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The California Apartment Association’s Board of Directors has taken positions on four housing-related propositions on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot.
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Sacramento Vice Mayor Steve Hansen presented his Tenant Protection and Relief Act to members attending the CAA Sacramento Valley luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
The proposed ordinance would establish a mediation process allowing tenants the option to dispute annual rent increases exceeding 6 percent. It also would require landlords to offer tenants the option of an 18-month lease.
Hansen explained that City Councilmen Eric Guerra and Rick Jennings serve as co-authors of the proposal. Like Hansen, they consider the proposal a reasonable alternative to rent control and just-cause tenancy termination restrictions. All three want to protect tenants from arbitrary evictions,… Read More
Tagged: Rent Control Sacramento Valley
More than 75 representatives of the multifamily-housing industry met this week for a discussion on the recent push to study rent control at Glendale City Hall.
The Wednesday, Oct. 17, meeting covered the history of the rent control threat in Glendale, how the City Council has reacted toward the concept, and the inevitable impacts a rent control policy would have if adopted.
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Thanks to amendments from CAA, a newly signed law intended to curb illegal marijuana cultivation now offers law-abiding landlords protections against liability.
Under AB 2164, cities can choose to immediately penalize individuals accused of violating local cannabis laws — without first getting a hearing or a chance to remedy the problem. As originally drafted, the bill would have unintentionally left innocent rental property owners vulnerable to immediate penalties without appeal.
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An initiative to bring rent control to the city of Sacramento has qualified for the March 2020, however, a legal challenge could prevent the measure from ever appearing before voters.
Last week, Sacramento election officials announced that rent control proponents had submitted the 36,817 valid voter signatures required to qualify the measure for the next general election.
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In response to newly signed legislation, the California Apartment Association has updated its compliance paper on tenant protections in place for victims of domestic violence.
The Industry Insight paper, “Domestic Violence & Human Trafficking,” has been revised to reflect the passage of AB 2413.
The bill, by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, will prohibit local agencies from penalizing property owners or residents if they call law enforcement to report domestic abuse or other crimes or emergencies at the property. The bill also will prohibit landlords from evicting or otherwise penalizing tenants simply because they call authorities to get help.
The… Read More
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In light of recent litigation, the California Apartment Association is urging members to read the association’s compliance paper on late fees.
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Election officials will determine by mid-October whether tenant activists collected enough valid voter signatures to place a rent control initiative before Sacramento city voters in 2020.
Beginning in March, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Service Employees International Union used paid signature gatherers, volunteers, and their own staff to circulate a petition to place rent control before city voters.
Although they missed the deadline to place the initiative on this November’s ballot, they kept collecting signatures in hopes of qualifying their measure for the next general election, now a year and a half away.
The passage of Proposition 10 could invite radical activists to circumvent elected leaders and pursue extreme rent control measures through the initiative process.
That’s the takeaway from a news release issued this week by the No on Prop 10 campaign.
Proponents of Prop 10, a measure on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot that would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, argue the measure would simply give city and county officials more freedom to pass rent control policies.
In reality, it would transfer power to local activists seeking to restrict new development, even if it hurts tenants and homeowners, say local… Read More
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