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The California Apartment Association is pleased to announce the hiring of government-affairs veteran Tommy Thompson as the South Coast Division’s new executive director.
Thompson, who joined CAA earlier this month, assumes responsibility for all CAA operations within the South Coast region, which includes Orange County and the cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill.
While Thompson’s duties are wide-reaching, he’ll mainly focus on advocating for the rental housing industry within the halls of local government.
No stranger to the nexus between public policy and business, Thompson’s most recent job included six years as director of government affairs for the Building… Read More
Tagged: Leadership Orange CountyLong Beach
Like the California Apartment Association, Gov. Jerry Brown believes Proposition 65 needs changing.
The Brown administration is joining lawmakers aiming to stop frivolous lawsuits based on the proposition, passed by voters 27 years ago.
Among other things, the proposition requires that businesses with 10 or more employees post warning signs if they suspect cancer-causing chemicals are present.
Although he cited past successes of the law, Matthew Rodriquez, secretary for the California Environmental Protection Agency, said Prop. 65 needs updating, from both a scientific perspective and to protect businesses from unfounded litigation.
“Unfortunately, it has been abused in the past by… Read More
Tagged: In the newsLegislation
A bill that would require installation of water submeters on all new multifamily units no longer would ban ratio-utility billing systems — also known as RUBS.
SB 750 by Senator Lois Wolk, D-Davis, advanced from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and heads to the Senate floor without the troubling provision.
RUBS are used by property owners to divide the water bill among tenants, based on the number of renters in the building or square footage.
Three primary areas of concerns remain for CAA:
The early date for the installation of submeters, now Jan. 1, 2014.
The limited availability of… Read More
Tagged: Legislation
The California Apartment Association and state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, believe legislation spelling this out is necessary — and would help prevent all too frequent scams associated with the practice.
In addition to requiring those who offer prepaid rental listings to hold a real estate license, Hill’s SB 269 would mandate that those selling prepaid rental lists include their real estate license number on contracts with prospective tenants.
A prospective tenant might want to buy a prepaid rental list to avoid the time and hassle of searching through classified ads, scouring Craigslist, searching rental-housing websites — and even driving… Read More
For the first time in 2013, the California Apartment Association has taken official positions on a series of bills, from whether to ban smoking in multifamily complexes to a proposal that would require interest payments on security deposits.
CAA staff is continuing to analyze and debate the merits of hundreds of bills sponsored by the state Legislature.
As the CAA Legislative Steering Committee takes formal positions in the months to come, we’ll report that information in this newsletter, as well as on our blog, caapartments.org.
Here’s a rundown on CAA’s positions thus far:
Oppose: SB 603 (Leno-D) Interest on security… Read More
In California, fewer homes are for sale these days, and finding “for rent” signs can test a would-be tenant’s patience.
The news media are taking notice of these realities — and the impacts they’re having on affordability.
Both Forbes and the Huffington Post today published articles about the high cost of rental housing in California, and last week, the Sacramento Bee reported a steep decline in homes for sale.
According to the Huffington Post piece, the Golden State has the least affordable rental housing on the mainland United States. The Post cites the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual report.… Read More
Rental housing professionals have begun broadening their knowledge of property management via the California Apartment Association’s new webinar series.
The property management courses debuted Tuesday, March 12, with the first of two 90-minute segments on “Preparing the Property & Professional Leasing Skills.” CAA broadcast the second segment Thursday, March 14.
“We had several students from several remote locations, including Ukiah, Merced, Victorville, Ojai and Oxnard,” said Jim Lofgren, executive director of the Rental Housing Association of Sacramento Valley, a chapter of CAA. “This distance-learning option is reaching a new audience.”
Each of the nine courses in the series is divided… Read More
Tagged: EducationMultimediaWebinar
Debra Carlton, senior vice president of public affairs for CAA, took part in an NPR forum Wednesday morning about a proposed ban on smoking in apartments across California.
Carlton and Assemblyman Marc Levine, the author of the anti-smoking bill, took questions
from “Forum” host Michael Krasny. Several listeners also participated in the show, aired on San Francisco’s NPR affiliate, KQED.
Click here to listen to the interview and read listener comments.
Under Levine’s proposal, California would become the first state in the nation to ban tobacco smoking in apartments. His bill also would apply to condos.
AB 746 focuses on… Read More
Tagged: In the newsLegislationMultimedia
If an ex-tenant at Stanford University gets her way in appellate court, evictions across California could take much longer.
To fend off this scenario, the California Apartment Association has filed a brief in the case of Stanford vs. Christine Marie Ham.
The amicus brief holds that Stanford took sufficient steps to reach Ham in person before posting eviction paperwork — an unlawful detainer summons and complaint — to her front door and mailing them to her rental unit. In addition, Ham’s employer information was outdated, an additional obstacle to handing her the documents in person.
Ham, on the East Coast… Read More
Tagged: CourtsEvictionsLegal News
This month, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office will discuss the eviction process and related matters during a California Apartment Association luncheon.
The educational event is from noon to 1:30 p.m., March 20, at TorNino’s Banquets.
Besides evictions, Sgt. John Golden of the sheriff’s Civil Department will offer an update about the lockout process, as well as wage garnishments after a judgment.
Also, Debra Carlton, CAA’s senior vice president of public affairs, will provide an update on rental housing-related bills introduced so far this year.
Finally, attendees will receive a briefing about last month’s Legislative Conference, when local CAA members held… Read More
Tagged: EducationEvents Greater Fresno