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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a pair of bills that will help chip away at the state’s housing shortage by making it easier to build in-law units on residential lots.
The bills include CAA-sponsored AB 2299 by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, as well as SB 1069 by Sen. Bob Wieckowski, D-Fremont. Under the bills, local governments will lose the ability to mandate additional parking for second units when the units are within one-half mile of public transportation or ride-share parking areas.
Gov. Jerry Brown this week continued to sign legislation backed by the California Apartment Association, including bills on bedbugs, housing production and water submeters:
SB 7 (D-Wolk) – Water Meters and Submeters — will require that beginning Jan. 1, 2018, water submeters be installed in new apartment units. It specifically authorizes the imposition of an administrative fee by property owners or third-party billing companies when they read and bill tenants for their water use. It does not change or prohibit the use of ratio utility billing systems (RUBS).
AB 551 (D-Nazarian) – Bedbugs — will put in place disclosure requirements… Read More
Tagged: LegislationLegislative Summary
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into a law a bill that will allow groups like CAA to sue local governments when they deny housing projects in violation of state law.
AB 2584 by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, is among one of four housing-production bills sponsored by the California Apartment Association this year. Brown has until the end of September to decide on the remaining bills.
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CAA amendments target unscrupulous attorneys
The state’s unlawful detainer “masking” law has been in place for over 20 years, introduced by the California Apartment Association to prevent unethical eviction-delay firms from accessing court records to help tenants prolong or avoid eviction.
The law provides that unlawful detainer cases are not available to the public for 60 days after the filing of an unlawful detainer action. After that time, the case becomes public if the tenant failed to beat the eviction during the initial 60 days.
During this legislative session, Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, persuaded fellow lawmakers to change the… Read More
The California Apartment Association’s offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day. Normal operating hours will resume Tuesday, Sept 6.
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Gov. Jerry Brown this month will decide the fate of a bill governing the installation of water submeters in new apartment construction, including mechanisms to pass along associated costs to renters.
SB 7 by Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, would require the installation of submeters in multi-unit dwellings built after Jan. 1, 2018, and that residents receive accurate information about the volume and cost of their water use.
At the same time, the legislation, supported by the California Apartment Association, clarifies how multifamily property owners can charge tenants for water use, and it allows for late fees and eviction when tenants… Read More
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The California Legislature ended its two-year session having sent all four of CAA’s housing-supply bills to the governor’s desk, as well as a number of other positive proposals for the rental housing industry.
While increasing supply was a No. 1 housing issue in 2016, bills on issues such as water conservation, bedbugs and home-sharing platforms also advanced to the governor by the close of the session midnight Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Because the governor set housing production as one of his priorities this year, CAA’s housing-supply bills will likely elicit plenty of attention from him. Last month, Brown witnessed the collapse… Read More
The California Apartment Association is reviewing its options after the Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday ratified a permanent rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance.
The cap on annual rent increases exceeding 3 percent will apply to more than 11,000 apartments built before 1995. Single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes are excluded, regardless of age. The law, formally adopted on a 4-2 vote, takes effect Sept. 30 and extends indefinitely a temporary rent control ordinance in place since May.
The permanent law also rolls back rents to Jan. 1, 2016, levels, a move that CAA contends violates both the state and U.S.… Read More
A pair of housing-supply bills supported by the California Apartment Association advanced this week to the governor’s desk.
Now awaiting Gov. Brown’s signature are AB 2584, which would expand enforcement of the Housing Accountability Act, and AB 2208, which would require that, before construction, rooftops of public buildings be offered to private or nonprofit developers for the construction of affordable housing.
AB 2584 is one of four housing-supply bills sponsored by CAA this year and the first to reach Brown. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, would allow groups that represent tenants or housing providers — such as… Read More
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Final legislative approval appears imminent for a bill that would allow groups like CAA to sue local governments when they deny housing projects in violation of state law.
AB 2584 by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, is on the Assembly floor today, where lawmakers are considering amendments made in the Senate. The upper house of the state Legislature passed the bill Monday on a 36-0 vote, with three abstentions. When the Assembly finishes its work, the bill is expected to reach the governor’s desk.
The legislation is among one of four housing-production bills sponsored by the California Apartment Association this year.… Read More