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Question: We want to give notice to vacate to a renter of a garage who has been in occupancy for over one year. Can we give a 30-day notice or does the 60-day notice rule apply for garages as well?
Answer: You can give a 30-day notice. Sixty-day notices are only required for residential property when the tenant has been in possession for one year or longer and the rental agreement is month-to-month.
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, landmark legislation that exempts new construction and single-family homes from local rent control laws.
AB 1506 was introduced Friday, Feb. 17, the last day to propose bills in the California Legislature for 2017. Assemblymen Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica; Rob Bonta, D-Oakland; and David Chiu, D-San Francisco, authored the proposal with Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, as a co-author.
The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of Presidents Day. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday.
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Members of the California Apartment Association from throughout the state converged on Sacramento on Wednesday to learn about this year’s rental housing-related legislation and engage in a series of face-to-face meetings with lawmakers.
CAA’s Legislative Conference began at the Sacramento Convention Center, where the association’s public affairs team reviewed key bills for 2017, including CAA’s own solutions to help solve California’s ongoing housing crisis. By increasing the state’s housing stock, CAA’s housing-production bills would help workers and their families live closer to jobs and schools. With more housing on the market, economic forces would help moderate rent prices and… Read More
Joseph A. Lawton Jr., president of the California Apartment Association’s statewide board of directors, took the oath of office Thursday during the association’s February board meeting.
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CAA remains committed to overturning Measure L
The California Apartment Association remains undeterred this week after a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge denied its motion for a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of rent control in Richmond.
Richmond’s rent control law appeared on the November ballot as Measure L and won approval despite a strong opposition campaign spearheaded by CAA.
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Question: I allowed a tenant to move in and pay the security deposit in several payments. They are not able to make the final payment. What can I do?
Answer: You can serve a three-day notice to perform conditions or covenants or quit. If the tenant fails to pay the deposit within three days from legal service of the notice, you can commence the eviction process (unlawful detainer).
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Beginning next year, rental property owners in unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County will be required to accept Section 8 housing vouchers. The requirement comes under an ordinance passed by the county Board of Supervisors requiring that all people with the ability to pay for a given housing unit be considered for that unit, including those who would pay rent using Section 8 housing vouchers.
The California Apartment Association argued that a mandated approach was the wrong one and that it is Section 8’s structural problems that dissuade many property owners from participating.
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Renters should not have to worry about their landlords turning them over to immigration officials.
That’s a key thrust behind Assembly Bill 291. The bill was introduced last week by Assemblymembers David Chiu, Rob Bonta and Lorena Gonzlalez Flether, as well as several co-authors.
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