Senators Glazer, Durazo & Kamlager Lead Growing Coalition of Legislators Backing Increase to Renters Tax Credit

East County Times

Senators Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa, Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles and Sidney Kamlager, D-Los Angeles have been joined by a growing legislative coalition for a bill to increase and reform the California Renters Tax Credit.

The bill, SB 843, would offer support to the poorest renters and single parents at a time when California renters have been drowning in unaffordable housing costs and struggling to pay rent. SB 843 would make the tax credit fully refundable so that renters who have no tax obligation could receive the maximum refund. Approximately 2.4 million Californians would be eligible for this tax relief.

Senators Durazo and Kamlager are joint authors of SB 843, joining principal co-authors Assembly member Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles), Steven Choi (R-Irvine) and 41 other co-authors from both legislative chambers.

Joint Authors: Senators Sidney Kamlager, D-Los Angeles and Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles.

Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, Steven Choi, R-Irvine, and Mike Gipson, D-Carson.

Coauthors:

Senators Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica; Bob Archuleta, D-Pico Rivera, Patricia Bates, R-Laguna Niguel; Josh Becker, D-San Mateo; Anna Caballero, D-Salinas; David Cortese, D-San Jose, Brian Dahle, R-Bieber; Bill Dodd, D-Napa; Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach; Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield; Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys; Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, Brian Jones, R-Santee, John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, Connie Leyva, D-Chino; Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara; Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore; David Min, D-Irvine, Josh Newman, D-Fullerton; Jim Nielsen, R-Red Bluff; Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, R-Yucaipa; Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge; Richard Roth, D-Riverside; Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, Henry Stern, D-Malibu; Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana; Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont; Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco and Republican Leader Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita.

Assembly Members Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters; Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda; Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto; Tasha Boerner Horvath, D-Encinatas; Tom Daly, D-Anaheim; Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale; Alex Lee, D-San Jose; Marc Levine, D-Greenbrae; Kevin Mullin, D-San Mateo, Adrin Nazarian, D-Sherman Oaks; Janet Nguyen, R-Garden Grove, Robert Rivas, D-North Hollywood; Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles; Kelly Seyarto, R-Murrieta; Thurston Smith, R-Hesperia; and Carlos Villapudua, D-Stockton.

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