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As we plunge into 2016, the California Apartment Association is building on a strong foundation of government affairs victories from the past 12 months, both at the state and local levels.
To help put the year gone-by in perspective, CAA’s public affairs team has selected the following successes as the Association’s Top 10 Legislative Victories of 2015.
Many of the issues described below will remain important topics in the year to come. Read more about CAA’s forecast for 2016 here.
In 2015, CAA proudly:
1. Led a petition drive to overturn Richmond rent control ordinance
The Richmond City Council —… Read More
For the second straight year, state Sen. Mark Leno has conceded defeat on a bill aimed at weakening the Ellis Act, legislation that protects a landlord’s right to leave the rental housing business.
Acknowledging the collapse of SB 364 this year, Leno said he’ll take it up again in January, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
More than a month ago, SB 364 failed to advance from the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, where the California Apartment Association mounted fierce opposition.
The bill would undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business. The proposal would make many rental… Read More
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A bill that threatens to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business stalled Tuesday in its first committee hearing.
The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee voted 6 to 5 against SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
Leno requested and was granted reconsideration, meaning it’s still possible that he’ll get the necessary six yes votes to advance the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill, opposed by the California Apartment Association during Tuesday’s hearing, takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in… Read More
A hearing on a bill that threatens to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business has been postponed by one week.
SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, will now go before the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee at 1:30 p.m. April. 14.
It had been scheduled to go before this committee Tuesday, April 7.
The bill takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the apartment business.
Before the Ellis Act was passed in 1985, rent-controlled cities — Santa Monica in… Read More
A bill threatening to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business is scheduled for an important committee hearing early next month.
SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, goes before the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee at 1:30 p.m. April. 7.
The bill takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the apartment business.
Before the Ellis Act was passed in 1985, rent-controlled cities — Santa Monica in particular — were forcing landlords to stay in business, even if they were losing… Read More
Since July 2014, San Francisco has seen 33 Ellis Act eviction notices, according to the Rent Board. This marks a steep decline in use of the Ellis Act.
Month
Ellis eviction notices
Jan. 2015
4
Dec. 2014
17
Nov. 2014
8
Oct. 2014
1
Sept. 2014
0
Aug. 2014
1
July 2014
2
Like last year, a bill is threatening to undercut a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s over-regulated rental housing business.
The proposal, SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, targets the Ellis Act. Before the Ellis Act was passed in 1985, rent-controlled cities — Santa Monica in particular — were forcing landlords to stay in business, even if they were losing money or experiencing other hardships.
In many respects, SB 364 would turn the clock back 30 years in San Francisco. It would force many rental property owners in The City to wait at least five years before removing… Read More
For our second highlights video from CAA’s legislative recap webinar, we review six bills that failed in 2014.
Each of these bills would have affected the rental housing industry — especially two proposals that threatened the Ellis Act. This landmark state law, passed in the mid 1980s, protects a landlord’s right to leave the apartment business. While dead for now, some of these bills may resurface in 2015.
Learn more through the videos below, which we’ve produced exclusively for CAA members.
You may also be interested in our first highights video, which focuses on six rental housing-related bills becoming law… Read More
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In 2014, the California Apartment Association helped kill a host of bad bills that would have, among other things, undermined the Ellis Act and encouraged jury trials in eviction disputes.
And while CAA largely succeeded during the legislative session, a couple of bad bills made it to the governor’s desk.The fight continues – see our links to letters — as CAA and a broad coalition of business interests encourage Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the following two bills:
Faulty legislation on the governor’s desk
AB 1897 (D-Hernandez) – Labor: Client Liability: This bill would imposes strict liability on an employer… Read More
A San Francisco law unconstitutionally forces landlords to pay exorbitant fees before they can remove a property from the rental market, according to a lawsuit filed by a chapter of the California Apartment Association and other plaintiffs.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday, July 24, challenges a San Francisco ordinance enacted in June that takes aim at landlords using the Ellis Act to quit the apartment business.
The Relocation Assistance Payment Ordinance requires that landlords pay tenants the difference, over a two-year period, between what they were paying for an Ellised apartment and the market rate for a comparable… Read More
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