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Despite objections from the California Apartment Association, the city of Concord has decided to increase the fees for its rental housing inspection program.
The City Council adopted higher fees, more frequent inspections and other changes to its Multi-Family Housing Inspection Program during its Nov. 29 meeting.
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After addressing CAA’s concerns, the cities of San Bruno and South San Francisco have approved ordinances prohibiting smoking inside multifamily units and common areas.
On Nov. 9, the South San Francisco City Council approved the second reading of its ordinance after adopting clarifications and other requests from the California Apartment Association, Tri-County Division. Those revisions include the following, which provide clarity and minimize impacts to property owners and operators:
Phase-in period of up to 12 months
Ability for owners to create designated smoking areas
No requirements of installing customized signage inside apartment units
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Now that California voters have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, you might be wondering whether you can still prohibit tenants from smoking it on your property.
Anticipating that question and several others, the California Apartment Association has prepared an FAQ on Proposition 64, which voters approved Nov. 8.
Check out our members-only compliance document, “California Marijuana Legalization: Questions & Answers,” by clicking the button below.
In addition to publishing an FAQ, the Association will discuss Prop. 64 during its New Laws Webinar on Dec. 1.
Also on Dec. 1, CAA will release its rental agreement for 2017. This agreement… Read More
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Despite strong support from the California Apartment Association, San Diego City Council candidate Ricardo Flores lost his bid for council Seat 9 in the Nov. 8 election.
Flores, who recieved financial backing from CAA’s political action committee, garnered 47.5 percent of the vote, while his opponent, Georgette Gomez, received 52.5 percent.
During her campaign, Gomez said she would make addressing the city’s high cost of housing a priority.
CAA San Diego believes that increasing the housing supply is the best way to moderate prices, and the Association looks forward to working with Gomez to generate more rental housing in San… Read More
After confirming the success of a signature-gathering effort to stop Santa Rosa rent control, election officials now say they certified the petition prematurely and need to conduct a hand count of signatures.
On Oct. 14, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters confirmed that petitioners had collected the necessary 8,485 signatures to qualify a referendum on Santa Rosa’s rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance.
A petition to overturn rent control in Santa Rosa collected enough valid signatures from voters to bring the city’s ordinance to a halt, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters has confirmed.
On Friday, Oct. 14, election officials certified that 9,355 valid signatures had been collected, more than the 8,485 signatures required to stop the city’s rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance.
The San Mateo Daily Journal this morning editorialized against rent control initiatives in San Mateo and Burlingame.
The newspaper’s editorial board urges voters to reject the introduction of rent control, just-cause-for-eviction policies and costly rent boards in both cities. The editorial board had met with the California Apartment Association before publishing this morning’s piece.
On Thursday, Sept. 29, the California Apartment Association brought together members from all sides of the housing debate to start working toward consensus on how to resolve the state’s worsening housing crisis.
Participants included representatives from a variety of stakeholder groups, including affordable housing advocates, lawmakers, builders, property owners and tenants.
Below, you’ll find footage from the forum. We’ve divided the video into four segments, making it easier for you to find the content that interests you most.
Introduction and presentation from the legislative analyst
In the first video, Tom Bannon, chief executive officer of the California Apartment Association, welcomes… Read More
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On talk radio this week, the CEO of the California Apartment Association and a Stanford University law professor faced off in an hour-long debate over the rent control measures going before voters in the November election.
The debate featured CAA’s Tom Bannon and Juliet Brodie, director at the Stanford Community Law Clinic.
KQED’s Michael Kransy moderated the discussion. Visit this page to stream the show.
Also this week, Bannon discussed housing issues on Capitol Public Radio and on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles.
Update: A permanent rent control and just-cause eviction measure are now on the Aug. 16 agenda for the council’s consideration.
Although Santa Rosa passed a just-cause for eviction ordinance Tuesday night, the council failed to garner the five votes needed to enact the ordinance immediately.
Facing opposition from the California Apartment Association, an effort to impose the policy on the city’s entire rental housing stock also fell short.
Just-cause policies require rental property owners to prove “cause” in court or before a political body every time they need to remove a problem resident.
Lacking the needed support for an urgency… Read More