Landlords could be limited to collecting the equivalent of one month's rent as security deposit and cities could be prohibited from encouraging landlords to turn away or evict tenants who have committed a crime.

Those are two of the 20 housing-related bills the California Legislature will consider in its final month of action after a record number of bills was introduced during the current session, according to a report to the Rent Control Board.

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