Rent control, one of the most divisive and emotional issues sweeping the Bay Area, lost a round in Santa Rosa Tuesday.

In a special election, 52.5 percent of voters rejected Measure C, which would have implemented a rent- and eviction-control ordinance that Santa Rosa’s City Council passed 4-2 in August. The California Apartment Association and its allies collected enough signatures to force the City Council to rescind the ordinance or put it to voters. The council put it on the ballot.

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