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The Mountain View City Council is eyeing a potential ballot measure that would make changes to the city’s rent control law.
It’s unclear, however, what changes would be included in the potential measure – and whether they could make the city’s rent control ordinance even worse.
City staff has suggested the council might explore asking voters to bolster its rent control law with a rent registry, vacancy control for landlord-caused tenancy terminations, new noticing requirements, and possible limits on how housing providers share utility costs with renters.
Tagged: ElectionsRent Control Tri-County
The Vallejo City Council passed an urgency ordinance on July
16 making it unlawful to increase rent for an existing or prospective tenant by
more than 10% during a declared emergency.
The rent cap already was in place following a proclamation
of emergency declared by the city manager on June 27 and later ratified by the City
Council on July 3. The new ordinance simply places the rent cap into the
municipal codes so that it automatically becomes effective during any
proclaimed emergency.
Tagged: Rent Control Solano
A
free workshop that will cover landlord-tenant law and other rental housing
topics is coming to Roseville on Aug. 1.
The
workshop, presented by Legal Services of Northern California, will cover topics
including:
An
overview of landlord-tenant law in California
Best
practices and emerging issues such as zoning, permits, disability rights and
reasonable accommodations
Sample
housing case scenarios
The
training session is scheduled to run from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Maidu Community
Center. It is designed for property owners currently renting or considering
renting in Placer County.
The
event is being hosted by the city of Roseville, Roseville Housing… Read More
Tagged: Education Sacramento Valley
The Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority will hold a stakeholder meeting next month to discuss proposed changes to its recycling-collection requirements at multifamily properties.
Tagged: News Sacramento Valley
During the first half of 2019, the California Apartment Association fought a deluge of negative rental housing legislation, from statewide rent control to authorized rent strikes.
Below we summarize some of the worst bills of the year and update their status in the Legislature. Let’s start with some of the worst legislative proposals stopped by CAA.
CAA has created a supplement to the 9th Edition of Managing Rental Housing to address laws that took effect Jan. 1, 2019. Click the headline above or the button below to access it.
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Question: I am evicting a tenant and gave her a 30-day day notice. When I handed her the notice, she didn’t read it, she just dropped it on the ground, so I read it to her. I then gave it back to her, but she wouldn’t take it, so I dropped it on the ground. Is this considered a legal notice?
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The California Apartment Association has issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance that’s taken effect in Hayward.
Effective
Thursday, July 25, the city’s “source of income protection” law requires that
landlords consider for tenancy all applicants with the ability to pay for a
given unit, including those who would pay their rent using Section 8.
Hayward City Council
Last
month, the Hayward City Council updated its 39-year-old rent stabilization
ordinance and added provisions that ban blanket policies against renting to
voucher holders, as well as advertisements to that effect. The new ordinance… Read More
Long Beach may soon require that new developments in the city include a certain amount of affordable housing.
That mandate could come from an inclusionary-housing ordinance. The city commissioned an economic feasibility study on the policy and recently finished community workshops on how inclusionary housing might be applied in Long Beach.
A cap on rent increases in the city of Vallejo will remain in effect for at least a few more weeks – and possibly much longer.
During a special meeting July 3, the City Council declared a local emergency that triggered protections against price gouging under state law. Once activated, the state’s anti-price-gouging law prohibits price increases over 10% for many consumer goods and services, including rental housing, for 30 days following the declaration.