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CAA has created a supplement to the 9th Edition of Managing Rental Housing to address laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2018. Click the headline above to access it.

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 1, in observance of the New Year’s holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, Jan. 2.

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 22 through Monday, Dec. 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, Dec. 26.

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Thanks in part to the California Apartment Association, the city of Los Angeles has vowed to improve its beleaguered waste-hauling program and has created a system for landlords and other customers to submit billing disputes. Since its unveiling this past summer, the recycleLA waste-hauling franchise program has generated …

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The Santa Cruz City Council next week is poised to consider rent control as a possible way to address the city’s housing crisis. Rent control is included as a policy option in a staff report called “Santa Cruz Voices on Housing: Fall 2017 Community Engagement Report,” and on Tuesday, the council is scheduled to discuss the document.

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The California Apartment Association is once again encouraging members with available units in Napa or Sonoma counties to contact CAA and consider making special considerations for fire victims. Special considerations may include offering reduced move-in costs or discounted deposits for those who lost their homes. CAA members with available units are asked to send an email to CAA.

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In the wake of the wine country wildfires, Sonoma County prosecutors have received more than 60 reports of rental price gouging, however, most of the allegations did not represent violations of law, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported. The article also clarifies that the state’s price-gouging law does not apply to units just now entering the rental market. “If you want to move out and rent your house for a year, you can set whatever price the current market will bear without penalty,” Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch told the Press Democrat.

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Monday, Nov. 27.

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The San Jose City Council next month will vote whether to lower its annual cap on rent increases for the second time in less than two years. At its Tuesday, Nov. 14 meeting, the council will consider switching to a rent control formula based on the rate of inflation, or the Consumer Price Index. The CPI is now about 3.4 percent.

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Rent increases limited to 10 percent  Under an executive order by Gov. Jerry Brown, protections against price-gouging in the wake of the North Bay fires — including rent increases over 10 percent — will be in effect until at least April of next year. The ban on price gouging, which originally had a 30-day time limit, is now in effect until April 18, 2018. The state’s anti-price gouging law went into effect earlier this month after the president and governor issued a state of emergency in California.

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