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CAA Greater Inland Empire has declared its annual toy and food drive a big success and extends an equally big thank you to all the personnel, residents and members who offered their help and generosity.
A sampling of the companies who assisted in the toy and food drive: Burrtec, HD Supply, United Paving, Bluestar Properties, Sares Regis Group (Cape May at Harveston), Western National Property Management (Ridgeview Apartments) and Lincoln Properties (Alvista Portifino Apartments).
CAA Greater Inland Empire launched the charitable effort last month, offering members a way to help more than 1,200 children and their families.
Donations included items… Read More
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Consider it a rallying call for generosity this holiday season.
CAA Greater Inland Empire has launched its annual toy and food drive, providing members a way to help more than 1,200 children and their families.
A pair of charitable organizations, Mary’s Mercy Center and Veronica’s Home, will distribute the food, gifts and other essentials.
Mary’s Mercy Center
Mary’s Mercy Center, Inc. is a public nonprofit organization which is committed to serve all races, creeds and conditions of life while extending unconditional love, acceptance, and respect to all who come for assistance. Networking with local… Read More
Laughter, applause — even some hoots and hollers — reverberated in the Riverside Convention Center on Wednesday night.
The source? The California Apartment Association’s first Tapped & Uncorked event, where more than 300 rental housing professionals received a well-deserved evening of proud reflection and fun.
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After all, 2014 has brimmed with political and philanthropic achievements in the Inland Empire.
Before sending attendees to dance, network and sample regional wines and craft beers, the Association addressed some cheerful-but-important business.
CAA officially announced the division’s new name, honored its legislator of the year and thanked members for a year of victories… Read More
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A small group of CAA Greater Inland Empire members broke bread with four local mayors Friday, Oct. 17, during the association’s third Leadership Roundtable of 2014.
With more than two elected officials taking part this time, organizers changed the format, pairing each member with a mayor during lunch. They got to spend nearly an hour together.
The event took place at the National Community Renaissance’s office in Rancho Cucamonga.
Participating mayors included Paul Leon (Ontario); Carey Davis (San Bernardino); Dennis Michael (Rancho Cucamonga); and Karen Spiegel (Corona).
“I’ve never been to a rental housing industry event; it was an honor… Read More
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Adding affordable housing and improving existing housing in the San Bernardino area are key priorities for the California Apartment Association.
With that in mind, CAA’s Greater Inland Empire Division has invested leadership power toward these dual goals – both at the county and city level.
CAA now has executives on both San Bernardino County’s Housing Authority Commission – and the city’s Housing Policy Committee, which is overhauling every rental housing policy and ordinance on the book, some as far back as 1950.
To bolster affordable housing in the county, Tim Johnson, executive director of the local CAA division, has been… Read More
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A proposed moratorium on apartment construction in Menifee appears to be off the table, at least for now.
The City Council had been scheduled to hold a public hearing on the idea Wednesday, Aug. 20.
But Councilman Wally Edgerton – who’d put the apartment building ban on the agenda – quickly backed off the proposal.
Earlier that day, the California Apartment Association sent a letter to the council explaining why a moratorium would be bad for Menifee. CAA-Inland Empire Executive Director Tim Johnson also addressed the council.
Johnson pointed out that renters spend 18 percent more than homeowners, generating higher… Read More
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A proposed ban on apartment construction in Menifee would undercut the city’s economy, taking away construction jobs, sources of property tax revenue and places for working folks to live.
The California Apartment Association has articulated this argument against a proposed apartment-building moratorium in a letter sent to the Menifee City Council, which will hold a public hearing on the matter at its Wednesday, Aug. 20, meeting.
The Menifee City Council voted 3 to 2 on Aug. 6 to hold a public hearing on the proposal, which would prevent construction of residential rental housing on unentitled land — or properties where… Read More
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Members of the California Apartment Association’s Inland Empire Division hosted a meet-and-greet breakfast with Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, R-Escondido.
The gathering took place July 24 at Cape May at Harveston, a Sares-Regis Group property in Temecula.
Several representatives from Sares-Regis Group, Alliance, Camden and National CORE sat with Waldron for more than an hour, sharing their concerns and discussing current issues at their rental properties.
“The meeting provided Assemblywoman Waldron with first-hand information about rental housing needed to help protect our industry in the state Capitol,” said Tim Johnson, executive director of CAA’s Inland Empire Division, also known as CAA-AAGIE. “Every… Read More
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More than 110 golfers have helped the California Apartment Association raise thousands of dollars to fight homelessness in the Inland Empire.
On June 25, CAA’s 20th Annual Summer Scramble Charity Tournament generated $10,000 for HomeAid Inland Empire. CAA held the Summer Scramble at The Retreat in the city of Corona.
“We were very pleased to team up with HomeAid again this year and excited that we met our goal in doubling last year’s $5,000 golf tournament contribution amount,” said Jennifer Bedford, chairwoman of CAA’s Inland Empire board.
HomeAid, whose mission is to provide dignified temporary housing… Read More
The California Apartment Association is asking Inland Empire members with properties in Moreno Valley to contact the city regarding its nearly five-fold increase in fire inspection fees.
The fees, now $36 per unit, marks a 450 percent increase and could leave some members paying more than $9,000 for fire inspections.
A couple of CAA members recently received notices of the higher fees and informed CAA. The fire inspection ordinance took effect in January.
“We immediately reached out to city officials, including the fire marshal, and engaged with them,” said Tim Johnson, executive director CAA’s Inland Empire Division, or CAA-AAGIE. “We’re… Read More
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