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The San Mateo Daily Journal this morning editorialized against rent control initiatives in San Mateo and Burlingame.
The newspaper’s editorial board urges voters to reject the introduction of rent control, just-cause-for-eviction policies and costly rent boards in both cities. The editorial board had met with the California Apartment Association before publishing this morning’s piece.
The California Apartment Association is closely monitoring increased activity by tenant activists in San Diego following a string of media reports about rising rents in the area.
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On Thursday, Sept. 29, the California Apartment Association brought together members from all sides of the housing debate to start working toward consensus on how to resolve the state’s worsening housing crisis.
Participants included representatives from a variety of stakeholder groups, including affordable housing advocates, lawmakers, builders, property owners and tenants.
Below, you’ll find footage from the forum. We’ve divided the video into four segments, making it easier for you to find the content that interests you most.
Introduction and presentation from the legislative analyst
In the first video, Tom Bannon, chief executive officer of the California Apartment Association, welcomes… Read More
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After garnering the governor’s signature, legislation that addresses how property owners and renters deal with bedbugs is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2017.
AB 551 by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian aims to address the need for cooperation among landlords, tenants and pest control operators to successfully control bedbugs.
Early detection and reporting of bed bugs is an important component required for preventing bedbug infestations.
AB 551 requires specific notices and practices on the part of landlords and tenants.
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Question: We have a tenant who has been provoking other tenants so we gave her a 30-day notice. She is now very angry and has flooded her apartment and the three apartments below her by inserting a roll (still on the spool) of toilet paper into her toilet and then flushing the toilet over and over. What can we do?
Answer: You can serve a three-day notice to quit based upon this activity. If she fails to vacate in three days, the court eviction can commence, and you would not have to wait for the thirty-day notice to expire. You… Read More
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When talking about housing in California, compromise is sometimes the last word that comes to mind. A forum held Thursday in Sacramento was designed to start moving toward that goal.
The California Apartment Association brought together members from all sides of the housing debate, including representatives from the state, affordable housing, labor, builders, property owners and tenants. The objective was to start working toward consensus on how to resolve California’s worsening housing crisis.
The consensus was that all sides need to compromise to address the acute need and build more housing, both affordable and market rate. Another point that all… Read More
All four of the California Apartment Association’s housing-supply bills have won the governor’s signature, a victory for property owners, developers and renters.
In light of California’s housing shortage, CAA sponsored the slate of bills in 2016 to encourage the development of new housing and remove local obstacles to construction.
The bills include AB 2299 by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica. AB 2299, along with SB 1069 by Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont, will make it easier to build second units — also known as in-law units or granny flats, on residential lots. Under the bills, local governments will lose the ability… Read More
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On talk radio this week, the CEO of the California Apartment Association and a Stanford University law professor faced off in an hour-long debate over the rent control measures going before voters in the November election.
The debate featured CAA’s Tom Bannon and Juliet Brodie, director at the Stanford Community Law Clinic.
KQED’s Michael Kransy moderated the discussion. Visit this page to stream the show.
Also this week, Bannon discussed housing issues on Capitol Public Radio and on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles.
Question: The lease for one of my tenants expires at the end of this month. He told me to take the month’s rent out of his security deposit because he would leave the apartment clean and in good repair. He told me since it is his deposit, he has the right to deduct rent out of the deposit. What should I do?
Answer: California law requires the owner or manager to account for the use of the deposit no later than 21 days from the date the tenant vacated the unit. Since the tenant has failed to pay rent, a… Read More
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a pair of bills that will help chip away at the state’s housing shortage by making it easier to build in-law units on residential lots.
The bills include CAA-sponsored AB 2299 by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, as well as SB 1069 by Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont. Under the bills, local governments will lose the ability to mandate additional parking for second units when the units are within one-half mile of public transportation or ride-share parking areas.