Cal. Civ. Code § 1

 Chapter 274 of the laws of 1946 and as amended generally by chapter 337
         of the laws of 1961 Emergency housing rent control law
  Section 1. Declaration and findings; termination. 1. The legislature
hereby finds that a serious public emergency continues to exist in the
housing of a considerable number of persons in the state of New York
which emergency was created by war, the effects of war and the aftermath
of hostilities; that such emergency necessitated the intervention of
federal, state and local government in order to prevent speculative,
unwarranted and abnormal increases in rents; that there continues to
exist an acute shortage of dwellings; that unless residential rents and
evictions continue to be regulated and controlled, disruptive practices
and abnormal conditions will produce serious threats to the public
health, safety and general welfare; that to prevent such perils to
health, safety and welfare, preventive action by the legislature
continues to be imperative; that such action is necessary in order to
prevent exactions of unjust, unreasonable and oppressive rents and
rental agreements and to forestall profiteering, speculation and other
disruptive practices tending to produce threats to the public health;
that the transition from regulation to a normal market of free
bargaining between landlord and tenant, while still the objective of
state policy, must be administered with due regard for such emergency;
that in order to prevent uncertainty, hardship and dislocation, the
provisions of this act are declared to be necessary and designed to
protect the public health, safety and general welfare.
  2. The provisions of this act, and all regulations, orders and
requirements thereunder shall remain in full force and effect
thereafter.