The Richmond Progressive Alliance sent out the following notice on August 27: We are reaching out to notify you of a misleading petition to repeal the new rent control ordinance in Richmond, CA. This petition is being circulated by paid professionals who are now earning $12.50 per signature, funded by an anonymous group.

[W]e have received dozens of reports from residents and have cause to believe that up to half of their signatures are from supporters who have been otherwise fooled. This petition if validated will SUSPEND the ordinance for up to Nov. 2016, during which landlords will be free to unfairly raise rents and evict tenants without just cause.

If you support rent control and have accidentally signed this petition, we encourage you to fill out the form [Request for Withdrawal of Voter Signature from Petition (pdf)] and submit it to the City Clerk. If you have encountered a petition circulator and they made misleading statements to you, please contact contracosta [at] calorganize.org to tell your story. It is possible that this petition will be invalidated if enough voters have been misled about what the petition will do.

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