California Apartment Association

A bill intended to give renters the right to hang clotheslines outside their apartments is now far less onerous, thanks to amendments requested by the California Apartment Association.

Assemblywoman Patty Lopez

The revised AB 1448 by Assemblywoman Patty Lopez, D-San Fernando, advanced Tuesday from the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 6 to 3 vote. It heads to the Committee on Housing and Community Development on May 13.

Under revisions to the bill, the placement of clotheslines outside apartments is subject to landlord approval. The landlord, for example, could reject a tenant’s request to place a clothesline in an area that causes an eyesore.