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Thousands of housing units are coming to San Jose’s downtown, and a major tech firm has big plans for the area, too, a city councilman said at the California Apartment Association’s Outlook 2014. “By this time next year, we’re going to have about 2,500 housing units under construction in the downtown core alone,” San Jose City Councilman Sam Liccardo said, according to The Registry, Bay Area Real Estate. On Thursday, Feb. 6, The Registry covered CAA’s economic summit for Silicon Valley’s rental housing industry. “We’re soon going to be able to announce a major tech company filling about 2 million… Read More

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Now that 2014 is here, it’s important that rental housing professionals are familiar with laws that could affect the way they do business. Background In 2013, the California Legislature had 40 freshman lawmakers and a greater number of moderate Democrats – those friendly to business — including 20 in the Assembly and four in the Senate. In 2013, the California Apartment Association reviewed 10,650 bills and took formal positions on 55 of them. By the numbers 2,535: Bills introduced in 2013 4.2: Average amendments to each bill 10,650: Bills reviewed by CAA 121: Bills followed by CAA 55: Bills that… Read More

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The California Apartment Association is now accepting applications for its 2014 committees and subcommittees, incoming President Ron Granville has announced. The association is committed to representing all of its members in the legislative and legal arenas and providing valuable products and services that will contribute to the success of its members’ businesses. One of the ways CAA better serves its members is by encouraging their participation on association committees, particularly those aligned with their experience, knowledge and skills. You are invited to read an overview of the 2014 CAA committees and subcommittees; please review the descriptions to determine what involvement… Read More

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CAA invites multifamily housing owners, managers, tenants to Bedbugs 101 panel discussion Now that Halloween is over, let’s face it. Vampires aren’t that scary. More frightful fangs can be found in many California apartments. They belong to the elusive bedbug, an insect that makes countless tenants’ and landlords’ skin crawl.    While these wingless parasites do feed on blood at night, they’re a far cry from the immortal undead. Property owners, managers and residents can beat this bug — if they work together. To that end, the California Apartment Association will host a panel discussion called Bedbugs 101, from 3 p.m.… Read More

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September 20, 2013

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The California Apartment Association is delighted to unveil its new website. With its streamlined pages and intuitive search tools, navigating CAAnet.org is a snap. Click the dropdown menus and links on the sides to quickly access legal information, rental housing forms and other vital tools. When you have a few minutes, explore the beefed-up news pages, the blog and content-rich portals for CAA’s local associations. Check back for frequent updates. CAA’s digital team is here to save you time, spare you frustration and improve your online experience. We’d love to hear your thoughts. Email Mike Nemeth, strategic communications manager, at… Read More

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The California Apartment Association’s Greater Inland Empire Division has endorsed Brian Johsz for the Chino Valley Fire District Board. Johsz was recently appointed to fill the vacancy on the Chino Valley Fire District when Ray Marquez was elected to the Chino Hills City Council this past March. Johsz hopes to maintain his position as director of the Chino Valley Fire District in an Aug. 27 consolidated, mail-in ballot election. “The Chino Valley Fire District Board is responsible for the oversight and protection of our members’ properties,” said Kelly Vickers, chairwoman of CAA-AAGIE’s Government Affairs Committee. “Mr. Johsz has a track… Read More

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The July 2013 Issue of Rental Housing Today provides you with updates from our 19th Annual Summer Scramble, Inaugural Legislative District Leadership Conference and our Semi-Annual Strategic Planning Meeting. To those of you who participated in this year’s golf tournament, we thank you for making it a huge success and for supporting HomeAid Inland Empire.This edition is packed full of education and information, with three of the articles described below.  It also includes the Membership News, Legislation, Legal Issues and Maintenance columns that you count on seeing in each issue. Feature A Brain Warm-Up for the Annual Budget Exercise If… Read More

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Rental housing professionals showed off their finest hats while networking during CAA’s “A Day at the Races” at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley. On May 16, attendees spent the afternoon in the Turf Club, enjoying the thrill of the horse races and chatting with acquaintances, old and new. The event also included a hat contest, with top honors going to Jennifer Gonzales of Apartment Finder.

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San Diego will be the center of the development universe with two high-profile conferences headed this way in the next month. The Urban Land Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, will meet Tuesday through Friday at the Hilton Bayfront hotel, and the Pacific Coast Builders Conference June 5-6 at the San Diego Convention Center. It will be the first time since 1994 that ULI has met here — and officials said the 3,300 attendees registered so far represent the group’s largest gathering for its spring meeting. ULI counts 26,000 members in the United States, 1,700 in Europe and 1,100 in… Read More

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