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The California Apartment Association has stopped a bill that
would have imposed “just cause” eviction controls across California.
On Thursday, AB 1481 died for the year, lacking the votes needed to win full Assembly approval by this week’s deadline.
CAA led a strong grassroots campaign to defeat the bill.
CAA was successful in stopping a bill that would have established a statewide rental registry with an initial price tag north of $20 million and negative privacy implications for both landlords and tenants.
AB 724 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, died when it failed to pass out of the Appropriations Committee by Thursday’s deadline.
Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks
As amended, the proposal sought to create a rental housing registry for all California properties with more than 16 units.
Each year, owners of units in these properties would have been forced to report a variety of data to the Department of Housing and Community Development, such as the size of… Read More
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Despite
opposition from CAA, a pair of “just cause” for eviction bills advanced this
week from the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
The bills, AB 1481 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, and AB 1697 by Assemblyman Tim Grayson, D-Concord, have now gone to the Assembly floor.
Both Grayson’s and Bonta’s proposals would limit evictions to certain causes, such as failure to pay rent, a substantial breach of the lease, or use of the property for illegal activity. Proving criminal activity, however, often requires testimony from third‐party witnesses who may be reluctant to come forward.
A bill that would create a statewide registry of rental units and require a myriad of information from California landlords each year advanced Wednesday from its first committee hearing.
AB 724 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, would publicize a wide range of information about rental units, raising privacy concerns for both property owners and residents.
The bill passed out of the
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on a 6-1 vote with one
abstention and now heads to the Judiciary Committee.
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The Long Beach City Council on
Tuesday will consider adopting thinly veiled forms of rent and eviction
controls.
Under the proposals, landlords would
have to pay relocation assistance to tenants who receive certain termination
notices and when tenants decide to move amid rent increases of 10 percent or
more.
Penalizing landlords for rent increases beyond a specified threshold is a method for capping rents, while forcing relocation payments after certain termination notices controls evictions.
California lawmakers are again taking aim at the ability of landlords to terminate tenancies.
February brought the introduction of two “just cause” for eviction bills — AB 1481 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, and AB 1697 by Assemblyman Tim Grayson, D-Concord. AB 1481 marks Bonta’s second attempt to pass statewide “just cause” legislation in as many years.
Both Grayson’s and Bonta’s proposals would limit evictions to certain causes, such as failure to pay rent, a substantial breach of the lease, or use of the property for illegal activity. Criminal activity unrelated to the rental unit, however, wouldn’t count as a “just cause” under… Read More
In a well-intentioned but unnecessary step, the San Jose City Council on Thursday passed an emergency ordinance to protect furloughed federal workers from eviction.
Under the legislation, approved by the council on an 8-0 vote, landlords may not evict federal employees and contractors for nonpayment of rent if those tenants have gone without pay due to the budget stalemate in Washington, D.C., which dragged on for more than a month.
Although President Trump on Friday announced that the government would reopen for three weeks, San Jose’s emergency ordinance on evicting furloughed federal workers remains in effect. The ordinance was worded… Read More
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Over the objections of CAA, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a temporary rent control ordinance for unincorporated areas of the county.
The interim rent control measure affects about 50,000 pre-1995 apartments located in areas outside the 88 city jurisdictions within the county.
The ordinance includes:
A maximum rent increase amount of 3 percent annually for rental properties in the county’s unincorporated areas, except for those properties that are statutorily exempt from rent control.
A term of six months from the date of adoption with options to extend the interim ordinance as necessary.
A base rent… Read More
The California Apartment Association is exploring its options after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to establish a temporary rent control measure for unincorporated areas of the county.
Based on Tuesday’s 4-1 vote, county officials will return in 60 days with an ordinance that includes:
A maximum rent increase amount of 3 percent annually for rental properties in the county’s unincorporated areas, except for those properties that are statutorily exempt from rent control.
A term of six months from the date of adoption with options to extend the interim ordinance as necessary.
A base rent using rent levels… Read More