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Make sure your company gets the attention it deserves as hundreds of rental housing decision-makers gather for CAA Connect – Northern California Rental Housing Conference & Expo. This premiere California Apartment Association event returns to the Santa Clara Convention Center on Wednesday, April 8. Exhibitor booths and sponsorship opportunities are now on sale. Take advantage of this opportunity to put your products in front of the most influential members of the multi-family housing industry. What you need to know What: CAA Connect – Northern California Rental Housing Conference & Expo When: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 8 Where:… Read More

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Elite professionals from Los Angeles’ rental housing industry celebrated their collective excellence at the 2014 Signature Awards. Nearly 500 people poured into the Skirball Cultural Center on Nov. 20 for a posh celebration hosted by the California Apartment Association.

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A number of new California laws will have a direct impact on rental property owners and managers in 2015. Don’t get caught off guard. Make sure you understand upcoming laws on issues including water submeters, electric-vehicle charging stations and electronic signatures on rental agreements. Ensure compliance with these pieces of legislation and many others by taking the California Apartment Association’s next webinar, New Laws Affecting Rental Housing in 2015. The online presentation runs from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9. It’s free to CAA members and $45 for non-members. Registration is online only. Click here to enroll. You’ll… Read More

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In the 2000 film “What Women Want,” Mel Gibson’s character, Nick Marshall, can hear women’s thoughts. This ability provides veritable superpowers when it comes to relationships. You may never be a mind-reader like Marshall, but you can gain a better understanding of your tenants’ wants and needs, said Rommel Anacan, guest speaker at a California Apartment Association luncheon last week. Anacan provided key insights for keeping renters enamoured with their homes while presenting “How NOT to Lose Your Residents in 12 Months: The Secrets of Keeping Your Residents in Love With Your Community.” He delivered the presentation Thursday, Oct. 30,… Read More

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A proposed moratorium on apartment construction in Menifee appears to be off the table, at least for now. The City Council had been scheduled to hold a public hearing on the idea Wednesday, Aug. 20. But Councilman Wally Edgerton – who’d put the apartment building ban on the agenda – quickly backed off the proposal. Earlier that day, the California Apartment Association sent a letter to the council explaining why a moratorium would be bad for Menifee. CAA-Inland Empire Executive Director Tim Johnson also addressed the council. Johnson pointed out that renters spend 18 percent more than homeowners, generating higher… Read More

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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

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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

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When the city of Antioch needed help passing a half-cent sales tax last year, the California Apartment Association answered the call. As CAA members generously supported the city’s Measure C campaign, the Antioch City Council chose not to place a residential landlord business license tax on the same ballot. Thanks in part to the rental housing industry’s political support, the sales tax initiative sailed to victory in November, and Antioch began collecting additional revenue in April. Through the measure, Antioch expects to collect a little over $4 million. The City Council promised to spend the money fighting crime, hiring 22… Read More

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Riverside County has stepped back from plans to more than double the developer fees earmarked for county jail beds – at least for now. Early this month, the Board of Supervisors postponed a vote to rework its developer fee schedule after hearing concerns from the California Apartment Association and the local building industry, The Press Enterprise reported in this article. Under the proposal, the total fee for single-family homes would drop from $4,651 to $4,318, but the amount to deal with jail crowding would balloon from $392 to $885. Developer fees help pay for infrastructure needs caused by new residential… Read More

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A California law taking effect July 1 aims to eventually phase out smoke detectors that take replaceable batteries. For now, however, landlords just need to make sure they’re existing smoke alarms are working.  So don’t go ripping your nine-volt powered smoke alarm from the ceiling. The law first focuses on the folks selling smoke detectors. It says battery-powered smoke alarms sold in the Golden State must have non-replaceable, non-removable batteries that last for at least 10 years. This regulation, however, has a yearlong exception that will keep old-fashioned-but-in-stock smoke detectors from going to waste. Property owners, managing agents, contractors, wholesalers… Read More

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