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A week after it appeared Andy Vidak had captured the state Senate’s 16th District seat, the Republican from Hanford is heading for a runoff election against Democrat Leticia Perez of Bakersfield.
Perez conceded last week when Vidak had about 52 percent of votes tallied. Area news media reported Vidak the clear-cut winner.
But after more counting, Vidak has just 49.9 percent of the vote. To win this five-candidate race, he needed more than 50 percent.
Perez, with 43.9 percent of the vote, will face Vidak again during a July 23 runoff to determine which candidate will replace Michael Rubio.
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In a first for California, construction of multifamily housing units last year exceeded that of single-family homes.
Local jurisdictions reported 23,801 multifamily housing units built in 2012, compared with 20,883 for the single-family variety, according to a news release from the state Department of Finance.
The state grew last year by 0.8 percent, bringing California’s population to nearly 38 million.
Each of California’s 10 biggest cities saw a population bump, with San Jose growing at the fastest clip — 1.5 percent.
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Like the California Apartment Association, Gov. Jerry Brown believes Proposition 65 needs changing.
The Brown administration is joining lawmakers aiming to stop frivolous lawsuits based on the proposition, passed by voters 27 years ago.
Among other things, the proposition requires that businesses with 10 or more employees post warning signs if they suspect cancer-causing chemicals are present.
Although he cited past successes of the law, Matthew Rodriquez, secretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency, said Prop. 65 needs updating, from both a scientific perspective and to protect businesses from unfounded litigation.
“Unfortunately, it has been abused in the past by… Read More
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The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee today stubbed out a bill by Assemblyman Marc Levine that would have banned smoking in apartments, condos and townhomes.
“Assembly Bill 746 would have created an enforcement nightmare for property managers while infringing on the privacy rights of law-abiding tenants,” said Debra Carlton, senior vice president of public affairs for the California Apartment Association. “We also want to remind Californians that property owners already have the right, thanks to legislation we sponsored, to ban smoking at individual properties.”
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A week after it appeared Andy Vidak had captured the state Senate’s 16th District seat, the Republican from Hanford is heading for a runoff election against Democrat Leticia Perez of Bakersfield. Perez conceded last week when Vidak had about 52 percent of votes tallied. Area news media reported Vidak the clear-cut winner. But after more counting, Vidak […]
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This USA Today video explores some of the new high-tech tools for wirelessly spreading music throughout the rooms of a house.
See how a tablet computer playing a song in one room sends the sounds of a folksy tune — sans wires — to an upstairs kitchen.
Are luxury apartment owners installing these types of entertainment systems as perks for prospective high-end tenants?
When landlords in Fresno County evict a tenant, they’ll now fill out paperwork intended to make the process safer.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday unveiled a revised “letter of instruction” for landlords to complete before authorities serve notices on tenants losing their homes.
Law enforcement officials discussed the form during an educational luncheon hosted by the California Apartment Association in Fresno and covered by CBS 47 TV.
“Not that we weren’t being as safe as we could before, but we saw where we could improve,” Deputy Doug Richardson told the station.
CAA tapped Fresno attorney Steve Hrdlicka to… Read More
In California, fewer homes are for sale these days, and finding “for rent” signs can test a would-be tenant’s patience.
The news media are taking notice of these realities — and the impacts they’re having on affordability.
Both Forbes and the Huffington Post today published articles about the high cost of rental housing in California, and last week, the Sacramento Bee reported a steep decline in homes for sale.
According to the Huffington Post piece, the Golden State has the least affordable rental housing on the mainland United States. The Post cites the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual report.… Read More