Landlords submit nearly 30,000 signatures seeking 2028 repeal and replacement of Pasadena rent-control law

A group identifying itself as Pasadena Housing Providers delivered 17 boxes containing nearly 30,000 signatures to the Pasadena city clerk’s office in an effort to place a measure on the 2028 ballot that would repeal and replace Measure H, Pasadena’s rent‑control and eviction-protection law. "Those signatures will now be checked and verified by the city clerk and LA County election officials," host Justin Chapman said on Pasadena Monthly.

According to Chapman’s account, the proposal would restructure the city's rental board to have an equal number of tenant and landlord seats plus a tie‑breaking member who is neither tenant nor landlord; it would also move rental-housing policy and departmental spending under city‑council oversight and merge the rent stabilization department into the existing housing department. Chapman said the initiative would cap landlord fees at roughly half their current level, limit future fee increases to match allowable rent increases, and establish a 2038 sunset for the rent-control charter provision. The transcript did not include vote language or official text of the proposed ordinance; signature verification remains pending.