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The California Apartment Association this week launched a grassroots campaign in which its members are calling state lawmakers and urging no votes on “just cause” legislation on the Assembly floor.
AB 1481 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, and AB 1697 by Assemblyman Tim Grayson, D-Concord, would prohibit landlords from terminating a tenancy without first listing a specific reason for doing so.
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The
California Apartment Association is exploring its options after the El Cerrito
City Council on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to a “just cause” for
eviction ordinance on a 3-2 vote.
Council
members Janet Abelson and Gabe Quinto voted against the ordinance. A proposal
to create a rent registry also won approval on a 4-1 vote, with Quinto
dissenting.
The council must
formalize approval of the measures with a second vote, expected on May 21. In
the meantime, CAA is evaluating all avenues for a reconsideration.
The path leading to this week’s preliminary approval of just cause began with a… Read More
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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday.
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The California Apartment Association is providing free fair housing training for rental owners and property managers as part of a regional campaign to end housing discrimination. The six “Essentials of Fair Housing” seminars will be offered at locations throughout Sacramento county during May and June.
The free training is supported by several local governments, including the County of Sacramento, City of Sacramento, City of Elk Grove, City of Rancho Cordova, City of Citrus Heights, City of Folsom, and Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency.
CAA also received assistance from several nonprofit organizations that provide support services to renters. These organizations include Sacramento Self-Help Housing, which helps renters find affordable housing; Project Sentinel, which provides fair… Read More
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A bill approved by the California Assembly this week
would outlaw the use of a common type of rat poison, making it more difficult
to control rodent populations around rental housing and other buildings.
The
California Apartment Association opposes the bill, AB
1788 by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, which would
prohibit the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides. Pest control
companies use this tool to manage rodents around businesses, homes, apartments,
and other places where people eat, sleep, play and live.
Rodenticides protect Californians from the spread of
diseases, such as hantavirus and typhus.
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Question: Is the procedure for evicting a tenant from a garage any different than for a tenant who lives in a residential unit? Is delivering a notice to a post office box legally acceptable?
Answer: The eviction process is the same. The notice should be mailed to the post office box and another copy attached to the door of the garage the same day. Even though it may not be delivered, send another notice via mail, same day to the garage, since the code literally requires mailing and posting to the rented premises.
Question: Is there any way to impose… Read More
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With a rent control hearing looming at the Capitol, the Sacramento City Council last month postponed its own hearing on landlord-tenant policies.
The council had been scheduled to hold a second hearing April 23 on the proposed Residential Rental Mediation Program, which is intended to address high rents while housing supply catches up with demand.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg, however, moved to postpone the hearing in light of two rent control bills scheduled to be weighed at the state Capitol later that week.
Steinberg suggested that the robust discussions surrounding AB 1489 and AB 36 could have a significant impact on local landlord-tenant policies. The… Read More
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Despite
opposition from CAA, a pair of “just cause” for eviction bills advanced this
week from the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
The bills, AB 1481 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, and AB 1697 by Assemblyman Tim Grayson, D-Concord, have now gone to the Assembly floor.
Both Grayson’s and Bonta’s proposals would limit evictions to certain causes, such as failure to pay rent, a substantial breach of the lease, or use of the property for illegal activity. Proving criminal activity, however, often requires testimony from third‐party witnesses who may be reluctant to come forward.
Do you manage an apartment building constructed after July 1, 2015? If so, the California Air Resources Board wants to hear from you.
The agency is conducting a survey on electric-vehicle charging stations at newer multifamily buildings.
Since July 2015, the state green code has required that all new single-family homes and a percentage of parking spaces at new multifamily buildings be ready to accommodate EV charging stations. Among other things, this includes providing the necessary electrical infrastructure to accommodate an EV charging station.
Now, the state air-quality agency wants to know how many of those new EV-ready parking spaces at new multifamily buildings have been converted to… Read More
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