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The Sacramento Bee: Bills to help Ca renters didn’t get to Newsom’s desk in 2025. Which ones and why?

September 2, 2025—Sacramento Bee Housing Reporter Theresa Clift spoke with Public Advocates’ Director of Legislative Affairs Michelle Pariset about why, in a year where legislators keep talking about addressing affordability, renters rights bills had an unusually hard time moving.

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