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CAA has created a supplement to the 9th Edition of Managing Rental Housing to address laws that took effect Jan. 1, 2019. Click the headline above or the button below to access it.

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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 Hayward. Effective Thursday, July 25, the city’s “source of income protection” law 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. Hayward City Council Last month, the Hayward City Council updated its 39-year-old rent stabilization ordinance and added provisions that ban blanket policies against renting to voucher holders, as well as advertisements to that effect. The new ordinance… Read More

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A bill that would bring statewide rent control to California now also threatens to impose “just cause” for eviction policies. Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, incorporated eviction controls into Assembly Bill 1482 this past Friday. Assemlyman David Chiu The move effectively resuscitates AB 1481, a “just cause” bill that died on the Assembly floor.

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The city of Vallejo this morning declared a state of emergency that limits rent increases to no more than 10%. The declaration says the city manager, acting as director of emergency services, has the authority to make such a move when the City Council is not in session.   The measure, which expires after seven days, is intended as a stopgap until the City Council can vote on its own declaration. The City Council is expected to hold a special meeting next week for that purpose, but the date and time has not been announced.

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The Chico City Council on Tuesday, July 2, will consider an ordinance that would place restrictions on tenancy terminations and require owners to pay relocation expenses. The California Apartment Association opposes the so-called “just cause” ordinance and urges its members to contact the mayor and council members to voice their opposition and support a proposed housing conference.

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An Assembly committee has approved a bill that would make it discriminatory to deny applicants for rental housing simply because they have a Section 8 voucher. The bill, SB 329 by Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on a 7-3 vote with two abstentions. 

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Despite massive turnout and opposition from the rental housing industry, the Culver City Council on Monday voted 4-1 to pursue a yearlong, 3% cap on rent increases. City staff will now draft the rent-freeze ordinance, with a formal council vote expected in August. If approved, the ordinance would then have a retroactive effective date of June 24. 

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Under proposed emergency regulations, many employers in California, including those in the rental housing industry, would soon need to change the way they monitor wildfire smoke and the precautions they take to protect employees.   The proposals would require businesses with employees vulnerable to wildfire pollution to use different criteria to gauge pollution levels, and when levels are hazardous, provide additional equipment, such as mandatory dust masks.   The health threats of wildfires carry far beyond the fires themselves. Wildfire smoke contains pollutants that can cause everything from eye irritation to reduced lung function. Individuals can experience such effects as far as 300… Read More

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Thursday July 4, and Friday, July 5, in observance of Independence Day. Normal operating hours will resume Monday, July 8.

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A CAA-opposed bill that would apply rent control across California will receive its first hearing in the state Senate next month. On Tuesday, July 9, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider AB 1482 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco. The bill surfaced despite the overwhelming defeat of Proposition 10, a statewide rent control bill on last November’s ballot. AB 1482 would apply rent control to all types of housing in every city and county in California.

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