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Jerry Jacoby is a fourth-generation San Franciscan who lives on Filbert Street in the Russian Hill neighborhood. He was born and raised off of San Bruno Avenue and attended Lowell High School.
Aside from serving two years in the Army in the Vietnam War, Jerry has spent his entire life in The City. He raised his four children in San Francisco and spent his working life at a number of jobs as an engineer, consultant and analyst for local firms from Levi’s to Fibreboard Paper to Matson. Jerry now survives on $12,000 each year in Social Security payments.
As a… Read More
Mellie Malcolmson was born in New Mexico and came to San Francisco at the end of the Second World War. She met her husband soon after arriving in The City, and they were married in 1962.
In 1965, Mellie and her husband bought a small, four-unit property on the 1100 block of Filbert Street in the Russian Hill neighborhood and planted roots. The Malcolmsons raised their son, James, on the third floor of their building on Filbert Street, where Mellie continues to live, and relied on the rent from the other apartments for their mortgage. James has lived his entire… Read More
San Francisco lawmakers have introduced a pair of bills that would hamper a property owner’s ability to quit the rental housing business.
In the crosshairs of both pieces of legislation is the state’s Ellis Act.
Senate Bill 1439 by Mark Leno would bar property owners from using the Ellis Act until they’ve owned a property for at least five consecutive years. Moreover, it would prohibit a property owner from using the act on more than one property.
About 40 property owners, many chanting in Mandarin and some holding “Keep Ellis Unchanged” signs, protested the legislation during a Leno press conference… Read More
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As lawmakers rush to introduce bills by today’s deadline, the California Apartment Association’s public affairs team is busy analyzing legislation and preparing to take positions on key bills for the rental housing industry.
Stay tuned for news on which bills CAA will support and oppose during this legislative session.
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Republican mayoral candidate Kevin Faulconer — supported by the California Apartment Association — sailed to victory earlier this month in a run-off election to lead San Diego.
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, the 47-year-old former public relations executive won with 54 percent of the vote, compared with about 46 percent for Democratic opponent David Alvarez.
Faulconer’s triumph follows the resignation last year of Bob Filner, which set the stage for a classic political battle between unions and the business community.
The victory by Faulconer will make San Diego the largest city in the country run by a Republican mayor. Already, chatter… Read More
Tagged: Elections
Ron Granville, a real estate management professional whose experience spans five decades, has taken the gavel as the California Apartment Association’s board president for 2014.
Granville, chief executive officer and partner at Northern California-based Woodmont Real Estate Services, led his first CAA board meeting as president Thursday, Feb. 20, in Sacramento.
He said he is honored to guide an association dedicated to serving the ethical members of the state’s rental housing industry.
“Millions of Californians live in rental housing, whether large-scale apartment complexes or single-family homes,” Granville said. “At CAA, we have a great responsibility to help property owners and… Read More
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A multifamily housing expert will provide an economic forecast for Orange County’s rental housing industry next week during a lunchtime workshop hosted by the California Apartment Association.
Jay Parsons, national market analysis manager for MPF Research, will speak Thursday, Feb. 27, during the Orange County Rental Housing Economic Outlook for 2014.
The event, hosted by the California Apartment Association’s South Coast Division, will be held at Radisson Newport Beach, 4545 MacArthur Blvd.,Newport Beach
Attendees will learn how Orange County compares with other counties in Southern California. Moreover, the event will review occupancy, rent, supply-and-demand and expectations for 2014.
Parsons heads… Read More
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This year’s first CAA industry partner meeting for the Inland Empire introduced a new format that features a panel discussion and afternoon networking reception with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
The meeting, held at the DoubleTree Ontario on Tuesday, Feb. 18, attracted more than 50 industry partners of the California Apartment Association and garnered rave reviews.
“I really enjoyed the new event format! Much more intimate and it gave us a chance to interact and get to know the speakers better,” one attendee said in a survey. “Thank you!”
Changing the format and holding fewer IP meetings annually will make each… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has launched a website to educate the public about the Ellis Act, a law that allows landlords to exit the rental housing business.
Passed in 1985, the Ellis Act says no local government can compel a landlord to keep offering his or her housing for rent.
Without this legal protection, property owners could be forced to continue letting their properties, even if they’re losing money, or want to convert their rentals into housing for their own families.
Some politicians and tenant advocacy groups are bent on repealing the Ellis Act, basing their arguments on inaccurate information.… Read More
The California Apartment Association briefed the Moderate Democrats Caucus in the State Assembly this week about threats to the Ellis Act and the importance of preserving the state law.
On Tuesday, about a dozen of the lawmakers heard from Tom Bannon, CAA’s chief executive officer, and Shant Apekian, vice president of public affairs.
Passed by the State Legislature in 1985, California’s Ellis Act provides that no local government can require a rental property owner to continue to offer his or her housing for rent.
Some San Francisco officials and tenant rights organizations want the Legislature to amend the Ellis act… Read More
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