You have #1 and #2 inverted.<p>Prop 13 happened first. <i>After</i> rents failed to stabilize [0], Rent Stabilization ordinances were enacted.<p>[0] One of the several arguments <i>for</i> Prop 13 was &quot;Prop 13&#x27;s enactment would keep rents in check, because increases in property valuations (and -thus- property taxes) are a significant contributor to spiralling rents.&quot;. Turns out that <i>that</i> argument was fabricated. :P