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A bill that would designate housing as substandard when any amount of mold is visible passed a state Senate committee this week.
SB 655 by Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, moved out of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee on Tuesday.
Mitchell says the bill is necessary for the health of families and their children.
While CAA believes that mold should be cleaned up in housing, SB 655 lacks a workable standard or definition for code enforcement or for property owners who want to stay in compliance with the law.
Having any amount of mold or just the smell as… Read More
Tagged: LegislationLegislature
Question: Our tenant owes us back rent and is stating that he is probably going to file bankruptcy. We’ve been trying to work with him but are getting nervous now. Do we lose all the back rent if he files bankruptcy?
Answer: It depends. If he files a Chapter 7, there is little hope. If he files a Chapter 13, you may receive all or a portion of the back rent.
Question: If a tenant’s rent is due on the first day of the month and there is no grace period, what is the earliest date I can serve a… Read More
Tagged: ColumnsComplianceLegal Q&A
Amid temporary landlord concessions, the vice mayor of Richmond on Tuesday night removed his proposal for short-term emergency rent control from the City Council agenda.
Vice Mayor Jael Myrick pulled the proposal after receiving numerous letters from local rental owners who voluntarily offered to hold rent increases on existing residents to no more than 10 percent while the California Apartment Association and the city pursue a permanent solution to the city’s housing issues.
In light of local owners’ commitment to limit rent increases, it was obvious that Myrick would lack the necessary six votes to pass the emergency ordinance.
Despite… Read More
Tagged: Rent Control Contra Costa
ANAHEIM — About 500 rental housing professionals attended the second annual CAA Orange County Charity Gala on Wednesday evening, raising tens of thousands of dollars for a United Way program that fights homelessness.
Like last year, Wednesday’s gala is expected to generate upwards of $50,000 for Orange County United Way, which will move 12 families into their own apartments through its “Rapid Rehousing” program.
Through Rapid Rehousing, United Way helps families who are either homeless or “housing insecure” return to permanent housing as quickly as possible. Housing insecure denotes families in precarious living situations, such as couch surfing, living doubled-… Read More
Tagged: CharityPhilanthropy Orange County
The California Apartment Association this week supported a bill to help landlords stop tenants from cultivating marijuana in rental properties.
A common complaint by rental property owners, especially in Northern California, centers on the use and cultivation of marijuana in multifamily housing.
The bill, SB 643 by Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, would help address this issue by banning cultivation of medical marijuana in areas zoned residential.
The bill includes other provisions, such as:
Establishing the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation and requiring the bureau to license and regulate dispending facilities, cultivation sites, transporters and manufacturers of medical marijuana and medical… Read More
Tagged: LegislationLegislature
Don’t miss the opportunity to join your colleagues at the CAA Orange County Charity Gala next week.
The early bird ticket price is available through Monday, April 20.
The CAA Orange County Advisory Board is proud to give back to the local community by partnering with the Orange County United Way to support Rapid Rehousing.
The proceeds from this event will help to raise $50,000 to move 12 homeless families into their own apartments. We sincerely hope that you will participate in helping to meet our goal.
Read more about the event:
CAA to name Costa Mesa mayor OC Housing… Read More
Tagged: CharityPhilanthropy Orange County
By Lynn Dover, Esq.; Shawn Bankson, Esq.; Susie Lein, Esq.
Question: I entered my resident’s unit yesterday to check the smoke detectors and found that she is hoarding. I couldn’t even walk into a few of the rooms because there was so much personal property inside. Can I serve her a three-day notice to quit?
Answer: No. Hoarding is recognized as a mental disability. Before you can evict, you generally must give the resident an opportunity to bring her unit into a safe and sanitary condition. If the resident refuses to take steps to remedy the condition of the unit… Read More
Tagged: ColumnsComplianceLegal Q&A
A bill that threatens to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business stalled Tuesday in its first committee hearing.
The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee voted 6 to 5 against SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
Leno requested and was granted reconsideration, meaning it’s still possible that he’ll get the necessary six yes votes to advance the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill, opposed by the California Apartment Association during Tuesday’s hearing, takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in… Read More
A proposal that would cap rent increases for qualifying seniors in rent controlled communities has a new author in the state Legislature.
Originally, this proposal was the centerpiece of AB 697 by Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose. At the request of the California Apartment Association, however, Chu removed all wording from the bill related to rent increase exemptions for seniors. Instead, the bill would now simply provide a tax credit for senior citizens.
The Service Employees International Union, which is behind the proposed cap on rent increases for qualifying seniors, then turned to Assemblywoman Nora Campos to incorporate this plan… Read More
SANTA CLARA – In the face of California’s lingering dry spell, a panel of multifamily executives this week shared ideas for water conservation within rental communities.
“It needs to be a multipronged approach,” said Jeff Bosshard, president of multifamily operations for Woodmont Real Estate Services. “There isn’t going to be one, simple answer.”
Bosshard was on a panel of executives that offered insights on the drought Wednesday during CAA Connect — Northern California Rental Housing Conference & Expo.
In addition to the CEO panel discussion, CAA Connect featured more than 160 vendor booths and a bevvy of property management seminars… Read More
Tagged: EventsWater conservation