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The city of Alameda has voted to prolong a temporary 8-percent cap on rent increases while city staff works on a longer-term proposal. The council also voted to keep its temporary just-cause eviction requirement in place. Originally, the council approved the rent cap, along with the just-cause eviction provision, in November, and both were set to expire earlier this month. This month’s unanimous vote by the council extends both the cap on rent increases and just-cause eviction provision by 60 days. This means actions to terminate a tenancy, such as evictions, are limited to certain “for cause/no fault” reasons, such… Read More

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CAA North Coast educating council on ills of punitive policies CAA North Coast eagerly awaits a consultant’s findings — expected to be completed next month — on possible ways to address Santa Rosa’s affordable housing crisis. On Oct. 20, 2015, the Santa Rosa City Council voted 4-3 to hire the consultant, who is examining three possible approaches to the city’s housing issues: rent control, just‐cause eviction rules, and a process to provide mediation and arbitration between rental property owners and their residents. The study derives from concerns of a housing crisis in the Santa Rosa region, where rental inventory is… Read More

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The Pacifica City Council will consider rent control during a study session Saturday, reflecting a growing push for punitive rent restrictions in Northern California. In addition to demanding rent control, tenant advocates will likely call for a just-cause eviction ordinance. Such a measure would make it more difficult to evict problem tenants, stifling your ability to protect your residents and properties. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Ingrid B. Lacey Middle School. The California Apartment Association will make a presentation on the dynamics of the rental market and practical ways for the city to address its housing crisis.… Read More

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The Mountain View City Council has approved what’s been called a “right to a lease” ordinance. Approved on a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the ordinance is modeled closely after a requirement in Palo Alto that rental owners offer residents the option of a 12-month lease. The Mountain View council believes that guaranteeing tenants the right to a fixed-term lease will provide stability for both renters and rental owners. The ordinance, which applies to rental properties with three units or more, requires that an owner/operator offer a 12-month lease, and if a tenant declines, that the owner get the rejection in writing.… Read More

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The Alameda City Council on Wednesday night approved a temporary freeze on rent increases in excess of 8 percent. The moratorium, which also includes just-cause for eviction, is scheduled to last 65 days. Moreover, the 8 percent cap applies cumalitively over 12 months, meaning that if a property owner gave an increase of 5 percent four  months ago, the owner is limited to a 3 percent increase now. See the ordinace for more details. Dozens of CAA members attended the meeting, helping to keep the moratorium temporary. Tenant groups were seeking permanent rent control. The meeting at one point turned… Read More

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https://youtu.be/I3MNTfdo42U The Richmond City Council — the first to approve rent control in California in more than three decades — has rescinded the policy in response to a signature-gathering effort spearheaded by the California Apartment Association. The council’s unanimous vote Tuesday night came after Contra Costa County’s Elections Division certified more than 5,000 signatures collected during the CAA-led petition drive. “We believed the council had rushed to judgment on a policy that would bring long-lasting, negative consequences for the city’s housing stock and financial stability,” said Tom Bannon, CAA’s chief executive officer. “CAA quickly launched the referendum push so that… Read More

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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

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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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A series of public meetings to discuss possible changes to San Jose’s rent control ordinance began this week and will continue into early November. The San Jose Apartment Rent Ordinance Advisory Committee held its first meeting Wednesday at the Roosevelt Community Center. The California Apartment Association’s Tri-County Division is part of this committee and strongly supported its creation. The City Council established the committee last month to review and discuss options regarding San Jose’s rent control ordinance and ultimately provide the council with recommendations. The committee is composed of an equal number of renters/renter advocates and rental owners/owner advocates. Moreover,… Read More

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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

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