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A highly anticipated package of housing bills signed by the governor last week includes key legislation sponsored by the California Apartment Association.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the slate of 15 housing bills Sept. 29 during a ceremony in San Francisco.
Important to this package are CAA-sponsored AB 678 by Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, and a companion bill, SB 167 by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley. These bills will help boost California’s supply of housing, which has long lagged behind job and population growth.
Tagged: Affordable housingLegislation
A CAA-sponsored bill that would boost construction of micro apartments and help put a dent in California’s housing shortage won unanimous approval in the Legislature this week and now awaits the signature of Gov. Jerry Brown.
The bill, AB 352 by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, would help prevent local governments from establishing roadblocks to “efficiency dwelling units,” which usually measure 220 square feet or less.
Tagged: Affordable housing
Revisiting a priority from 2016, Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal takes on California’s housing shortage with a plan to curtail local hurdles to residential development.
“What we can do is cut the red tape, cut the delays, cut whatever expenses we can afford to do to make housing more affordable,” Brown said, according to the Sacramento Business Journal.
As in past years, Brown took a cautious approach to the state’s fiscal blueprint, which comes to $177.1 billion, citing concerns that a future economic downturn would sap state tax revenue.
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In San Bernardino County, District 1 Supervisor Robert Lovingood, a pro-business candidate supported by CAA’s political action committee, became the first incumbent to be re-elected in 20 years.
In Riverside County, voters decided to keep Chuck Washington as their District 3 supervisor. Washington had been appointed to the seat by Gov. Jerry Brown. CAA Greater Inland Empire supported Washington, who is keenly aware of the need for high-density housing in Riverside County.
In the city of San Bernardino, voters overwhelmingly passed Measure L, which was supported by CAA Greater Inland Empire, the mayor and six of seven council members. Measure… Read More
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After signing the state budget, Gov. Jerry Brown continues to seek legislation that would streamline the approval process for residential housing in California.
On Monday, Brown signed a $122 billion state budget for 2016-17, including $400 million for affordable housing programs sought by Assembly Democrats.
The governor, however, has set aside that $400 million until he and the Legislature work out a deal to more quickly approve local housing projects. The details must be worked out before the legislative session ends in August.
The governor’s proposal, supported by the California Apartment Association, would exempt certain multifamily housing infill projects from… Read More
During a radio show Monday morning, CAA’s chief executive made the case for legislation that would streamline the approval process for multifamily developments that meet affordable-housing standards and other state criteria.
The discussion took place June 6 on UpFront, a program hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert on Berkeley’s 94.1 KPFA.
Tom Bannon, CEO for the California Apartment Association, spoke in support of Gov. Jerry Brown’s push to speed up the approval process for qualified multifamily housing.
Under the governor’s plan, multifamily housing projects with infill housing and a certain number of affordable units would be exempt from a drawn-out approval process… Read More
Tagged: Affordable housingLegislation
A lawmaker’s second attempt at providing tax credits for earthquake retrofits advanced Tuesday from the Assembly floor.
AB 2392 by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-Sherman Oaks, would help landlords and other property owners pay for seismic upgrades.
The Assembly approved the legislation on a 79-0 vote with one abstention. It now moves to the Senate.
The bill would allow a tax credit equal to 30 percent of the qualified costs paid or incurred by a taxpayer for any seismic retrofit on a qualified building.
Last year, the same proposal, carried as AB 428, passed both houses of the Legislature before being … Read More
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Thanks to a bill signed into law this week, mom-and-pop rental property owners won’t have to worry quite as much about abusive disability-access lawsuits.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed SB 269 by Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside. Under certain circumstances, the bill provides business owners with more time to fix minor ADA compliance violations before being subject to costly court battles.
For example, the law will protect small-business owners from liability for minimum statutory damages in a construction-related accessibility claim for the 120 days following a voluntary inspection by a certified access specialist. Under certain conditions, the business could then… Read More
Just a few months after being vetoed by the governor, legislation to provide tax credits for earthquake retrofits is back.
Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-Sherman Oaks, has again authored a bill that would help landlords pay for seismic upgrades.
AB 2392 would allow a tax credit in an amount equal to 30 percent of the qualified costs paid or incurred by a qualified taxpayer for any seismic retrofit construction on a qualified building.
Last year, the same proposal, carried as AB 428, passed both houses of the Legislature before being rejected by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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With this month’s deadline for Gov. Jerry Brown to sign and veto bills in the proverbial rear-view mirror, CAA has compiled the following summaries of rental housing-related laws set to take effect Jan. 1, 2016:
Affordable Housing
Community Revitalization Authority
Assembly Bill 2 (D-Alejo)
AB 2 allows specified “disadvantaged” areas of California to create a new entity called a Community Revitalization Investment Authority. The purpose of the CRIA is to improve conditions with the intent to increase employment opportunities, reduce high-crime rates, repair deteriorating and inadequate infrastructure, clean up Brownfields and build affordable housing.
Density Bonuses and Parking Spaces
Assembly… Read More
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