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Inglewood City Council this week adopted a long-term rent control policy that
caps annual increases at 3%.
The Housing Protection Initiative also creates a per-unit fee of up to $168, with 50% of the fee eligible for a pass-through.
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Several more California cities this week, including Long Beach and Pasadena, rushed to pass urgency ordinances aimed at preventing no-cause evictions until the state implements Assembly Bill 1482.
The stopgap ordinances target 60-day eviction notices already pending and set to terminate tenancies before Jan. 1, the day that AB 1482 takes effect and implements a statewide rent cap and “just cause” eviction policies. Oct. 31 was the last day that California landlords could issue a 60-day notice.
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An urgency ordinance preventing termination of tenancies
without cause in Sacramento County failed to muster enough votes to pass.
The ordinance was intended to stop rental owners from ending
tenancies in order to avoid rolling back rents or being stuck with below market
rents once a new state law, Assembly Bill 1482, takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Similar ordinances were recently passed in several jurisdictions throughout California, including Los Angeles and Milpitas.
The ordinance was proposed by Supervisor Phil Serna after several residents of Bell Oaks Apartments, with the support of tenant-advocacy organizations, demanded that the Board of Supervisors… Read More
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will consider an emergency “just cause” ordinance Tuesday, Nov. 5.
To pass, an urgency ordinance requires approval from four of the five board members. The ordinance would immediately impose just-cause restrictions similar to those in AB 1482, the statewide rent control and just-cause eviction law taking effect Jan. 1.
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The Mountain View City Council next
month is expected to move forward with a city-sponsored ballot measure aimed at
changing the local rent control law approved in 2016.
On Nov. 12, the council is expected to decide whether to place such a measure before city voters in the 2020 election.
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The California Apartment Association has issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance that’s taken effect in the city of Alameda.
Effective Oct. 18, the city’s “Fair Housing and Tenant
Protection Ordinance” requires that landlords consider for tenancy all
applicants with the ability to pay for a given unit, including those who would
pay their rent using Section 8. The ordinance, approved by the Alameda City Council in
September, bans blanket policies against renting to voucher holders, as well as
advertisements to that effect. It also prohibits landlords from rejecting an
applicant… Read More
The Milpitas City Council on Tuesday voted to impose an urgency ordinance that bans no-cause evictions until Jan. 1, when a state law with the same objective takes effect.
The council’s move is intended as a stopgap measure leading up to the implementation of Assembly Bill 1482, California’s newly signed statewide rent cap and “just cause” eviction law.
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The city of Los Angeles is considering an “anti-displacement” proposal that would cap rent increases near new luxury and market-rate apartment developments when those projects lack affordable housing.
The proposal, introduced last month by City Councilman Herb J. Wesson Jr., would cap rents through “anti-displacement zones.”
These areas would exist for three years and cover a two-mile radius around luxury and market-rate developments with zero affordable units.
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In response to the wildfires raging in
Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday declared states of emergency
for Los Angeles and Riverside counties, a move that prohibits rent increases
over 10%.
The limit on rent increases is part of the state’s anti-price gouging law. When activated, Penal Code Section 396 makes it illegal to increase the price of many consumer goods and services, including that of rental housing, by more than 10% above pre-emergency levels.
The rent-gouging protections apply to all housing types in the affected areas. Local rent control laws in several jurisdictions in L.A. County also remain… Read More
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a statewide cap on rent increases, a mandatory Section 8 bill, and several other pieces of legislation that will change the way California’s rental housing industry does business in 2020.
Here are summaries of five game-changing bills signed by Newsom this week:
Statewide rent cap:AB 1482 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, will place an annual 5% plus CPI cap on rent increases and create new standards for evictions across California. The signing of AB 1482, officially the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, marks the most significant policy change for California’s rental housing owners… Read More
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