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Sen. Mark Leno has halted his pursuit of state legislation that would undermine a landlord’s right to leave the rental housing industry.
Leno, D-San Francisco, has given up on Senate Bill 1439 after its rejection in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee last week. The bill took aim at the Ellis Act, a landmark 1985 law that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the apartment business.
Leno told the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday that he’ll probably try to resurrect the bill in 2015.
“I’m very committed to this,” he said in the article.
The Housing… Read More
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UPDATE: Leno quits pushing for anti-Ellis Act bill
Before a room brimming with property-rights advocates, an Assembly committee Wednesday rejected Sen. Mark Leno’s anti-Ellis Act bill.
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee voted 4-3 on June 18 against Senate Bill 1439, possibly sinking the legislation for good.
Helping derail Leno’s bill today were dozens of San Franciscans, many holding up neon paper signs condemning SB 1439. The committee also heard from the California Apartment Association, as well as a landlord whose rights would be undermined by Leno’s proposal.
Despite being amended after narrowly passing the Senate last month, SB… Read More
Despite recent amendments, Sen. Mark Leno’s anti-Ellis Act bill remains an attack on landlords’ property rights as it heads to its first Assembly committee Wednesday, June 18. *
Leno promised changes to SB 1439 on May 29 in a last-minute push to resuscitate the legislation, which failed the previous day on the Senate floor. The bill is now scheduled to be heard Wednesday by the Housing and Community Development Committee.
The California Apartment Association vehemently opposes the amended bill, which still would force many rental property owners in San Francisco to wait at least five years before removing their units… Read More
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As the halfway point of 2014 approaches, the California Apartment Association has accomplished much in the legislative arena, yet much work lies ahead.
Friday was a milestone of sorts in the Legislative calendar, marking the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin.
In other words, as of midnight May 30, Senate bills had to pass the Senate, and Assembly bills had to pass the Assembly. Bills that survived now go to the opposite house. Those that didn’t are dead.
Below, you’ll find the status of some key bills for the rental housing industry. Let’s start with… Read More
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The California Apartment Association is continuing its fight against an anti-Ellis Act bill that Senate Democratic leadership resuscitated May 29 after it sank on the Senate floor.
Sen. Mark Leno’s SB 1439 certainly appeared dead Wednesday, May 28, when it received just 18 of the 21 votes needed to reach the Assembly. On Thursday, however, the bill made an astounding comeback amid vigorous political CPR.
In its weekly newsletter, the Civil Justice Association of California dubbed the legislation a “zombie” bill for its surprising resurrection.
“A last-ditch effort by the author offering vague amendments and ‘considerations’ with considerable arm-twisting by… Read More
A bill that threatened to strip landlords of their right to leave the rental housing business failed on the Senate floor Wednesday, May 28, thanks largely to fierce opposition by the California Apartment Association.
SB 1439 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, garnered 18 yes votes but needed 21 to advance from the Senate to the Assembly. While Leno can ask for a new vote through Friday, his chances of resuscitating the bill are meager.
To defeat Leno’s bill, CAA lobbied heavily at the Capitol, launched an educational website for the public and spearheaded a letter-writing campaign that prompted hundreds… Read More
In the next seven days, a major threat to the Ellis Act is expected to either win Senate approval or die on the Senate floor.
We’re counting on you, our members, to help ensure the latter.
Here’s the urgency: Friday, May 30, is the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin. Those that do will then go to the other house for consideration.
So any day now, Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, is expected to push for a Senate vote on SB 1439, an assault on property rights that would weaken a landlord’s ability to quit… Read More
The California Apartment Association is calling on its members to help defeat a bill that threatens the Ellis Act and could come to a vote on the Senate floor next week.
The bill, 1439 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, could strip San Francisco landlords of their freedom to leave the rental housing business.
SB 1439 is a direct assault on the Ellis Act, a law passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the rental housing industry.
Ellis especially protects owners of rental properties in rent controlled cities, where landlords can find themselves operating… Read More
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An anti-Ellis Act bill is dead after its author refused to eliminate wording that would have encouraged tenants to wage court battles as a tactic to stay in rent-controlled apartments already removed from the market.
The California Apartment Association on Tuesday derailed AB 2405 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.
The bill received four votes but needed six to survive its hearing in the Judiciary Committee.
Last week, after CAA persuaded lawmakers to gut the most problematic aspects of the bill, AB 2405 advanced from the Assembly Committee on Local Government.
On Tuesday, however, Ammiano would not agree to remove… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has written a letter to Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, detailing several defects in his anti-Ellis Act bill before he presents it to an Assembly committee next week.
Passed by the state Legislature in 1985, California’s Ellis Act says no local government can require that a rental property owner continue to offer his or her housing for rent. Ammiano’s bill, which would gut the act, goes before the Assembly Committee on Local Government on Wednesday, April 23.
At its core, Assembly Bill 2405 would keep contested Ellis Act evictions stuck in the court system for years on end… Read More
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