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With the following bills scheduled for hearings in coming weeks, the California Apartment Association’s staff is analyzing their potential impacts on rental housing — and CAA subcommittee members are preparing appropriate positions on the legislation: AB 1513 (D-Fox, Palmdale) – Residential Property Trespass: This bill would provide that a person who knowingly holds and occupies any residential property, owned or managed by another, by force or threats of violence, or knowingly enters residential property without the property owner’s express written permission and refuses or fails to leave the property after being requested to leave by the owner or agent of… Read More

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The Genesis House, a shelter that provides temporary housing in the Inland Empire, has reopened after a major renovation project partly shouldered by the California Apartment Association. The California Apartment Association’s Greater Inland Empire division, also known as CAA-AAGIE, partnered with HomeAid Inland Empire to overhaul the 60-year-old, uninhabitable eight-unit apartment building. HomeAid Inland Empire and CAA Inland Empire contributed more than $40,000 in construction money and obtained nearly $60,000 in in-kind donations of labor and materials. This saved Lutheran Social Services more than 40 percent on the cost of the Genesis House renovation project. The Genesis House, near Van… Read More

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Gov. Jerry Brown will return to a CAA podium next month as the keynote speaker at the California Apartment Association’s annual Legislative Conference. Brown will address California’s top rental housing officials Tuesday, April 22, at the Sacramento Convention Center. Shortly after the governor’s morningtime speech, attendees will head to the Capitol to educate lawmakers about the important roles the rental housing industry plays in California. The governor last spoke at CAA’s Legislative Conference in 2012. In 2013, the governor canceled his appearance to attend the funeral of a slain police officer. State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, addressed CAA in his… Read More

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Federal officials are reminding contractors to follow lead-safety rules or possibly face tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Just about everyone who is paid to work on pre-1978 rental housing — where lead paint is presumed to be present — must provide specific disclosure pamphlets to tenants and be trained in lead-safe work practices. The California Apartment Association has teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make sure all apartment owners, managers and maintenance personnel are following these federal regulations. The EPA issued the regulations in 2008 as the Renovation, Repair and Painting rule, and it took… Read More

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The California Apartment Association is analyzing thousands of bills introduced by the Feb. 21 deadline and is preparing to take positions on those relevant to the rental housing industry. Below are summaries of some key measures on which CAA will likely take positions in the coming weeks: Ellis Act — Legislation has been introduced to substantially weaken the state Ellis Act and allow local jurisdictions to prohibit rental property owners from selling or converting their buildings. This would force rental property owners to stay in business even if they are losing money. Seismic retrofit – Legislation would require the seismic… Read More

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A former California Assembly speaker delivered a dinnertime speech. The state’s legislative analyst offered a bright economic forecast. And rental housing leaders took aim at California’s drought. These are some of the highlights from the California Apartment Association’s first board meeting of 2014, held Thursday, Feb. 20. On the eve of the meeting, CAA held its leadership dinner, with former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg as the guest speaker. Now running for state Senate District 18, Hertzberg provided a boisterous speech that touched on a number of issues, from his own political background to the far-reaching influences of technology to how… Read More

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The city of Anaheim on Tuesday unanimously approved a self-inspection program for multi-family housing, allowing property managers to examine apartments themselves — without paying inspection fees. This represents a big improvement over Anaheim’s original proposal to charge property owners $16 per unit for city officials to handle the inspections. After learning of this proposal last year, the California Apartment Association immediately began negotiations with the city. Over a nine-month period, CAA’s South Coast/Orange County division successfully eliminated the fee and created the self-inspection program.  To show further support of CAA, the Anaheim City Council amended the ordinance during Tuesday’s meeting… Read More

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Foster City will likely ban smoking in most public places, but the city won’t regulate the habit on private property, including apartments. During a study session Monday, the City Council told staff to proceed with an anti-smoking ordinance but to leave out multi-family and single-family homes. The vote was 4-1. The California Apartment Association has been working with the city on the smoking ordinance since the idea came up in September. At Monday’s session, CAA pointed out that renters increasingly demand smoke-free housing, and property owners are listening. “Due to the fact that most multifamily building communities are voluntarily smoke-free,… Read More

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AB 2405 (Ammiano, D-San Francisco) This bill would convert all Ellis Act court filings to general civil actions; they would not fall under the usual expedited unlawful detainer eviction process as they now do. This means that Ellis Act proceedings if challenged by a tenant in court would take years to finalize. The clerk of the court would be prohibited from allowing the general public to access the court records filed in the Ellis Act civil case. The bill will also allow a city or county to completely prohibit use of the Ellis Act by owners if the city or… Read More

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As lawmakers rush to introduce bills by today’s deadline, the California Apartment Association’s public affairs team is busy analyzing legislation and preparing to take positions on key bills for the rental housing industry. Stay tuned for news on which bills CAA will support and oppose during this legislative session.

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