Gov. Jerry Brown this week continued to sign legislation backed by the California Apartment Association, including bills on bedbugs, housing production and water submeters:
SB 7 (D-Wolk) – Water Meters and Submeters — will require that beginning Jan. 1, 2018, water submeters be installed in new apartment units. It specifically authorizes the imposition of an administrative fee by property owners or third-party billing companies when they read and bill tenants for their water use. It does not change or prohibit the use of ratio utility billing systems (RUBS).
AB 551 (D-Nazarian) – Bedbugs — will put in place disclosure requirements – as currently used in CAA forms — about the prevention and reporting of bedbugs in a unit. Prohibits landlords from renting units in which they know bedbugs exist and prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants who report the pests.
AB 2180 (D-Ting) — Building Permit Process — will expedite the building-permit process by shortening the number of days that a local government must take to approve a new housing project. Sponsored by CAA
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