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The Chico City Council has postponed action on a “just cause” eviction policy and instead referred the matter to an ad hoc council committee headed by Mayor Randall Stone for further study. No action on the matter is anticipated until after the city holds an all-day affordable housing conference scheduled for Sept. 28.

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The city of Milpitas this week approved a non-binding rent-review program, as well as a requirement that landlords consider tenants who use Section 8 housing vouchers. The council also scheduled a special meeting to consider an emergency “just cause” eviction proposal.

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Over the objections of CAA, Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to draft a permanent rent control ordinance for the county’s unincorporated areas. The ordinance is expected to limit annual rent increases based on the rate of inflation, which is now about 3%. Supervisors instructed staff to return with the ordinance by Nov. 12.

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A law that took effect Sunday, Sept. 1, has given tenants in California extra time to respond to most three-day eviction notices. Under the legislation, weekends and court holidays will no longer count toward the three-day notice period and the five-day period for responding to an unlawful-detainer summons and complaint. For example, under the new law, the deadline to pay rent for a three-day notice served given on a Friday wouldn’t be due until Wednesday— two days later than the current Monday deadline. Previously, weekends and court holidays could count toward these notice periods, although a notice could not expire… Read More

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The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved a rent control and “just cause” eviction ordinance that will affect about 44,000 multifamily rental units in the city. The ordinance, accessible here, only applies to multifamily units built before February 1995, as well as downtown single-room residential hotels and mobile home rentals. Single-family and condo units are exempt, as are units owned, operated or subsidized by a government entity.

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The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday will consider imposing rent control and “just cause” eviction policies on most of the city’s rental housing. The California Apartment Association urges its members to attend this meeting and speak out against the proposed ordinance, which is described in this city staff report. Jim Lofgren “Sacramento needs an influx of rental housing to keep pace with demand,” said Jim Lofgren, CAA’s senior vice president. “Bringing rent and eviction controls to the city will drive out investment in new housing and exacerbate our housing shortage. It also will leave many rental property owners without the… Read More

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In response to a CAA-led referendum, the El Cerrito City Council on Wednesday night repealed its “just cause” for eviction ordinance, a move that will prevent a costly election and keep a destructive housing policy off the books.   The decision came on a 4-1 vote, with Mayor Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto dissenting. The council initially passed the just cause eviction law in May on a 3-2 vote. CAA immediately sponsored a referendum to overturn the decision and collected nearly 2,000 signatures from El Cerrito registered voters to do so. It is commonly known that just cause makes it more difficult to evict… Read More

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The California Apartment Association is calling on its members to speak out against a package of landlord-tenant proposals that would bring rent and eviction controls to the city of Concord.  CAA asks that rental housing providers speak out at the Concord City Council meeting on Wednesday, June 19, and email council members today.  At Wednesday’s meeting, the council will vote on the following:   “Just cause” eviction ordinance: limits your ability to regain possession of your property or evict problem tenants.  Tenant relocation fee: a forced payment to the tenant of up to three times the market rent if you don’t renew a lease.  Binding arbitration: a mandatory requirement for you to justify rent… Read More

Tagged: Contra Costa

A referendum filed with the support of the California Apartment Association, Contra Costa, will prevent El Cerrito’s “just cause” for eviction ordinance from taking effect next week. Working with hundreds of local property owners, the business community, real estate leaders and concerned citizens, CAA submitted a petition on behalf of local residents with at least 2,159 signatures to El Cerrito’s city clerk, considerably more than the 1,631 valid voter signatures needed to qualify the referendum. 

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Despite strong opposition from the California Apartment Association, the San Rafael City Council passed a “just cause” eviction and mandatory-mediation ordinance Monday on a 3-1 vote. The just-cause eviction ordinance will prevent landlords from terminating tenancies without proving that a specified cause exists. Such policies drag out the eviction process and make it more difficult and costlier to terminate tenancies. Mandatory mediation will be required for rental increases exceeding 5 percent over a 12-month period and will include single-family homes.

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