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The city of Long Beach this month updated its land-use policies, allowing higher-density housing to be built in certain areas of the city.
The changes come through an updated land-use element, which the City Council approved on March 6 following a long and contentious meeting. The land-use element, or LUE, is part of the city’s General Plan, a development and planning document required by the state.
The city last updated the LUE in 1989, and since then, Long Beach has added over 44,000 residents. Housing construction has not kept up with demand, with only one housing unit added for every… Read More
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It’s no secret that the rental housing industry is wearing a veritable bull’s eye at the state Capitol.
Perhaps you’ve seen the recent news stories about efforts to repeal essential state protections under the Costa-Hawkins Act, the law that moderates the most harmful effects of rent control, or efforts to limit the ability of landlords to issue evictions.
Certainly, Sacramento stands as the highest-profile battleground for the rental housing industry, but it’s worth noting that the local landscape can be equally hostlile.
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An effort to place rent control and eviction controls before Long Beach voters will soon enter the signature-gathering phase.
On Tuesday, the Long Beach city attorney gave petitioners the green light to begin collecting signatures for a measure titled the Long Beach Rent Control Ordinance.
Rent control activists in the city of Santa Cruz have filed paperwork to place a rent control measure before voters in the November election.
Rent control proponents filed their initiative with the Santa Cruz city clerk on Friday, Jan. 19, beginning the process of qualifying the measure. Within 15 days, the city attorney is expected to review the measure and issue an impartial summary and analysis.
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The California Apartment Association has expanded its Southern California government affairs team to bring greater representation to rental housing providers in South Los Angeles County.
Earlier this month, CAA named Frederick Sutton as vice president of public affairs for Long Beach and more than 20 other municipalities in L.A. County.
Sutton, who started on Jan. 16, brings a wealth of experience representing rental housing providers.
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Tenant advocates in Long Beach have refiled documents to place a rent control measure before voters.
On Jan. 12, representatives from Housing Long Beach filed paperwork to qualify a rent control initiative for the November 2018 ballot.
The rent control movement established a foothold in Southern California. Lawmakers passed a historic package of bills to address the state’s ongoing housing crisis. And one of the state’s most important rental housing laws came under attack.
2017 certainly generated some big headlines for California’s rental housing industry.
In the top-10 list below, we summarize the most significant of those stories. To delve deeper into the issues and explore related content, follow the links embedded in each summary.
Costa-Hawkins Act comes under attack with legislation, possible ballot measure
Tenant advocates in Pasadena have filed preliminary paperwork to place rent control on an upcoming city ballot.
In addition to rent control, the proposed initiative would seek just-cause eviction policies in Pasadena and the establishment of a rent board.
An effort to place rent control before voters in Long Beach has already hit a snag.
Last week, tenant advocates filed preliminary paperwork to place a rent control initiative on the November 2018 ballot.
The Long Beach city attorney, however, deemed the “Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition” to be incomplete, as it lacked the written text of the proposed initiative, which is required under the election code.