Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi
The California Apartment Association has helped remove the sticker shock from a bill intended to bring more electric-vehicle charging stations to multi-family parking lots.
When AB 2565 was first introduced by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, it would have required that rental property owners with more than 50 parking spaces dedicate at least 1 percent of the spots to electric vehicles — and pay to install the equipment. The cost is roughly $6,500 to $15,000 per station.
Following negotiations between all interested parties, however, the bill would now require that tenants both request and pay for charging stations – and related costs, such as insurance — before property owners need to act. CAA will keep working with Muratshuchi to make the bill more palatable to the rental housing industry.