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Peruse the dozens of pictures from the California Apartment Association’s 2013 Legislative Conference in Sacramento. Photos by Bob Knapik.

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By MIKE NEMETH While Proposition 30 will slow the furious pace of budget cuts, California lawmakers won’t throw away the chopping block, a lawmaker projected earlier this month. Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, said the state will continue to rein in spending, albeit with less urgency. California voters approved Prop. 30 in November, raising the state’s sales tax by a quarter cent on the dollar. It also boosted income taxes for those earning more than a quarter-million dollars per year. “If it weren’t for the proposition passing, we’d be having a very different conversation this morning about the state of our… Read More

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During a California Apartment Association event Thursday, a featured speaker predicted that growth  in commercial construction will bring a corresponding need for new housing in the Silicon Valley. Larry Souza of the Johnson Souza Group offered that forecast during Tri-County’s annual economic and legislative summit, which nearly 200 members attended. The Silicon Valley Business Journal covered portions of Outlook 2013, including Souza’s comments. “My projections are we’ll reach the peak of the commercial real estate and business cycle by 2017 — and then probably be back in another recession,” he said,  according to the Business Journal story. Souza’s presentation also… Read More

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