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By Thursday evening, all four housing-production bills sponsored by the California Apartment Association had advanced from the Assembly to the state Senate.
Three of the bills moved off the Assembly floor in the past week — the latest coming Thursday, June 2, with the approval of AB 2299. This legislation, authored by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, would mandate that local governments allow for the construction of second units on residential lots if those units meet specific standards and are located within one-half mile of public transportation.
On Friday, May 27, the Assembly approved another bill authored by Bloom, AB… Read More
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The California Apartment Association and coalition partners – The California Association of Realtors, the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Building Industry Association, and the California Business Property Association — are lobbying at the Capitol this week to stop a bill that would allow cities and counties to force below-market rate housing in new rental developments.
AB 2502 by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, is on the Assembly floor. A vote is expected this week.
The bill would overturn the Palmer v. Los Angeles court decision, which concluded that requiring a percentage of affordable units, or inclusionary housing, in… Read More
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CAA Tri-County members and staff this week engaged with the community over ways to promote affordable housing in Redwood City.
On May 24, nearly 100 representatives from the rental housing industry — from small independent owners to larger property management firms — took part in the discussion, part of a workshop hosted by Redwood City’s Housing and Human Concerns Committee.
The event included presentations from a panel covering the Bay Area’s approaches to affordable housing.
One of the panelists, CAA Tri-County Government Affairs Director Rhovy Lyn Antonio, spoke about the importance of communication, collaboration, and compliance when exploring policy proposals.… Read More
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CAA is requesting changes to an inclusionary-housing bill that’s up for a vote this week and would authorize local governments to require affordable housing in new rental developments.
AB 2502 by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, is on the Assembly floor and could be voted upon as soon as Wednesday, June 1.
Confusion over the legality of inclusionary housing mandates in new rental developements began with a court case known as Palmer v. Los Angeles.
Palmer called into question the legality of Los Angeles’ inclusionary-housing ordinance. The city law required a certain percentage of new rental housing be priced… Read More
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Gov. Jerry Brown’s May revision to California’s spending plan would improve housing affordability by making it cheaper and easier for developers to build multifamily communities.
Released this past Friday, the governor’s May revision espouses legislative changes to lift local obstacles to residential development. It favors market-based solutions, such as streamlining the development process, over costly government subsidies that help comparatively few people.
“Hopefully, the supply is going to bring down the cost,” Brown said in this Los Angeles Times story. “Otherwise, through subsidies and through restrictions, we’re just spending more and more tax dollars and getting very, very little.”
Brown’s… Read More
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Under a bill heading to the Assembly floor, the California Apartment Association could bring legal action against a local government that denies housing projects in violation of state law.
The CAA-sponsored proposal, AB 2584, advances to the floor after winning unanimous approval Tuesday in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. CAA sponsored this bill as California struggles for solutions to its unprecedented housing crisis, which has resulted from a severe lack of new housing construction, both market rate and affordable.
The bill, authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, expands the enforcement of the Housing Accountability Act by allowing groups that represent tenants… Read More
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The California Apartment Association applauds a proposal unveiled by state lawmakers this week to help families struggling to keep up with rising rents.
The plan, announced Monday by members of the Democratic Assembly Caucus, would dedicate more than $1.3 billion to address the state’s housing affordability crisis.
While California has seen explosive job growth, state and local governments have failed to allow enough new housing to accommodate the influx of new workers.
As the resulting housing shortage led to higher rental prices, state and federal funding to develop and preserve of affordable homes has plummeted by 79 percent.
The result… Read More
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A wide range of bills proposed in the state Legislature this year take aim at California’s dearth of affordable housing.
The proposals, consistent with recent recommendations from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, would provide dollars to build housing and homeless shelters, while lifting obstacles to private residential construction.
The following pro-housing bills supported by the California Apartment Association would:
Bring more units to new projects
AB 1934 (D-Santiago) would clarify that a local government may issue a density bonus (allowing for more units in a project) to commercial developers when they include affordable housing as a component of their… Read More
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To help California’s low-income families secure housing, elected officials should focus more on encouraging private residential development and less on existing government programs that subsidize construction or impose rent control, the Legislative Analyst’s Office says.
Removing barriers to private construction, however, will take time and a political shift, says the report, released Wednesday by the nonpartisan office, which advises the Legislature on fiscal and policy matters.
“Doing so will require policymakers to revisit long–standing state policies on local governance and environmental protection, as well as local planning and land use regimes,” says the study, Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford… Read More
With a bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, disadvantaged communities in California will get help with the creation of a new form of redevelopment called Community Revitalization Investment Authorities.
Assembly Bill 2 by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, authorizes local governments in economically depressed areas to use certain tax revenue for public works and affordable housing improvements. The measure requires that no less than 25 percent of funds generated through a CRIA be set aside for affordable housing in a given community.
In 2011, the state dissolved redevelopment agencies, leaving many communities struggling to provide housing and maintain infrastructure. … Read More
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