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A number of new California laws will have a direct impact on rental property owners and managers in 2015.
Don’t get caught off guard. Make sure you understand upcoming laws on issues including water submeters, electric-vehicle charging stations and electronic signatures on rental agreements.
Ensure compliance with these pieces of legislation and many others by taking the California Apartment Association’s next webinar, New Laws Affecting Rental Housing in 2015.
The online presentation runs from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9. It’s free to CAA members and $45 for non-members.
Registration is online only. Click here to enroll. You’ll… Read More
Tagged: ComplianceLegislationWebinar
Laughter, applause — even some hoots and hollers — reverberated in the Riverside Convention Center on Wednesday night.
The source? The California Apartment Association’s first Tapped & Uncorked event, where more than 300 rental housing professionals received a well-deserved evening of proud reflection and fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSUATT0ML9M
After all, 2014 has brimmed with political and philanthropic achievements in the Inland Empire.
Before sending attendees to dance, network and sample regional wines and craft beers, the Association addressed some cheerful-but-important business.
CAA officially announced the division’s new name, honored its legislator of the year and thanked members for a year of victories… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyEvents Greater Inland Empire
The California Apartment Association’s work with San Mateo County has helped shape an ordinance that protects residents from smoking while limiting the liability of rental property owners.
The county, including the Board of Supervisors and county counsel, partnered with CAA Tri-County since May 2013 to protect property owners’ and managers’ interests in the regulations.
This resulted in wording amenable to the industry because it provides:
Liability protection.
The ability to designate a smoking area.
A 14-month phase-in period.
No requirements to post “No Smoking” signage in each unit.
The ordinance, approved by supervisors on a 4-1 vote Tuesday, Oct. 21,… Read More
Tagged: NewsSmoking Tri-County
At the CAA Annual Membership Meeting, President Ron Granville, CPM, announced the results of the 2015 California Apartment Association Board of Directors’ election.
Granville welcomed newly elected and returning directors to the board during the yearly membership meeting Thursday, Oct. 16. Voting for the 2015 CAA Board of Directors closed Oct. 7.
In accordance with the CAA bylaws, directors serve a term of three years; regional directors serve a term of two years. Newly elected directors begin their terms Jan. 1.
2015 newly elected members of the CAA Board of Directors, representing specific membership categories, are as follows:
Independent Rental… Read More
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In the legislative arena, 2014 brought plenty of victories for the California Apartment Association.
Over the past year, CAA fought some hard battles to move bills out of the Legislature and onto the governor’s desk. For the most part, Gov. Jerry Brown agreed with CAA in 2014, signing a number of bills that will help further the success of the rental housing industry. Brown also signed a couple of bills that triggered CAA’s opposition.
Read on to find out how laws borne out of the 2014 legislative session will affect you and your business.
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Tagged: AdvocacyLegislation Tri-County
A California Apartment Association political-action event last month raised nearly $200,000 – critical funds going into the November elections.
The contributions received from sponsors and members at CAA Tri-County’s 12 annual Beyond the Vine political-action committee fundraiser nearly doubled last year’s total. Proceeds from the event will help CAA defend the rental housing industry this November in numerous high-stakes elections throughout the Silicon Valley.
CAA held Beyond the Vine on Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Villa Montalvo in Saratoga.
“The historic setting was appropriate for a political event as it was the home of California’s first-elected U.S. senator, James Phelan,”… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyPolitical Action Tri-County
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will likely boost the use of recycled water in apartment communities.
Under AB 2282 by Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, the state must adopt mandatory building standards for installing recycled water systems. When adopted, these standards will apply to newly constructed commercial and public buildings and single and multifamily homes that are near existing or planned water-recycling facilities. A 2009 study indicates that 51 out of California’s 58 counties recycle municipal waste water, according to a bill analysis.
“In several cities, recycled water has been approved for irrigation and other non- potable… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyLegislation
The California Apartment Association is working to defeat a November ballot measure that would levy unfair and exorbitant taxes that hurt both landlords and renters in Antioch.
CAA’s campaign, dubbed “No on Measure O,” includes a coalition of seniors, homeowners and local business owners.
However, this tax would not resolve the city’s chronic deficits — and is likely to be used for nothing more than City Hall salaries. Because Measure O was presented as a general tax, the City Council does not have to specify where or how the additional tax revenues will be spent.
Besides singling out one segment… Read More
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will streamline the approval process for water submeters, which measure water use in individual apartments.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will streamline the approval process for water submeters, which measure water use in individual apartments.
The California Apartment Association and the Utility Management and Conservation Association co-sponsored the legislation, AB 2451, by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim.
“As California continues to face a worsening drought, AB 2451 plays an important role by streamlining the state’s water submetering approval process in order to ensure that more submeters are approved for use… Read More
Tagged: Legislation
Several California cities have regained a novel legal tool for ridding apartments of drug and gun offenders.
On Monday, Sept. 15, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills, both supported by the California Apartment Association, that allow city prosecutors and city attorneys to file eviction lawsuits against certain types of criminal defendants in specified cities where a landlord requests assistance. The bills extend for five years pilot programs that expired at the end of 2013.
AB 2485 by Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, authorizes a city attorney or prosecutor, rather than the landlord or property owner, in Sacramento to initiate… Read More