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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed today, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, Dec. 27.
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Rent rollbacks and other new requirements won’t take effect Dec. 23
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge today agreed with CAA’s request to halt implementation of Mountain View’s new rent control law, also known as Measure V.
Following a legal challenge from the California Apartment Association, the judge approved a temporary restraining order preventing the city from implementing the rent control law pending hearings and subsequent court rulings in early 2017.
Election officials this week confirmed that enough signatures were collected to qualify a referendum on Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance.
Sonoma County’s registrar of voters counted 9,648 valid signatures, far more than the 8,485 needed for the referendum to qualify.
The registrar first confirmed the success of the signature-gathering effort in mid-October. Later that month, however, the registrar determined that a hand count was needed to certify the results.
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The California Apartment Association has published its Key Findings Report from the 2016 California Housing Forum, an event that brought together diverse thought leaders to help solve the state’s housing crisis.
“Inadequate housing stock threatens California’s economic prosperity and future,” said Tom Bannon, chief executive officer of the California Apartment Association, which organized the Housing Forum. “It is time to finally address the real causes of this crisis in a comprehensive and statewide manner.”
The inaugural Forum,
held in September in Sacramento, assembled a diverse group of stakeholders – legislators, economists, employers, developers, environmentalists and advocacy groups – to discuss… Read More
The California Apartment Association has prepared compliance information on the rent control laws approved by voters in Mountain View and Richmond in the Nov. 8 election. While the laws will likely face legal challenges, it’s important that property owners and managers understand the sweeping changes that voters approved.
Use the links below to access the compliance papers.
Mountain View’s Measure V
Richmond’s Measure L
In 2016, housing policy emerged as a major focal point for the California Legislature.
For the rental housing industry, perhaps the most significant highlight was CAA’s successful sponsorship of four housing-production bills to ease California’s housing shortage.
When California fails to build enough housing, rent prices rise precipitously, leading to calls for onerous policies such as rent control.
Starting in 2017, CAA North Bay will partner with the Sonoma County Community Development Commission and local housing authority to identify potential programmatic changes to improve participation in local Section 8 programs.
The California Apartment Association encourages local housing providers to join the conversation at 5 p.m. Jan. 25, in the Community Development Commission Hearing Room, 1440 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa.
At this meeting, you can voice current concerns with the program, ask questions about participation, and provide input on potential incentives for participation and program changes.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to mspilker@caanet.org. If you cannot… Read More
Under San Jose’s Measure G, rental housing operators in the city will face a new business license tax rate beginning in fiscal year 2017. To learn more about Measure G and the tax structure, read our Industry Insight.
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Question: We evicted one of our tenants and obtained a monetary judgment. Now we find that they have moved to Arizona. Can I collect against them since they moved out of state?
Answer: If you have a judgment against a former tenant and they move out of state, you can have the judgment recognized by that state as a valid judgment, which would allow you to proceed to levy against their bank accounts or garnish their wages in the state where they now live.
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