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A pair of California Apartment Association-sponsored bills that would help solve the statewide housing crisis advanced Wednesday from the Assembly Local Government Committee on a unanimous vote.
The bills, AB 943 and AB 352 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, would raise the voter threshold for approving no-growth measures and support the development of micro-apartment units, respectively.
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Members of the California Apartment Association from throughout the state converged on Sacramento on Wednesday to learn about this year’s rental housing-related legislation and engage in a series of face-to-face meetings with lawmakers.
CAA’s Legislative Conference began at the Sacramento Convention Center, where the association’s public affairs team reviewed key bills for 2017, including CAA’s own solutions to help solve California’s ongoing housing crisis. By increasing the state’s housing stock, CAA’s housing-production bills would help workers and their families live closer to jobs and schools. With more housing on the market, economic forces would help moderate rent prices and… Read More
California lawmakers have introduced the first of many bills anticipated this year to encourage, mandate and even enforce housing production in cities and counties.
With its population continuing to swell amid an existing housing shortage, California needs to build 3.5 million more homes by 2025, says a report released this week.
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When talking about housing in California, compromise is sometimes the last word that comes to mind. A forum held Thursday in Sacramento was designed to start moving toward that goal.
The California Apartment Association brought together members from all sides of the housing debate, including representatives from the state, affordable housing, labor, builders, property owners and tenants. The objective was to start working toward consensus on how to resolve California’s worsening housing crisis.
The consensus was that all sides need to compromise to address the acute need and build more housing, both affordable and market rate. Another point that all… Read More
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into a law a bill that will allow groups like CAA to sue local governments when they deny housing projects in violation of state law.
AB 2584 by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, is among one of four housing-production bills sponsored by the California Apartment Association this year. Brown has until the end of September to decide on the remaining bills.
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The California Legislature ended its two-year session having sent all four of CAA’s housing-supply bills to the governor’s desk, as well as a number of other positive proposals for the rental housing industry.
While increasing supply was a No. 1 housing issue in 2016, bills on issues such as water conservation, bedbugs and home-sharing platforms also advanced to the governor by the close of the session midnight Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Because the governor set housing production as one of his priorities this year, CAA’s housing-supply bills will likely elicit plenty of attention from him. Last month, Brown witnessed the collapse… Read More
A pair of housing-supply bills supported by the California Apartment Association advanced this week to the governor’s desk.
Now awaiting Gov. Brown’s signature are AB 2584, which would expand enforcement of the Housing Accountability Act, and AB 2208, which would require that, before construction, rooftops of public buildings be offered to private or nonprofit developers for the construction of affordable housing.
AB 2584 is one of four housing-supply bills sponsored by CAA this year and the first to reach Brown. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, would allow groups that represent tenants or housing providers — such as… Read More
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Final legislative approval appears imminent for a bill that would allow groups like CAA to sue local governments when they deny housing projects in violation of state law.
AB 2584 by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, is on the Assembly floor today, where lawmakers are considering amendments made in the Senate. The upper house of the state Legislature passed the bill Monday on a 36-0 vote, with three abstentions. When the Assembly finishes its work, the bill is expected to reach the governor’s desk.
The legislation is among one of four housing-production bills sponsored by the California Apartment Association this year.… Read More
During an interview this week about rising rents in San Diego, Whitney Benzian of CAA pointed to a lack of housing supply.
The CAA executive also pointed to excessive government regulations and fees, which makes development more costly to builders, and ultimately, so residents.
“Costs for permits, water, development impact fees — things like that are burdensome,” Benzian, vice president of public affairs for CAA San Diego, told CW6 News reporter Gary Buzel.
He also pointed to the recent trend of building micro-apartments as a less costly option that can work especially well for college students.
“There’s a housing supply… Read More