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Against a backdrop of stunning automobiles, the East Bay’s rental housing stars got to shine at the GEMM Awards. The prestigious event, held Aug. 21 at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, honored nearly 30 individuals, teams and properties for exhibiting excellence and professionalism. The 11th annual event was presented by CAA’s Contra Costa-Napa-Solano Division and the RHA Serving Southern Alameda.
“Tonight is a special night,” Tom Bannon, chief executive officer for CAA, told hundreds of attendees. “For we again honor those who have gone above and beyond the norm and have reached a level of professionalism that sets the standard… Read More
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
To find out, join your colleagues and industry experts for a dynamic and informative forecast
during the California Apartment Association’s 2015 Multi-Family Economic Forecast.
The event will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
The forecast will feature industry experts such as Barry Altshuler, senior vice president at Equity Residential and David Grund, a vice president at Mike Rovner Construction Inc.
Attendees also will hear from guest speaker David Wegman, a senior analyst at MPF Research, a division of RealPage Inc.
What: The California Apartment Association’s 2015 Multi-Family Economic Forecast
When: 3… Read More
Tagged: Events Los Angeles
More than 80 local CAA Greater Fresno members attended the 16th annual PAC Golf Fundraiser at the River Park Golf Center in Fresno.
At the on May 21 event, golf teams played the nine-hole golf course, and the Closest to the Hole prize went to local CAA Greater Fresno member Kenneth Hendricks. Other members played croquet. The evening concluded with a tri-tip dinner.
The event raised more than $4,000 for the California Apartment Association’s political action fund.
Locally, the CAA Greater Fresno PAC makes political contributions to candidates receptive to the concerns of rental property owners and managers at the… Read More
Tagged: EventsPolitical Action Greater Fresno
California Apartment Association members and guests raised thousands of dollars at a political action fundraiser last week in San Diego.
On Thursday, May 29, “Tacos & Tequila with a Twist” attracted San Diego’s most prominent rental housing industry leaders to network, discuss industry trends and raise awareness regarding the importance that the political process plays in preserving the strength of the rental housing industry.
Whitney Benzian, executive director of CAA-San Diego, summed up the event as “wildly successful.”
CAA membership raised $20,000 at the Political Action Committee fundraiser, helping ensure the rental industry’s interests are represented.
“It’s critical that we… Read More
Tagged: EventsPolitical Action
Bad public policy? In Los Angeles, we’re putting a cork in it.
While lifting a few wineglasses, about 120 friends of the California Apartment Association helped CAA’s work to keep poor political candidates out of office and get good ones elected.
It all came together April 30 at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, where CAA’s Los Angeles division held its inaugural “Cork & Sand” event.
The political fundraiser brought in about $53,000, and all proceeds will benefit CAA LA’s Political Action Committee.
The committee creates a positive business environment for the multi-family housing industry in Los Angeles by… Read More
Tagged: ElectionsEvents Los Angeles
Each year, the CAA Contra Costa Napa Solano Division and RHA Serving Southern Alameda County, honors those who demonstrate excellence in the rental housing industry with the prestigious CAA Greater East Bay GEMM Awards.
Top 5 reasons to nominate
GAIN ATTENTION for the accomplishments of your company, organization, or yourself.
RECOGNIZE your colleagues and employees for great work throughout the year.
SHOW OFF the best of your best to the rental housing industry.
CREATE BUZZ about your company, organization, or yourself through website postings, publications and social networking.
BOOST YOUR EMPLOYEE engagement, confidence, motivation, and loyalty.
Celebrate the accomplishments of… Read More
SANTA CLARA — When it comes to picking apartments, it’s no surprise that tech-worker tenants want opportunities for social networking.
But we’re not talking about business centers where they can hunker down to like and post pictures or squeeze in an extra hour of programming.
Just ask employees at Facebook, which surveyed its employees about the amenities they want in apartment living.
Turns out a venue for old-school, face-to-face socializing topped the list.
“They did not care about the fitness center; they did not care about a business center; they did not care about a swimming pool, Jacuzzi — none… Read More
Tagged: Events Long Beach
By Jonathan Heller
For CAA News
SAN DIEGO – The California Apartment Association’s San Diego Division has joined forces with the Downtown San Diego Partnership to reduce homelessness in the coastal city’s core.
CAA presented a check for $15,000 Thursday night to Partnership President and CEO Kris Michell in support of the Partnership’s “Make Change Count” and “Work Your Way Home” initiatives, which seek to end homelessness downtown.
Whitney Benzian, executive director of CAA’s San Diego Division, said his organization is proud to raise money for such a worthy cause, especially with such a track record for delivering results.
“Homelessness… Read More
Tagged: CharityEventsPhilanthropy San Diego
Meth-lab type explosions occur while making pot-based product
The rental housing industry is seeing an explosion in marijuana use — literally.
Property damage and personal injury reports have been rising as more drug manufacturers use butane to extract and concentrate compounds from marijuana.
The end product is a clear, golden brown cannabis derivative known by different names, such as hash oil, dabs, shatter, wax, milk, ear wax, honey, snake tails, or butane hash oil.
In the central San Joaquin Valley it is often called “honey oil.”
In 2014, there already have been several reported cases of explosions in the Fresno… Read More
Tagged: EducationEventsSafety Greater Fresno