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The Rancho Cordova City Council is expected to approve several changes to its rental housing inspection program, including increases in the fees charged to property owners. The council will consider the increases next month and, if approved, the new fees will be effective for 2020. City staff recommends an increase in the existing rental code-compliance fee from $10 per unit to $16 per unit — the same amount charged by the city of Sacramento and Sacramento County. The city of Citrus Heights charges a fee based on the number of dwelling units at a property, ranging from $17 to $27… Read More

Tagged: Sacramento Valley

The Rancho Cordova City Council adopted a temporary no-cause eviction ordinance intended to prevent owners from terminating tenancies before AB 1482 takes effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The action was taken despite one council member remarking that the ordinance was “dumb legislation” and “could cause more harm than good.” Under the emergency ordinance, rental owners may not terminate a tenancy without cause through Dec. 31, 2019. Any notice issued after the ordinance was passed on Nov. 18 without one of of the permissible “at-fault” just causes is invalid. However, notices issued prior to the council meeting are not affected. The… Read More

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Cities across California this week continued to pursue urgency stopgap ordinances intended to prevent no-cause evictions before AB 1482 takes effect Jan. 1.  Approving stopgap measures Tuesday were the following cities: Alhambra, Redondo Beach and Duarte in the Los Angeles area; and Menlo Park and San Carlos in the Bay Area; and Watsonville on the Central Coast. Long Beach ratified its measure Tuesday with a second reading.   As previously reported, more than a dozen other jurisdictions, from Los Angeles to Redwood City, have passed similar stopgap ordinances over the past few weeks.  

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Throughout 2018, the California Apartment Association’s Political Action Committee supported numerous candidates for local office in the Sacramento Valley. We are pleased to announce that many of these CAAPAC-backed candidates went on to win their races, both in the June primary and the November general election.

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