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Question: I have tenants whose lease ends at the end of this month. Can I begin to show prospective tenants the unit while my current tenants are still under a lease? Answer: You can show the property to prospective tenants at any time during the lease, upon giving reasonable written notice of intent to enter (24 hours is presumed reasonable under the law) and the entry is done during normal business hours.

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During a special housing workshop held on Sept. 4, competing proposals were announced by Sacramento Mayor Steinberg and three members of the City Council. As expected, Mayor Darrell Steinberg presented the framework of his plan to increase housing supply and provide rent relief. The proposal includes rent control that limits annual rent increases to 5 percent, but sunsets after three years. The temporary rent cap would exempt units built prior to 1999 and any units owned by property owners with five or fewer units. If the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act remains in place after the November election, Steinberg’s proposal would… Read More

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The 2018 CAA Nominating Committee, chaired by Mike Bissell, (SARES-REGIS Group, Irvine) hereby announces the slate of candidates for seats on the 2019 CAA Board of Directors.

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The Palo Alto City Council on Monday made clear, once again, that rent control and “just cause” eviction policies would fail to solve the region’s housing shortage. At the Sept. 10 meeting, the council held firm on its position to reject rent and eviction controls as they did in October 2017. Councilmen Adrian Fine, Greg Tanaka, Greg Scharff and Cory Wolbach rejected a motion by the City Council’s no-growth faction to explore “a full range of renter protections” that specifically include “just cause” eviction policies and rent stabilization — aka rent control. Instead, on a 7-1 vote, the council favored… Read More

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The first pair of TV and digital advertisements opposing Proposition 10 have arrived. Californians for Responsible Housing today released two, 30-second spots opposing Prop 10, the November ballot measure that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and bring extreme forms of rent control back to California. The ads, accessible here and at the bottom of this article, feature affordable housing experts who say of that Prop. 10 “makes a bad problem worse” and does “the opposite of what it promises.” Without Costa-Hawkins, California cities and counties could once again adopt extreme forms of rent control, including the imposition of… Read More

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Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed a bill that will establish the Orange County Housing Trust, a public-private effort that’s expected to finance 2,700 units of “supportive housing” for the homeless. The California Apartment Association supported the bill, AB 448, which was introduced by Assemblymembers Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, and Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, and sponsored by the Association of California Cities – Orange County. AB 448 will create a single-purpose joint-powers authority that will serve as convener of all stakeholders and collaborators for the production of supportive housing in Orange County. The bill represents a bipartisan effort to tackle Orange County’s… Read More

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The California Apartment Association is exploring its options after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to establish a temporary rent control measure for unincorporated areas of the county. Based on Tuesday’s 4-1 vote, county officials will return in 60 days with an ordinance that includes: A maximum rent increase amount of 3 percent annually for rental properties in the county’s unincorporated areas, except for those properties that are statutorily exempt from rent control. A term of six months from the date of adoption with options to extend the interim ordinance as necessary. A base rent using rent levels… Read More

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The California Apartment Association has helped create a Landlord Advisory Committee to improve the administration of the Section 8 housing voucher program in the city of San Diego. CAA negotiated with city staff to create the Landlord Advisory Committee as the city prepared to mandate that landlords accept Section 8 housing vouchers. Under an ordinance formally adopted Sept. 11 and effective in 2019, rental housing owners in San Diego will be prohibited from rejecting rental applicants based on their use of Section 8. The ordinance will effectively force owners of rental property in San Diego to take part in the… Read More

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Question: We rent our detached in-laws quarters in the back yard of our property. Can we specify in the “house rules” that no visitors are allowed on the property? Also, can we specify “no smoking” in or around the unit? Answer: You could prohibit smoking, since it is a health and fire hazard. Restricting visitors would most likely violate the tenant’s constitutional rights of freedom of association.

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In a study released this week, a UC Berkeley economist warns that repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act would worsen the state’s housing shortage. The paper, authored by Kenneth T. Rosen and available here, focuses on the potential impacts of Proposition 10, a Nov. 6 ballot measure that would overturn 1995’s Costa-Hawkins Act. Without Costa-Hawkins, California cities and counties could once again adopt extreme forms of rent control, including the imposition of rent caps on new apartments and single-family homes. Such moves would create a major disincentive for the development of much needed housing. “The last thing California needs is… Read More

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