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During a pair of public hearings this month, the Mountain View City Council scrapped a number of bad rental housing proposals.
At the first meetings, Oct. 19, the council rejected a moratorium on rent increases, rent control and just-cause for eviction.
The 5-2 decision came after nearly seven hours of presentations, public testimony and council discussion.
Darren Carrington, senior vice president at Prometheus Real Estate Group, said the proposals won’t address the root of the problem — the city’s housing shortage.
“Everyone agrees demand far outweighs supply,” Carrington said, according to this San Jose Business Journal article. “This is the… Read More
The Pacifica City Council this week balked at a proposal to implement an emergency just-cause eviction ordinance, although threats of rent control and similar regulations remain in play.
At its Oct. 26 meeting, the council declined to schedule a vote on the item next month. If the proposal had advanced to the Nov. 9 agenda and been approved, the law would have taken effect immediately and applied to all rental housing regardless of size, type or year built.
Councilman John Keener proposed this urgency measure to address pending notices to vacate given to residents at Pacific Skies Mobile Home Park,… Read More
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Contra Costa County’s registrar of voters Oct. 13 certified CAA’s referendum to repeal rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond.
This past summer, Richmond became the first city in California to approve rent control in roughly three decades. A CAA-led effort to collect thousands of signatures prevented Richmond’s rent control and just-cause eviction ordinance from taking effect.
Now that Contra Costa County’s registrar has counted and certified the signatures, it’s up to Richmond City Council members to either repeal the ordinance themselves or schedule the issue for a public vote.
Several cities around the Bay Area this fall are considering the adoption of rent control or making current rent control policies more onerous. Quelling this political movement will take coordination among both California Apartment Association staff and CAA members.
At present, CAA continues its dialogue with elected officials, government staffers and property owners in each of these communities. Among the hottest centers of debate are San Jose, Santa Rosa, San Mateo, Alameda and Mountain View.
CAA continues to educate council members and the public about why rent control fails wherever it’s implemented. At the same time, CAA’s public affairs team… Read More
San Jose’s Rent Control Advisory Committee will meet again Saturday morning to consider a proposal threatening to rental property owners.
Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 17, the committee will discuss a proposal to reduce the current 8 percent maximum allowable rent increase to as low as 2 percent.
CAA Tri-County is asking rental property owners in San Jose to attend this meeting and speak out against this harmful proposal. It is important that the committee know how these recommendations would impact your rental housing businesses, including their ability to provide quality, safe, and affordable housing.
Moreover, it is… Read More
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The Mountain View City Council is considering rent control (aka rent stabilization), as well as a just-cause eviction ordinance — and will discuss both policies Monday, Oct. 19.
CAA Tri-County is calling on its members to attend this study session and make their voices heard.
During this meeting, CAA will make a presentation to the City Council on the dynamics of the rental market and practical ways the city can address the housing crisis without punitive measures like rent control.
Below are some of the reasons why rent control and just-cause evictions are ineffective ways to address Mountain View’s housing… Read More
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With political issues mounting, and a presidential election on the horizon, individuals may start going door to door in your rental community for political reasons.
Some may be campaigning for office, trying to register voters or collecting signatures for a ballot initiative.
This begs the question. Are you as a rental property owner or manager required to let folks carry out these specific political activities on your property?
Well, the answer depends on the policies you already have in place.
If an apartment complex has a blanket no-trespassing or no-soliciting rule, it can be enforced against individuals wanting to deliver… Read More
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The San Mateo City Council in September decided to create a task force to identify sensible ways to increase housing affordability.
The decision to form an advisory group of housing stakeholders came Monday, Sept. 21, following nearly six hours of presentations and public testimony at San Mateo City Hall.
This included comments from CAA Tri-County members with a variety of portfolio sizes. These members presented the council with facts and personal perspectives on the city’s housing market.
“CAA Tri-County would like to thank those who sent e-mails, made phone calls and attended the meeting on Monday night that went beyond… Read More
The California Apartment Association urges its members to attend the City Council meeting Monday in San Mateo, where officials will consider rent control and just-cause-for eviction policies.
These policies are in play just two weeks after the council rejected an emergency just-cause eviction measure.
Discussions of harmful regulations such as rent control and just-cause eviction distract from the real housing issues facing the region.
With this in mind, CAA Tri-County urges members to attend this meeting, speak against rent control and assure the City Council of your willingness to help address the city’s housing affordability issues through collaboration and voluntary… Read More
Landlords must tell tenants of their right to contest a rent increase
Before landlords raise rents in Alameda, they must now tell tenants about an appeal process offered by the city.
This requirement came Sept. 2 as an amendment to the city of Alameda’s rent-review ordinance, which has been in place for a number of years.
City leaders revised the law based on the belief that the review process is not well-known among tenants.
Under the update, a landlord must provide written notice of the appeal process at the same time that he or she provides a tenant notice of… Read More