The rents have increased so significantly to accommodate for laws that increase risk.Sb267 shows the ignorance of the politicians.  

Like talking to a politician.

Forecasts influence politicians.

Ok, maybe 3rd grade classroom is a bit much, ok, 2nd grade classrooms, that's maybe more on par, we don't wanna show-boat to much to make the pro politicians look too dumb. 

People please stop letting the politicians take over our country!

Politicians and much of the public are led to believe landlords are all rich and tenants need to be protected FROM us!

These organizations are very powerful and have the ear of all politicians.

Crazy to expect the LL to be financially responsible for this but from a politician perspective they cannot have the tenants suffer more than having their personal items damaged (which is significant but not in comparison to the LL who has damage to the units).By the way the vote was 4 to 1. 

Andrew, we all know how it works... politicians are elected to listen to the people as well , but how often does that happen... right?

Although I am not sure that this is still the case (i am no politician I believe about 2 years ago the Department of Labor initiative forced all advisors to be fiduciary in their trade, now just like any other sales job in the world, whether that holds true ground or not is up to the individual just like a phamarcist prescribing meds or personal trainer selling you his products or real estate agent selling you on a home, loan officers, etc. there are people that have good intentions and some bad in every industry.