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The California Apartment Association is assembling an article on hoarding issues in rental communities and is seeking insights from property owners and managers. Have you encountered a hoarder on your property? How did you deal with the situation? If you are willing to speak with a reporter about the issue for CAA’s Apartment Management magazine, please email Amy Drew Thompson no later than April 19 at info@amydrewthompson.com. .

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Under a bill opposed by CAA, all property owners who regularly rent out a single-family home would have to register the property annually with California’s Department of Business Oversight, a costly and ineffective mandate that would compromise privacy rights of both landlords and tenants. “This is extremely overreaching at a great cost to the State of California with no clear benefits except to collect and make public the data,” CAA says in its opposition letter to the legislation. The bill, AB 2282 by Assemblyman Ian Calderon, D-Whittier, is intended to dissuade large-scale buy-to-rent investors from purchasing homes and turning them… Read More

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Question: We are planning on selling a rental house. The tenants said they do not want a lock box put on the front door. Can we do it anyway? Do we still have to give them notice that someone is coming by to see the house? Answer: We do not advise our clients to allow lock boxes because of potential liability. Moreover, California law requires a reasonable written notice be given to the tenants before entering. Twenty four hours is presumed to be a reasonable time. Question: If someone says we cannot enter his unit unless he is present, what… Read More

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The Santa Rosa Rent Stabilization Subcommittee has voted 2-1 to recommend “soft” rent control and a just-cause-for eviction policy for the city. The committee, at its March 31 meeting, also recommended that an urgency rent moratorium be enacted to halt any rent increases for 45 days. The full City Council is set to discuss these recommendations at its May 3 meeting. The votes for soft rent control came from City Council members Julie Combs and Chris Coursey. Don’t let the terminology fool you. “Soft” or “limited” rent stabilization is no different than real rent control. The only minor variation from… Read More

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The California Apartment Association on May 19 will debut the North Coast PAC Derby Day, a fun evening of hosted mint juleps, local wine and beer, and appetizers. This fantastic event will raise money for the CAA North Coast Political Action Committee (PAC) to create a positive business climate for the local rental housing industry. CAAPAC, our non-partisan Political Action Committee, is dedicated to the protection, preservation and advancement of the rental housing industry, and supports candidates for public office who are receptive to the concerns of rental property owners and managers locally and statewide. Join us as we race… Read More

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Rebuffed at city halls in several Northern California cities, tenant advocates are increasingly turning to the November ballot in their push for strict rent control measures. One week ago, tenant advocates in San Mateo began efforts to qualify a rent control-related ballot measure for the November 2016 election. This filing came just one day after the San Mateo City Council voted 3-2 against rent control and a just-cause eviction policy. Moreover, the San Mateo filing came just days after tenant advocates in Burlingame and Mountain View filed similar measures, and renter advocate groups in Richmond and Alameda also are seeking… Read More

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A wide range of bills proposed in the state Legislature this year take aim at California’s dearth of affordable housing. The proposals, consistent with recent recommendations from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, would provide dollars to build housing and homeless shelters, while lifting obstacles to private residential construction. The following pro-housing bills supported by the California Apartment Association would: Bring more units to new projects AB 1934 (D-Santiago) would clarify that a local government may issue a density bonus (allowing for more units in a project) to commercial developers when they include affordable housing as a component of their… Read More

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Most rental housing policies that exclude applicants with criminal backgrounds are likely in violation of fair housing laws, according to new guidelines from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Coming on the heels of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding claims under the federal Fair Housing Act based on “disparate impact” or “discriminatory effect,” the new guidelines describe how the use of criminal background checks can result in liability for unlawful discrimination. HUD Secretary Julián Castro has said, “No American should ever be discriminated against because of their race or ethnicity, even if that discrimination results from a… Read More

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Question: I have a lease with a tenant that terminates next month, and he has been given notice that the lease is not being renewed. If he does not vacate, do I serve a three-day notice to quit for breach of covenant? Answer: You do not have to serve any notice to quit for a tenant who holds over on a fixed-term lease unless you have an automatic renewal clause in your lease. Question: Is there a state law that requires a landlord to professionally clean a carpet prior to reoccupancy? Answer: No, however, the tenant is obligated to leave… Read More

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The San Mateo City Council next week will consider an emergency ordinance that would temporarily ban rent increases on pre-1995 apartments. The council will consider the emergency ordinance at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, at San Mateo City Hall. The ordinance, which also includes just-cause eviction measures, was recommended by city staff Thursday evening — just two business days before the council meeting. If approved Monday, the measure could take effect as early as the following day. It would then last 90 days but could be extended. City staff justifies this proposal by calling this a “temporary” measure. It is… Read More

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