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The California Apartment Association this week issued opposition letters regarding three of the most troubling rental housing-related bills of 2020.
The bills include AB 1703, which would give tenants and certain community groups an unfair head start in purchasing rental housing; AB 1436, which would force landlords to defer rents for possibly months on end; and AB 828, an unfair attempt to allow the government and the courts to give extended tenancies to all renters — even those not facing economic hardships.
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Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday once again closed indoor fitness centers — including those in apartment communities — in many parts of California.
These closures apply to counties that have appeared on the County Monitoring List for three consecutive days. A list of those counties can be found about halfway down this page.
In impacted counties, fitness centers must be shut down unless they can be modified to operate outside.
For more information about COVID-19 and its impacts on the rental housing business, visit CAA’s COVID-19 resources page or its page about reopening efforts.
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The Concord City Council on Tuesday approved sweeping changes to its rental housing laws, including the rolling back of the city’s rent mediation program and new requirements surrounding fixed-term leases and relocation assistance.
The changes are the culmination of a multi-year review of the city’s landlord-tenant policies. They also follow repeated efforts by Concord tenant advocacy groups to bring rent control and “just cause” eviction policies to the city — efforts the California Apartment Association continues to thwart.
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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Friday, July 3, in observance of Independence Day. Normal operating hours will resume Monday, July 6.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in place at least into early fall.
Last week, Newsom extended the order through Sept. 30. It had been set to expire July 28.
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Thanks to the work of the California Apartment Association, a bill that emerged from the state Senate on Thursday no longer includes fines of up to $20,000 for violations of AB 1482, the state’s rent cap and eviction-control law.
With the penalty provisions included, Sen. Maria Durazo, D-Los Angeles, was unable to garner the votes necessary to move the bill off the Senate floor. After she agreed to strip the steep fine provisions from the bill, SB 1190 won passage. It now heads to the Assembly.
As the bill moves to the Assembly, its remaining key provision expands the ability of… Read More
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There’s no turning back now.
Thursday was the deadline for Michael Weinstein to withdraw his radical rent control measure from California’s statewide ballot.
Michael Weinstein is using dollars from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to bankroll an extreme rent control measure going before California voters this fall. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
He did not.
For many rental housing providers, July 1, 2020, may be a significant date.
Under AB 1482, the state’s new rent cap and just-cause-for-eviction law, July 1 triggers additional notice requirements in new and renewed rental agreements. The start of the second half of the year also triggers additional recycling requirements for some businesses and opens the door to enforcement of the state’s new data-privacy law.
AB 1482: requirements for rental agreements
AB 1482, also known as the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, took effect Jan. 1 of this year and imposes rent caps and just-cause requirements on most residential rental properties in the state. Below, you’ll find specific requirements that apply… Read More
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The Los Angeles Reverse Trade Show is going VIRTUAL!
CAA has decided to make our CAA Los Angeles County Reverse Trade Show Virtual! We will be scheduling everyone appointments, and then a few days before the event we will send all the details including the link. This exclusive event is only available to CAA Members and sells out every year. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this fast-paced, high-energy trade show.
Instead of vendors exhibiting at the trade show, Management Companies are the exhibitors. The largest management companies in Los Angeles send their key decision makers… Read More
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Los Angeles city residents may eventually vote on a proposed “vacancy tax,” but it won’t be this year.
After a letter-writing campaign spearheaded by the California Apartment Association, the City Council on Wednesday decided unanimously to wait until at least 2022 to place such a tax on the ballot. The tax would apply to owners of property that sits unoccupied for a specified amount of time.
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