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Question: One of our tenants is moving out, but the roommate wants to stay and invite a friend of hers to take the outgoing tenants’ place. How do we indicate this on the lease?
Answer: One way is to draw up a new lease, assuming the new person meets your rental standards, with new signatures unless you want to hold the vacating tenant responsible for the remainder of their lease. In that event, simply add the new tenant to the lease and have them sign.
Question: Our tenants deposit their rent directly into our bank account. This has worked well… Read More
Tagged: ColumnsComplianceLegal Q&A
When tenants want to place clotheslines outside, landlords have plenty of discretion.
Under Assembly Bill 1448, they can require that clotheslines be kept in a private area and even dictate the look of the drying devices.
To help rental property owners properly handle resident requests, CAA has published a background paper and an addendum. Both forms, available only to CAA members, can be accessed here.
To learn more about AB 1448 by Assemblywoman Patty Lopez, D-San Fernando, watch the CAA video below. Click here to learn about other laws taking effect Jan. 1 and here for information on CAA’s new… Read More
Tagged: Legislation
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If you’re a landlord who reaches for a can of Raid at the first sign of a cockroach or spider, prepare to break that habit.
A law taking effect in January targets pest control do-it-yourselfers in the rental housing business. Owners and their employees must begin notifying tenants whenever they personally apply pesticides, as opposed to using a pest control operator. Below, you’ll find detailed information for following the new regulations, as well as links to the forms you’ll need — available exclusively to CAA members.
In large part, the new notification rules for landlords reflect the kind of… Read More
Question: One of our tenants was recently arrested and is incarcerated. How does this affect his lease? Is it considered abandonment?
Answer: The incarceration of a tenant does not have a legal effect on the tenant’s right under the lease. If the tenant breaches any part of the lease agreement, such as non-payment of rent, the landlord may take legal steps to evict, and can serve notices to the tenant while in jail.
Question: One of our residents is a day sleeper and complains about the noisy children next door. They are under school age, and I don’t know how… Read More
Tagged: ColumnsComplianceLegal Q&A
During its annual breakfast meeting, the California Apartment Association’s Orange County division greeted the holiday season, took in a speech from a state senator and recognized several members who’ve gone above and beyond expectations.
In a presentation dubbed “Shaking up Sacramento,” state Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa, pointed to problems with the state’s finances, including California having the nation’s highest unfunded pension obligations, starting with at least $140 billion.
Moorlach, who represents the state’s 37th Senate District, addressed about 200 attendees Friday, Dec. 5, at the Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. He is a familiar face in Orange County, where he… Read More
Tagged: Events Orange County
CAA North Coast educating council on ills of punitive policies
CAA North Coast eagerly awaits a consultant’s findings — expected to be completed next month — on possible ways to address Santa Rosa’s affordable housing crisis.
On Oct. 20, 2015, the Santa Rosa City Council voted 4-3 to hire the consultant, who is examining three possible approaches to the city’s housing issues: rent control, just‐cause eviction rules, and a process to provide mediation and arbitration between rental property owners and their residents.
The study derives from concerns of a housing crisis in the Santa Rosa region, where rental inventory is… Read More
CAA North Coast has welcomed its new executive director, Mallori Spilker, who is establishing the North Coast government affairs and political action program in Northern Marin and Sonoma counties.
Spilker comes to CAA from the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), where she served as a Government Relations Field Representative. At C.A.R., Spilker worked to align the state and local government affairs program and served as C.A.R.’s liaison to 24 local REALTOR® associations in Northern California. While at C.A.R., she led PAC fundraising efforts, engaged members in C.A.R.’s grassroots lobbying efforts, coordinated campaign activities, and participated in a variety of state… Read More
The Healdsburg City Council recently issued a Rental Stabilization Advisory to address concerns from the community that were raised regarding substantial rent increases and tenant displacements. The Advisory encourages the following:
Property owners not raise rents more than once per year;
Increases not exceed 10percent annually;
Owners provide residents 90 days’ notice prior to rent increases;
When significant work on a rental unit is needed that requires the tenant to move, the tenant is given the first right of return.
Additionally, the city is looking for data from members who have rental units in Healdsburg. If you have rental units… Read More
Tagged: Rent Control North Bay
The Pacifica City Council will consider rent control during a study session Saturday, reflecting a growing push for punitive rent restrictions in Northern California.
In addition to demanding rent control, tenant advocates will likely call for a just-cause eviction ordinance. Such a measure would make it more difficult to evict problem tenants, stifling your ability to protect your residents and properties. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Ingrid B. Lacey Middle School.
The California Apartment Association will make a presentation on the dynamics of the rental market and practical ways for the city to address its housing crisis.… Read More