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It’s now up to election officials to determine whether a rent control initiative has qualified for the November ballot in Mountain View.
On Tuesday, June 14, the Mountain View Tenants Coalition submitted more than 7,100 signatures to the city clerk.
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters will now count and check the validity of the signatures. The coalition needed 4,671 registered voters to sign their petition to qualify the initiative for the ballot.
The California Apartment Association is closely monitoring this process to ensure it follows procedures outlined in the California Election Code.
The measure would impose rent control… Read More
The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday.
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About 50 protesters stormed the headquarters of the California Apartment Association in Sacramento on the morning of Monday, May 16, shaking their fists and demanding rent control.
Shortly past 11:15 a.m., activits wearing yellow shirts barged into CAA’s downtown suite, chanting “Greedy landlords, you can’t hide!”
The demonstrators, arriving unannounced from the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, then clustered shoulder-to-shoulder outside the office of Chief Executive Officer Tom Bannon.
Within moments, Bannon opened his door and calmly made his way through the chanting throng.
Once Bannon reached the middle of the crowd, a representative of the group… Read More
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The California Apartment Association is assembling an article on hoarding issues in rental communities and is seeking insights from property owners and managers.
Have you encountered a hoarder on your property? How did you deal with the situation?
If you are willing to speak with a reporter about the issue for CAA’s Apartment Management magazine, please email Amy Drew Thompson no later than April 19 at info@amydrewthompson.com.
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The California Apartment Association on May 19 will debut the North Coast PAC Derby Day, a fun evening of hosted mint juleps, local wine and beer, and appetizers.
This fantastic event will raise money for the CAA North Coast Political Action Committee (PAC) to create a positive business climate for the local rental housing industry.
CAAPAC, our non-partisan Political Action Committee, is dedicated to the protection, preservation and advancement of the rental housing industry, and supports candidates for public office who are receptive to the concerns of rental property owners and managers locally and statewide.
Join us as we race… Read More
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Before listing properties on home-sharing websites, hosts should make sure they have adequate insurance coverage — just in case something goes awry during a short-term rental.
Under legislation by Sen. Bill Monning, D-Carmel, companies such as Airbnb, HomeAway and Flipkey would need to post a disclosure about insurance coverage on their websites.
Senate Bill 1092 would require disclosures about the need for the property owner or tenant to review his or her insurance plan to confirm coverage in the event of injury or damage during the rental period.
If the hosting platform provides primary insurance coverage for the rental period,… Read More
Mountain View returned from the brink of approving binding arbitration — a form of rent control — during the City Council’s Tuesday night meeting.
The California Apartment Association played a pivotal role in mobilizing property owners to speak at the meeting and advocate for sensible landlord-tenant measures.
Mountain View had been considering binding arbitration, which allows a third party to decide how much rent can increase — if at all — making it a form of rent control. The city of Alameda formally approved such a policy March 1.
CAA succeeded in fending off this type of rent control in… Read More
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According to one lawmaker, a law already requiring property owners to have low-flow plumbing fixtures installed by 2019 doesn’t go far enough.
Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, has proposed legislation to require plumbing fixtures conserve more water than mandated by an existing Jan. 1, 2019 deadline, and he’s adding more fixtures to the list.
The current law demands water-conserving fixtures for residential, multi-family, and commercial properties. Fixtures that don’t comply must be replaced.
Hertzberg’s SB 1173, however, changes the definitions of noncompliant plumbing fixtures.
The bill calls for the replacement of the following:
Toilets that use more than 1.28 gallons… Read More
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A Southern California lawmaker has proposed legislation that would help deter frivolous disability-access lawsuits against landlords and other business owners.
SB 1142 by Sen. John R-Moorlach, Costa Mesa, would provide property owners and businesses a “right to cure” within 120 days of any Americans with Disabilities Act violation without penalty or threat of lawsuit.
The bill would stipulate that a defendant is not liable for statutory damages, costs, or plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees if the violation is corrected within 120 days of service of a demand letter.
California law provides that a plaintiff is entitled to a minimum of $4,000 per… Read More
Efforts to impose or strenghten rent control through the initiative process have begun in Richmond, Alameda and Oakland. Meanwhile, Mountain View will soon consider binding arbitration, and the housing staff in San Jose has suggested tightening the city’s existing rent cap.
Read the stories below to find out what’s happening in each area.
San Jose
City would face stricter rent cap under city staff proposal
Rental property owners in San Jose would face a more stringent cap on annual rent increases underdraft recommendations released by the city’s housing department. Housing officials Tuesday recommended moving from the current 8 percent limit… Read More
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