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Contra Costa County’s registrar of voters Oct. 13 certified CAA’s referendum to repeal rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond. This past summer, Richmond became the first city in California to approve rent control in roughly three decades. A CAA-led effort to collect thousands of signatures prevented Richmond’s rent control and just-cause eviction ordinance from taking effect. Now that Contra Costa County’s registrar has counted and certified the signatures, it’s up to Richmond City Council members to either repeal the ordinance themselves or schedule the issue for a public vote.

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CAA San Diego is proud to announce the recipients of the fourth annual Mission Awards, a celebration enjoyed by more than 400 rental housing professionals on the evening of Oct. 15 at Humphrey’s By the Bay. Forty-five judges had the challenge — and the privledge — of narrowing down 110 outstanding nominees to the following winners: Property of the Year: 1–250 units Broadstone Balboa Park, Alliance Residential Property of the Year: 251-500 units Sterling Alvarado, The Dinerstein Companies Property of the Year: 501+units AVA Pacific Beach, AvalonBay Communities Property Manager of the Year: 1–250 units Laura Pinal, Seascape, Irvine Company… Read More

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Responding to claims of large rent increases in Alameda, the City Council recently adopted a stronger mediation program to review rises in rent. A group of local rental property owners and renters spent many hours working with the city of Alameda to develop a program aimed at balancing the needs associated with managing rental property with the needs of renters. Despite this collaboration and agreement, the calls for rent control in Alameda continue to grow. CAA remains strongly opposed to rent control and is working with local owners, community leaders, and the city to prevent this policy from being introduced… Read More

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Several cities around the Bay Area this fall are considering the adoption of rent control or making current rent control policies more onerous. Quelling this political movement will take coordination among both California Apartment Association staff and CAA members. At present, CAA continues its dialogue with elected officials, government staffers and property owners in each of these communities. Among the hottest centers of debate are San Jose, Santa Rosa, San Mateo,  Alameda and Mountain View. CAA continues to educate council members and the public about why rent control fails wherever it’s implemented. At the same time, CAA’s public affairs team… Read More

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San Jose’s Rent Control Advisory Committee will meet again Saturday morning to consider a proposal threatening to rental property owners. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 17, the committee will discuss a proposal to reduce the current 8 percent maximum allowable rent increase to as low as 2 percent. ​CAA Tri-County is asking rental property owners in San Jose to attend this meeting and speak out against this harmful proposal. It is important that the committee know how these recommendations would impact your rental housing businesses, including their ability to provide quality, safe, and affordable housing. Moreover, it is… Read More

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The Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 20, is expected to approve a plan to study whether rent control is a viable option to address Santa Rosa’s housing challenges. CAA North Coast has been working closely with members, allies, and the city to encourage the Santa Rosa City Council to explore other measures. CAA strongly opposes rent control and is calling on all rental owners to continue letting the City Council know that rent control is a failed policy. CAA asks members who cannot attend Tuesday’s meeting to email the mayor and council By clicking on citycouncil@srcity.org, the below… Read More

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The Mountain View City Council is considering rent control (aka rent stabilization), as well as a just-cause eviction ordinance — and will discuss both policies Monday, Oct. 19. CAA Tri-County is calling on its members to attend this study session and make their voices heard. During this meeting, CAA will make a presentation to the City Council on the dynamics of the rental market and practical ways the city can address the housing crisis without punitive measures like rent control. Below are some of the reasons why rent control and just-cause evictions are ineffective ways to address Mountain View’s housing… Read More

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A bill signed by the governor this past week will undercut eviction-delay tactics by unscrupulous tenant attorneys who claim mold as a substandard housing condition. On Friday, Oct. 9, Gov. Jerry Brown approved SB 655 by Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles. What does this mean for the rental housing industry? While the new law does add “visible mold” to the list of conditions that can make a property substandard or untenantable, SB 655 offers property owners a number of protections from bogus claims of mold contamination: Visibility: The mold growth must be visible.  No more air tests that tenants and… Read More

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Question: I have tenants who have a written rental agreement for their apartment. They pay $785 per month. They also rent the garage at $50, but there is no written agreement for the garage, either separately or in the rental agreement. If we give the tenant a three-day notice to pay at $835, would it be enforceable in court? Answer: Since the terms of the garage rental are unclear, it would be safer to serve two three-day notices, one for the apartment rent and one for the garage rent. They could be served simultaneously. Question: I have a tenant who… Read More

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Changes to pilot program mark another victory for rental housing in High Desert Hesperia is launching a more palatable version of its crime-free rental housing program, thanks to the government affairs work of CAA Greater Inland Empire. The California Apartment Association worked to remove two problematic components from the pilot program, which takes effect in this High Desert city Jan. 1. The troublesome elements would have forced rental property owners to pay more for the program, while opening them up to potential litigation. Under the city’s previous plans, property owners faced a fee schedule ranging from $37.50 to $50 per… Read More

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