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Guide to ENGL 1A Research

What claims are made by groups that support and oppose rent control in Santa Cruz?
Can you find credible sources to fact-check these claims?

Arguments for Rent Control: Movement for Housing Justice
Arguments against Rent Control: Santa Cruz Together
Arguments for and against, with rebuttals: City of Santa Cruz Elections
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Rent Control articles
Santa Cruz Measure M (Ballotopedia)
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing, 2018 (National Low Income Housing Coalition): Compares rents and wages nationally and in every state, country, and city in the U.S.
Interactive U.S. Map with rental and income statistics (Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University)
The Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality: Evidence from San Francisco: Research out of Stanford showing that rent control in SF reduced rentals by 15%, and increased gentrification
Opening the Door for Rent Control: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Protecting California's Renters: Research brief from HAAS Institute showing that rent control policies are key to stabilizing California’s housing affordability crisis.
Rent Matters: What are the Impacts of Rent Stabilization Measures?

Economy: Specific positive or negative effects (i.e. wages, income, revenues, productivity, GDP, unemployment, taxes, consumer spending), Specific industries (i.e. agriculture), Immigrant-owned businesses, Immigrant entrepreneurship/innovation
Education: California DREAM Act, DACA
Crime: Impact on crime rate, "Sanctuary cities," Kate Steinle case, Racial profiling
Health: Health care, Government spending
Deportation, Detention centers, Family separation
Politics: Effects on elections, Immigration policy, Farmworker rights

Public Policy Institute of California: Immigrants in California (2018): Statistics on immigrants in California
Fact Sheet: Immigrants in California (American Immigration Council).
California Immigrant Policy Center: Statewide immigrant rights organization advancing a progressive statewide immigrant justice agenda. For the past 5 years, it helped pass 30 pro-immigrant laws in the state.
California Immigrant Guide
Pew Research Center: Immigration: Current surveys & statistics on immigration in the U.S.