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The Judicial Council of California on Wednesday suspended its vote whether to reopen the courts and start processing unlawful-detainer actions again this summer. The California court system announced earlier this week that the council would decide today whether to let its emergency rule on evictions expire Aug. 3. The council’s rule, made during an emergency meeting in April, brought to a halt nearly all eviction actions in the state. The rule was in response to the financial hardships that many tenants faced due to the COVID-19 crisis. Now that California is beginning to reopen, the Judicial Council decided to weigh… Read More

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Whitney Prout In the fourth edition of the CAA Podcast, the association’s policy and compliance counsel, Whitney Prout, discusses Gov. Newsom’s latest executive order on evictions, as well as other COVID-19 related evictions rules still in effect in California.. Listen here More CAA podcasts What landlords should know as California slowly reopens Bills to help landlords, tenants during COVID-19 crisis Tom Bannon on positive and negative COVID-19 legislation

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CAA has sponsored a Rental Housing Relief Package that would provide emergency assistance to owners and tenants financially injured by COVID-19. These are the only bills in the California Legislature that would provide direct financial resources for both landlords and tenants. SB 1410 (Caballero) – COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program – would provide rental payments for tenants unable to pay their rent because of COVID-19 hardships. SB 1431 (Glazer) – Property Reassessment – would allow for an earlier reassessment of residential rental property that’s lost value because of COVID-19 related tenant protections, such as eviction controls and rent freezes. Both bills are… Read More

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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday extended an executive order from March 16 that cleared the way for local governments to enact COVID-19 related eviction moratoria. The order had been set to expire Sunday but will now remain in effect through July 28. Most locally approved eviction moratoria were set to expire this weekend in line with Newsom’s March executive order. With that order now renewed, local eviction moratoria that were tied to the order also will remain in place. For information on locally imposed eviction moratoria, visit CAA’s COVID-19 resource page at caanet.org/coronavirus. While Newsom extended his March 16 executive… Read More

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CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION’S SAFE AT HOME GUIDELINES Although California is slowly reopening its economy, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create health challenges and financial adversity throughout the state. In response to these lingering difficulties, the California Apartment Association this week extended its Safe at Home Guidelines by one month. Instead of expiring May 31, the guidelines will remain in place through June 30. Landlords are encouraged to: Freeze rents on all residents & pledge to not issue any rent increases. Halt evictions on renters affected by COVID-19, absent extraordinary circumstances. Waive late fees for residents who pay rent after the rent due date… Read More

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A CAA-sponsored bill designed to lower the property taxes of landlords who’ve suffered financial damages due to COVID-19 has passed out of the Assembly Government and Finance Committee. SB 1431 by Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, advanced on a 4-3 vote Thursday and now heads to the Appropriations Committee. Sen. Steven Glazer Glazer’s bill would clear the way for landlords to request property tax reassessments based on financial losses attributable to the virus. Specifically, these damages would be calculated by taking into consideration the loss of rent and other tenant protections imposed by governments in response to the outbreak. In response… Read More

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When San Jose’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium ends, tenants who’ve fallen behind on their rent due to the virus will have six months to pay half of their rent debt and another six months to cover the rest.  The changes, secured by the California Apartment Association, came by a unanimous vote Tuesday night. CAA’s work is also expected to result in lower city fees for landlords. The eviction moratorium does not suspend the obligation of rent but prohibits eviction of renters unable to pay their rent for as long as the eviction moratorium is in effect. “Ensuring that residents have safe… Read More

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Ninder Grewal In this week’s podcast, Ninder Grewal, CAA’s policy and compliance counsel, discusses “Guidelines for Reopening California,” the ”association’s latest COVID-19 compliance page: caanet.org/reopening. Listen here More CAA podcasts CAA Podcast: Bills to help landlords, tenants during COVID-19 crisis CAA Podcast: Tom Bannon on positive and negative COVID-19 legislation

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A bill that would authorize the California courts to cut rents by 25% won’t get a hearing until summer at the earliest. AB 828 by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, last week was placed in the Senate Rules Committee, which postpones any possibility of a hearing for several weeks. Assemblyman Philip Ting The California Apartment Association has led a grassroots campaign to defeat the measure. In recent weeks, more than 55,000 messages opposing the bill have flooded lawmakers’ inboxes. AB 828 threatens to do the following: Allow the courts to force landlords to reduce rents by 25% — even if… Read More

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A bill strongly opposed by CAA that would create a statewide rental registry has been amended to target landlords who’ve received government assistance in response to the coronavirus. AB 2406 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, would now require landlords to submit a long list of information about their buildings and their tenants to the state if they own five or more rental units — and accept rental assistance payments from federal or state COVID-19 programs. Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks The California Apartment Association also opposed a previous version of the bill that would have applied to all landlords with five units or… Read More

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