badly this backfires on property owners.

[setter]

I own an upscale apartment complex. I do anal background and credit checks to protect my renters and you would not believe how the women renters appreciate it. it’s a selling point for my apartments. They want to live in a safe apartment complex.

Wait until some woman is raped by a repeat sexual offender.

Why I built my apartments as condos. I can always sell them off.

[Kid Shelleen]

Just wait until some pervert attacks a kid. The landlord will get sued for everything he owns. Does anyone remember why we have Megan’s law?

[Salman]

I foresee a lot of landlords getting out of the business.

The more presentable properties will go co-op or condo. The section 8 stuff will be abandoned for taxes.

[KC_Lion]

BUT will they have to pass a background check to purchase a Firearm?

[Michael.SF.]

So Bill Clinton can now rent in Oakland.

[grimalkin]

Oh, FFS. This is crazy.

[GOPJ]

Looks like rent is going to be going up... and the number of people willing to rent will be going waaaaay down.

[windsorknot]

We are living in an Idiocracy on steroids.

[roadcat]

Squatters in Oakland breaking and entering vacant homes to claim as their own, and the libs smile and support that. Now landlords have to let scummy criminals rent their place. Democrat libs out of control. Here comes anarchy.

[A_Former_Democrat]

What a great way to run landlords AND lowlife out of your craphole city

Brace yourselves suburbs, here comes the scum

[max americana]

“struggled to find a place to live in Oakland despite his well-paying job as an aviation mechanic.”

Funny. They used the best example but these hypocrites will not tell stories of ordinary “renters” who have a really bad history of violence.

[GSWarrior]

Next up: a quota system for apartment owners...you must rent __% to criminals and illegals.

[dfwgator]

All meant to discourage people from becoming landlords, so that the government can take over housing.

[CodeToad]

That won’t pass court challenge.

[zeestephen]

The same issue is pending in Seattle.

The Seattle City Council is also trying to forbid criminal background checks for job applicants.

[Stravinsky]

Just another attack on private ownership. The Left is very good at playing the long game.

[OrangeHoof]

California: What really matters is if our felons are happy.