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Home to Hollywood, fame and fashion, Los Angeles nurtures a culture of cool.
But as the sun beats down on L.A., the city’s countless rooftops also emit oven-like heat.
A law taking effect Oct. 1 seeks to change that.
Under changes to the Los Angeles Green Building code, new homes in the city — including rentals — must have so-called “cool roofs.” Los Angeles is the first major city with this requirement.
These roofs use materials that reflect sunlight, helping buildings be more than 50 degrees cooler on the surface. During a hot day, the roofing can lower a building’s… Read More
Adding affordable housing and improving existing housing in the San Bernardino area are key priorities for the California Apartment Association.
With that in mind, CAA’s Greater Inland Empire Division has invested leadership power toward these dual goals – both at the county and city level.
CAA now has executives on both San Bernardino County’s Housing Authority Commission – and the city’s Housing Policy Committee, which is overhauling every rental housing policy and ordinance on the book, some as far back as 1950.
To bolster affordable housing in the county, Tim Johnson, executive director of the local CAA division, has been… Read More
Tagged: News Greater Inland Empire
Against a backdrop of stunning automobiles, the East Bay’s rental housing stars got to shine at the GEMM Awards. The prestigious event, held Aug. 21 at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, honored nearly 30 individuals, teams and properties for exhibiting excellence and professionalism. The 11th annual event was presented by CAA’s Contra Costa-Napa-Solano Division and the RHA Serving Southern Alameda.
“Tonight is a special night,” Tom Bannon, chief executive officer for CAA, told hundreds of attendees. “For we again honor those who have gone above and beyond the norm and have reached a level of professionalism that sets the standard… Read More
A number of positive bills for the rental housing industry await Gov. Jerry Brown’s approval after the 2014 legislative session came to a close this past weekend.
The California Apartment Association helped push a variety of sensible legislation to the governor’s desk, such as a bill that clarifies that leases can be signed electronically, one that streamlines the approval process for water submeters and another that expedites the removal of squatters.
Here’s a sampling of CAA’s successes in advancing positive bills:
AB 2451 (Daly, D-Anaheim) – Water Submeters: This bill, co-sponsored by the CAA and the Utility Management and Conservation… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyLegislation
A Proposition 13-related bill that would have closed a change-of-ownership loophole died in the Legislature last week.
Assembly Bill 2372 failed Thursday in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“I’m disappointed that we came so close to finally closing one of the worst loopholes of Prop. 13,” the bill’s coauthor, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, said in this Los Angeles Times article. “We finally had some business interests agreeing that the structure was unfair.”
Coauthored with Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D-Pacoima, the revised bill would have triggered reassessments following the sale of commercial property whenever 90 percent of the property is sold over… Read More
Tagged: LegislationTaxes
Thanks in part to advocacy efforts by the California Apartment Association, the Huntington Beach City Council has reversed its decision to place a rent control measure on the November ballot.
The council voted 4 to 3 on Monday, Aug. 11, to repeal the ballot measure, one month after voting to put the proposal before voters.
The measure, if it had gone to voters and been approved, would have authorized the council to implement rent-stabilization guidelines for mobile home parks.
“We are happy to see that rent control will not come to Huntington Beach anytime soon,” said Tommy Thompson, executive director… Read More
Under a bill that threatens to cripple California businesses, workers with wage disputes — but no evidence to support their claims — could record liens on the real property of landlords and other employers.
AB 2416 by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Monterey, awaits consideration in the Senate Appropriations Committee, where it faces opposition from the California Apartment Association, as well as hundreds of business owners and other industry groups.
The scope of AB 2416 goes far beyond grievances over hourly pay. It would allow liens for disputes regarding overtime, meal and rest periods, vacation and commissions, and more. The bill also… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyLegislation
Members of the California Apartment Association’s Inland Empire Division hosted a meet-and-greet breakfast with Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, R-Escondido.
The gathering took place July 24 at Cape May at Harveston, a Sares-Regis Group property in Temecula.
Several representatives from Sares-Regis Group, Alliance, Camden and National CORE sat with Waldron for more than an hour, sharing their concerns and discussing current issues at their rental properties.
“The meeting provided Assemblywoman Waldron with first-hand information about rental housing needed to help protect our industry in the state Capitol,” said Tim Johnson, executive director of CAA’s Inland Empire Division, also known as CAA-AAGIE. “Every… Read More
A San Francisco law unconstitutionally forces landlords to pay exorbitant fees before they can remove a property from the rental market, according to a lawsuit filed by a chapter of the California Apartment Association and other plaintiffs.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday, July 24, challenges a San Francisco ordinance enacted in June that takes aim at landlords using the Ellis Act to quit the apartment business.
The Relocation Assistance Payment Ordinance requires that landlords pay tenants the difference, over a two-year period, between what they were paying for an Ellised apartment and the market rate for a comparable… Read More
Tagged: Ellis Act
To find out, join your colleagues and industry experts for a dynamic and informative forecast
during the California Apartment Association’s 2015 Multi-Family Economic Forecast.
The event will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
The forecast will feature industry experts such as Barry Altshuler, senior vice president at Equity Residential and David Grund, a vice president at Mike Rovner Construction Inc.
Attendees also will hear from guest speaker David Wegman, a senior analyst at MPF Research, a division of RealPage Inc.
What: The California Apartment Association’s 2015 Multi-Family Economic Forecast
When: 3… Read More
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