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A union-led push to change Proposition 13 through the ballot box is in for a fight from the business community.
On Thursday morning, a group called Make It Fair launched a campaign to put changes to Prop. 13 before voters in 2016, the Sacramento Bee reported.
Resistance, however, is already mounting against any push for a split roll or stripping away of tax protections.
“California’s small businesses struggle every day to overcome our state’s massive tax burden and keep their doors open,” Rex Hime, president of the California Business Properties Association, said in this Bee article. “By continuing to raise… Read More
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Steven Hrdlicka, an attorney and member of the California Apartment Association’s Greater Fresno advisory board, discusses landlord rights in an upcoming edition of San Joaquin Spotlight.
You can see the interview in the YouTube video below or catch it at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 12, on 90.7 FM KFSR Fresno, and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16 on CMAC Comcast 93 and AT&T 99.
Interviewing Hrdlicka is San Joaquin Spotlight host Sevag Tateosian.
https://youtu.be/_lRilYp_MBs
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A hearing on a bill that threatens to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business has been postponed by one week.
SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, will now go before the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee at 1:30 p.m. April. 14.
It had been scheduled to go before this committee Tuesday, April 7.
The bill takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the apartment business.
Before the Ellis Act was passed in 1985, rent-controlled cities — Santa Monica in… Read More
The deadline is 5 p.m. today to register online for Northern California’s largest multifamily conference for rental housing professionals
Already, 1,100 participants and attendees are confirmed for this full-day event at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Join representatives from California’s leading property management companies, Real Estate Investment Trusts, and independent rental owners.
Features:
160+ exhibitor booths
11 educational seminars featuring nationally recognized speakers – click here to view the seminar schedule
CEO Panel
“How To” Workshops – learn from the pros!
QUAKE COTTAGE – earthquake simulator
Photo Booth
Free popcorn & refreshments
Exciting sponsorship opportunities
SCANVenger Hunt™ – QR code… Read More
A Senate bill would give homeless people in California the “right to rest” in public places from shopping centers, public transit facilities to parks.
Under SB 608 by state Sen. Carol Liu, D- La Cañada Flintridge, also includes sidewalks. This means a rental property owner couldn’t move a homeless person who was, say, sleeping in front of a leasing office. Moreover, CAA has argued previously that this type of legislation would include a prohibition from eviction.
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By AMY DREW THOMPSON
On the heels of the vampire trends in pop culture, bed bugs are back. And they’re in it for the long haul.
What began as a scourge reinfesting the cities of the Eastern seaboard has moved steadily westward, enjoying human blood meals along the way. The Golden State, the experts say, has not yet seen the worst of it.
“Increased travel, increased use of second-hand items, changes in indoor pest management practices and pesticide resistance within some bed bug populations are potential factors driving their resurgence,” says board-certified entomologist Andrew M. Sutherland, Ph. D, and the… Read More
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Landlords could lose the right to restrict tenants from using clotheslines to dry their shirts, socks and other attire under a proposed bill.
Assemblywoman Patty Lopez, D-San Fernando, argues that clotheslines use solar power and offer an energy-saving alternative to electricity- or gas-driven machine dryers.
The California Apartment Association has taken an oppose position to Lopez’s bill, AB 1448.
Most rental property owners have strict regulations about an accumulation of possessions on balconies. This legislation would interfere with an owner’s house rules and the aesthetics of the rental property.
Property owners should maintain their right to decide whether clotheslines are… Read More
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Enjoy an evening of fine wines, gourmet food and exceptional networking – all while supporting the California Apartment Association’s government affairs efforts in Los Angeles.
Cork & Sand is the annual fundraiser in L.A. benefitting CAA’s Political Action Committee. CAAPAC, along with CAA Los Angeles, works to create a positive business climate for the rental housing industry in the region.
CAAPAC also supplements CAA’s government affairs program by making contributions to state and local candidates who recognize the importance of the continued growth of the rental housing industry and its positive influence on L.A.’s economy.
This year’s Cork & Sand… Read More
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A bill threatening to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business is scheduled for an important committee hearing early next month.
SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, goes before the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee at 1:30 p.m. April. 7.
The bill takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the apartment business.
Before the Ellis Act was passed in 1985, rent-controlled cities — Santa Monica in particular — were forcing landlords to stay in business, even if they were losing… Read More