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An updated edition of CAA’s Managing Rental Housing textbook is now available for purchase. Managing Rental Housing offers a veritable encyclopedia of state rental housing law, explains the cycle of the tenancy, and provides practical information needed to operate rental property efficiently, ethically, and profitably in California. CAA’s premiere textbook has been thoroughly updated for its 10th edition. It is more user-friendly and addresses the biggest change in California landlord-tenant law in decades: The Tenant Protection Act of 2019, also known as AB 1482. To purchase the print edition of Managing Rental Housing, click the button below. An electronic version… Read More

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CAA last week partnered with Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone to explain how owners of multifamily properties can get a temporary reduction on their property tax assessments. Larry Stone During a webinar, Stone reviewed Proposition 8, which allows for a temporary reduction in assessments. The assessor also discussed the information his office requires from commercial property owners to process tax-reduction applications for the 2021-22 tax bill. Under Proposition 8, property owners can apply for a temporary reduction in assessed value when a property suffers a “decline in value.” A decline in value is when the market value of a… Read More

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The California Apartment Association has demanded that any extension of the state’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium include assistance for landlords who have been required to provide housing while collecting little-to-no rent. While California’s COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020 is slated to expire Jan. 31, political headwinds make an extension a near certainty. The details of that extension, however, are still under negotiation. CAA this week sent a letter to the governor and legislative leadership and has urged its members to call their representatives with concerns and requests. “While CAA does not object to a short extension of AB 3088, we… Read More

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While Los Angeles has left many landlords unable to collect any rent during the pandemic, it’s now given waste haulers the go-ahead to increase fees on those very rental property owners and other businesses. And those fees are jumping up to 6.15% The California Apartment Association has objected to the city’s apparent double standard. While trash-haulers raise prices, landlords face a stringent eviction moratorium, a freeze on rent increases, and in many circumstances, a prohibition on collecting any rent at all. 

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The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, Jan. 19.

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The California Apartment Association has persuaded the Fair Employment and Housing Council to drop a provision that would have required landlords to accept guarantors on behalf of tenants. The requirement was a provision in the latest round of proposed fair housing regulations.

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The city of Los Angeles’ COVID-19 eviction moratorium violates the U.S. Constitution and puts landlords at risk of foreclosure and bankruptcy, according to a brief filed by the California Apartment Association. The moratorium shields tenants from eviction for nonpayment of rent for two years, regardless of whether they can provide evidence of financial hardship tied to COVID-19.

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Long Beach on Tuesday unanimously approved a pathway for legalizing housing units that have been developed over time on existing structures but without building permits. These units are generally carved out of existing spaces, such as laundry rooms or storage areas, or have resulted from modest additions to existing multifamily buildings. The units may be safe and habitable yet remain out-of-compliance with underlying zoning regulations and development standards.

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The governor is urging California lawmakers to extend the statewide eviction protections provided under the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act. Without action, the protections will expire Jan. 31, five months after they passed the Legislature as AB 3088. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he and legislative leaders have committed to keeping the eviction moratorium in effect. Gov. Gavin Newsom “Yes, we will get a deal done to extend these renter-and-eviction protections,” Newsom said during a press conference. “It’s foundational, it’s fundamental.” Under AB 3088, tenants who declare COVID-related hardships have until the end of this month to pay at least 25% of… Read More

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Both renters and landlords continue to struggle as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, spurring stay-at-home orders and ravaging California’s economy. Given these hardships, CAA will continue to work with the governor and Legislature to craft temporary policies that keep tenants in their homes but also compensate landlords for the housing they are required to provide to renters affected by the pandemic. An extension of the eviction moratorium, regardless of its duration, must include reimbursements for landlords who have provided housing with zero-to-little compensation under tenant protections tied to the coronavirus. It is paramount that California and its local governments distribute… Read More

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