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Amid strong opposition from the California Apartment Association, the Milpitas City Council on Tuesday backed away from a proposal to order immediate eviction controls for the city’s entire rental housing stock.
The emergency just-cause eviction ordinance proposed for Milpitas would have applied to all rental housing in the city, regardless of size, type or year built.
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A bill approved by the Assembly this week aims to make sure tenants are made aware of flooding risks before leasing rental properties in flood-prone areas.
Under AB 646 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, a landlord with “actual knowledge” that his or her property is in a flood-hazard area would have to disclose this information to prospective tenants. Property owners with actual knowledge include those notified by a government agency, as well as owners required to carry flood insurance for the property.
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Amid a sharp rise in Los Angeles County’s homeless population, the California Apartment Association this week reaffirmed its commitment to helping people secure permanent housing.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority reported that the number of homeless individuals in the county increased to 58,000. That represents a 23 percent spike in the annual survey.
On the heels of a pro-rent control march in East Los Angeles, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors this week voted to examine tenant protection policies for the nation’s most populous county.
The Pacifica City Council on Monday voted 4-1 to place rent control and just-cause eviction policies on the November ballot.
The ballot measure would:
Cap rent increases at 3.4 percent annually.
Implement eviction controls mirroring San Francisco’s just-cause eviction policy.
Establish a seven-member rental housing commission with the power to set rents, recommend rules and regulations, and levy fees.
The Concord City Council this month adopted a rent-mediation program that was supported by the California Apartment Association.
The ordinance, approved during the May 2 council meeting, will give tenants the right to nonbinding mediation if they receive rent increases of more than 10 percent during a 12-month timeframe.
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The Concord City Council next week will consider adopting a rent-mediation program, a sensible alternative to rent control that’s supported by the California Apartment Association.
CAA urges rental housing providers to attend the council meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. in Concord council chambers, 1950 Parkside Drive.
The California Apartment Association, the state’s leading trade group for the rental housing industry, has tapped Greg Terzakis as senior vice president of its newly created Central California region.
CAA’s Central California region covers a large swath of the Central Valley, from San Joaquin County to Tulare County.
A judge Wednesday denied CAA’s request to keep Mountain View’s rent control ordinance on hold pending the association’s legal challenge to the measure.
The decision by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Elfving means Mountain View’s rent control law, passed by voters in November as Measure V, takes effect immediately.
A judge is now considering whether Mountain View’s rent control law will remain on hold while a legal challenge from the California Apartment Association works its way toward trial.
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