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Responding to claims of large rent increases in Alameda, the City Council recently adopted a stronger mediation program to review rises in rent. A group of local rental property owners and renters spent many hours working with the city of Alameda to develop a program aimed at balancing the needs associated with managing rental property with the needs of renters. Despite this collaboration and agreement, the calls for rent control in Alameda continue to grow. CAA remains strongly opposed to rent control and is working with local owners, community leaders, and the city to prevent this policy from being introduced… Read More

Tagged: Contra Costa

Several cities around the Bay Area this fall are considering the adoption of rent control or making current rent control policies more onerous. Quelling this political movement will take coordination among both California Apartment Association staff and CAA members. At present, CAA continues its dialogue with elected officials, government staffers and property owners in each of these communities. Among the hottest centers of debate are San Jose, Santa Rosa, San Mateo,  Alameda and Mountain View. CAA continues to educate council members and the public about why rent control fails wherever it’s implemented. At the same time, CAA’s public affairs team… Read More

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San Jose’s Rent Control Advisory Committee will meet again Saturday morning to consider a proposal threatening to rental property owners. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 17, the committee will discuss a proposal to reduce the current 8 percent maximum allowable rent increase to as low as 2 percent. ​CAA Tri-County is asking rental property owners in San Jose to attend this meeting and speak out against this harmful proposal. It is important that the committee know how these recommendations would impact your rental housing businesses, including their ability to provide quality, safe, and affordable housing. Moreover, it is… Read More

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The Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 20, is expected to approve a plan to study whether rent control is a viable option to address Santa Rosa’s housing challenges. CAA North Coast has been working closely with members, allies, and the city to encourage the Santa Rosa City Council to explore other measures. CAA strongly opposes rent control and is calling on all rental owners to continue letting the City Council know that rent control is a failed policy. CAA asks members who cannot attend Tuesday’s meeting to email the mayor and council By clicking on citycouncil@srcity.org, the below… Read More

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The Mountain View City Council is considering rent control (aka rent stabilization), as well as a just-cause eviction ordinance — and will discuss both policies Monday, Oct. 19. CAA Tri-County is calling on its members to attend this study session and make their voices heard. During this meeting, CAA will make a presentation to the City Council on the dynamics of the rental market and practical ways the city can address the housing crisis without punitive measures like rent control. Below are some of the reasons why rent control and just-cause evictions are ineffective ways to address Mountain View’s housing… 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 San Mateo City Council in September decided to create a task force to identify sensible ways to increase housing affordability. The decision to form an advisory group of housing stakeholders came Monday, Sept. 21, following nearly six hours of presentations and public testimony at San Mateo City Hall. This included comments from CAA Tri-County members with a variety of portfolio sizes. These members presented the council with facts and personal perspectives on the city’s housing market. “CAA Tri-County would like to thank those who sent e-mails, made phone calls and attended the meeting on Monday night that went beyond… 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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You’ve likely heard of CAA fighting the spread of rent control at city halls around the Bay Area. Well, the effort to stem rent control is happening in the courts as well. For the second time in recent months, CAA has gotten involved in a case centered on whether a change of tenancy occurs when parents move out of a rent controlled unit and their children, who never signed the lease because they were minors, stay behind as adults. [Read about the first case] This is important because a change in tenancy allows for a rent controlled unit to return… Read More

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The Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday will discuss a proposal that would force owners of rental properties to accept Section 8 vouchers. The California Apartment Association’s North Coast Division has strong concerns about such a mandate, which would be premature as the courts review the legality of such ordinances. A copy of CAA’s letter to the Mayor and Council of Santa Rosa can be found here. CAA is urging the council to instead work with rental property owners and managers to explore ways that incentivize acceptance of Section 8 vouchers and wait for the courts to rule on this… Read More

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