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Aug. 28 update: CAA revises screening-related forms to comply with state Supreme Court ruling
In light of a California Supreme Court ruling this week, tenant-screening companies and landlords will want to review their procedures for vetting prospective renters.
The state Supreme Court on Monday issued its decision in Connor v. First Student, and while the case that dealt with the use of investigative consumer reports in the employment context, it will have ramifications for the rental housing industry.
Because of the ruling, landlords, employers and consumer-reporting agencies must now follow the procedures for “investigative consumer reports” when seeking and providing… Read More
An initiative that would bring rent control to National City, a municipality in San Diego County, has qualified for November’s ballot.
The San Diego County Registrar of Voters confirmed this week that the National City Rent Control and Community Stabilization Ordinance (accessible here) will be officially slated for November’s ballot. The push for rent control in National City is being driven by the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.
The California Apartment Association is fully engaged in a campaign to defeat the measure and has retained a campaign consultant with expertise specific to National City.
“Along with coalition partners, ranging… Read More
An initiative that would bring rent control to the city of Santa Cruz has qualified for November’s ballot.
Santa Cruz County election officials confirmed Thursday that the Movement for Housing Justice had filed the necessary 5,661 valid voter signatures to place the measure before voters.
The California Apartment Association is fully engaged in a campaign to defeat the measure, which would go further than existing rent control ordinances in Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland. In the event that Costa-Hawkins is repealed, the measure is likely to apply rent control to single-family homes.
The initiative threatens to:
Limit rent increases to… Read More
The California Apartment Association is turning to its members for help defeating a rent control initiative that may be headed to Santa Cruz voters this fall.
The Movement for Housing Justice has submitted signatures in hopes of qualifying its rent control measure for the November 2018 ballot. The ballot measure goes further than existing rent control ordinances in Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland, as it is likely to include rent control on single-family homes in the event that Costa-Hawkins is repealed.
The initiative threatens to:
Limit rent increases to the annual inflation rate
Impose strict “just cause” eviction rules for… Read More
The California Apartment Association is turning to its members for help thwarting what could become Santa Rosa’s second rent control measure in 17 months.
Less than one year after voters rejected rent control in Santa Rosa, the North Bay Organizing Project and a group of local activists are collecting signatures in hopes of placing an even more burdensome rent control “just cause” eviction ordinance on the November 2018 ballot.
The group has until late June to collect over 8,500 signatures to get their proposed law on the November ballot.
“We are dismayed that the North Bay Organizing Project is rushing… Read More
The California Apartment Association on Thursday defeated a bill that would have imposed “just cause” eviction requirements across the state, making it more difficult and costly to evict bad tenants.
A second eviction-related bill that, as originally written, would have expanded the notice requirements for removing tenants under the Ellis Act, also died on the Assembly Floor.
A third eviction-related bill — originally drafted to prolong the eviction process — was amended to simply provide minor amendments to the service of the eviction summons, rendering it of minor concern to members of CAA.
The most threatening of the bills, AB… Read More
A movement to spread rent control throughout California has now reached the far-eastern portion of Los Angeles County.
Tenant activists have begun collecting signatures to place a rent control and “just cause” eviction measure before Ponoma voters this November.
An Assembly bill would dramatically prolong the eviction process, endanger renters who complain about their neighbors, and allow tenants to avoid eviction by making frivolous complaints.
Under 2343 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, landlords would have to provide 10 days’ notice before serving eviction papers to tenants who’ve failed to pay the rent. At any time during this 10-day period, the tenant could pay the rent to prevent eviction. At present, the notice requirement is three days. This extension would essentially shift rent due dates to the middle of the month.
For tenants who have committed serious lease violations,… Read More
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Lawmakers have proposed a trio of bills that would hamper the ability of landlords to evict tenants.
The most sweeping of the three bills would impose “just cause” eviction policies statewide, another would expand the notice requirements for removing tenants under the Ellis Act, and the third would delay the eviction process for tenants who are delinquent on rent.
The “just cause” bill comes from Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, and is expected to be introduced today. Under the legislation, rental property owners could only proceed with an eviction after providing the tenant with a written notice outlining the reason for… Read More
An effort to place rent control and eviction controls before Long Beach voters will soon enter the signature-gathering phase.
On Tuesday, the Long Beach city attorney gave petitioners the green light to begin collecting signatures for a measure titled the Long Beach Rent Control Ordinance.