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The La Palma City Council last month approved a moratorium on multifamily development, a move that promises to worsen Orange County’s ongoing housing shortage and keep rental prices rising.
The moratorium, approved June 20, applies to multifamily and commercial projects for which plans had not yet been submitted.
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Some novel approaches to tackling California’s housing crisis are continuing to gain traction in the state Legislature this year.
Take AB 73 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco. This bill, supported by the California Apartment Association, would incentivize local governments to zone for more housing.
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More than six months of rent control is coming to an end in the city of Sebastopol.
The city, which has capped annual rent increases at 3 percent since Nov. 1, will allow its rent moratorium to expire by the end of today, June 16.
All three housing-production bills sponsored by CAA this year have now won approval in the state Assembly and have advanced to the Senate, taking them roughly halfway to the governor’s desk.
The latest victory for CAA-sponsored bills came May 30, as the Assembly passed AB 943 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles. This bill would raise the voter threshold for passing no-growth measures in California cities.
Amid a sharp rise in Los Angeles County’s homeless population, the California Apartment Association this week reaffirmed its commitment to helping people secure permanent housing.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority reported that the number of homeless individuals in the county increased to 58,000. That represents a 23 percent spike in the annual survey.
The Assembly has passed a CAA-sponsored bill to help prevent local governments from arbitrarily denying housing projects.
The bill, AB 678 by Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D-San Fernando, adds much-needed teeth to California’s Housing Accountability Act.
The Housing Accountability Act requires that local governments follow certain legal mandates before denying housing projects that comply with their general plan and zoning rules.
AB 678 would impose penalties, including fines for governments that fail to comply with the act. That money would be placed in a housing trust fund for the construction of affordable housing. The bill now heads to the Senate for… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has called on members of the Assembly to reject a bill that would undercut the state’s density-bonus law and make housing in San Francisco more expensive.
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On the heels of a pro-rent control march in East Los Angeles, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors this week voted to examine tenant protection policies for the nation’s most populous county.
A CAA-sponsored bill that would boost construction of micro apartments — especially in areas near public university campuses and public transit — has advanced to the state Senate.
On Thursday, the Assembly unanimously approved AB 352 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles. The bill is now awaiting a hearing date in the Senate’s Rules Committee.
The bill, one of three housing-supply bills sponsored by the California Apartment Association this year, would help prevent local governments from establishing roadblocks to “efficiency dwelling units,” which usually measure 220 square feet or less. Like AB 943, Santiago authored this piece of legislation.