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The Assembly Judiciary Committee this week approved a bill that would create a voluntary tax credit program to help landlords recoup rent that’s gone unpaid during the COVID-19 crisis. The bill, SB 1410 by Sens. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, and Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, passed the Judiciary Committee on a 7-3 vote with one abstention. The legislation now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. To qualify for the credits, a rental owner would need to sign an agreement, pledging to defer rent that’s gone unpaid due to the coronavirus and not to evict the tenant for nonpayment. The tenant also would need… Read More

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A pair of pro-landlord bills that would help regulate short-term vacation rental companies such as Airbnb, HomeAway and Flipkey have advanced to the Senate floor. SB 761, sponsored by the California Apartment Association, would require online home-sharing sites to notify tenants that subletting their residence may constitute a lease violation. This bill, authored by Sen. Isadore Hall, D-Los Angeles, passed the Judiciary Committee this month. In California, most rental agreements prohibit subletting without the landlord’s permission. Many tenants who list properties on home-sharing sites, however, aren’t aware of this. The bill would require that short-term vacation rental companies do their… Read More

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A bill that spells out what landlords and tenants need to do when confronted with a bed bug infestation is closer to becoming California law. The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 7-0 in favor of Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian’s AB 551. The proposal from the Van Nuys Democrat comes as bed bug infestations continue to spike both in California and across the United States. Despite the spread of these bloodsucking pests, California law hasn’t adequately defined the role that apartment owners and renters must play in preventing and killing these bugs. Nazarian’s bill addresses this by offering specifics. And it… Read More

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A bill that threatens to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business stalled Tuesday in its first committee hearing. The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee voted 6 to 5 against SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. Leno requested and was granted reconsideration, meaning it’s still possible that he’ll get the necessary six yes votes to advance the bill to the Judiciary Committee. The bill, opposed by the California Apartment Association during Tuesday’s hearing, takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in… Read More

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As expected, a bill that would hinder a landlord’s right to take rental units off the market in San Francisco advanced from the Judiciary Committee this week. It next goes to the Senate floor. SB 1439 by state Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would undermine the Ellis Act, a 1985 law that bars local governments from making landlords stay in the rental housing business. The Ellis Act especially protects owners of rental properties in rent controlled cities, where landlords can find themselves operating at a loss. On Monday, Leno’s bill passed the Judiciary Committee by a 5 to 2 vote… 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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