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During the July 25 City Council meeting in Sacramento, tenant activists repeatedly demanded rent control. Mayor Darrell Steinberg, however, expressed misgivings about the policy, saying it could worsen the city’s housing crisis. Steinberg went on to describe several other options for tackling Sacramento’s housing crisis.
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Lawmakers this year introduced more than a dozen bills that the California Apartment Association deemed threatening to the rental housing industry.
Below you’ll find summaries of some of the worst housing legislation of 2017 and the status of each bill in the legislative process.
Bill seeks to repeal Costa-Hawkins, the law that protects owners from extreme forms of rent control
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Tenant advocates are trying to force Mountain View landlords to refund considerable amounts of rent money collected for the period during which a court-ordered postponement of the city’s rent control law was in effect.
The tenants coalition in Mountain View is pushing the city’s Rental Housing Committee to publicize Dec. 23 as the effective date of Measure V, the rent control law approved by voters in the November 2016 election.
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In a victory for the apartment industry, the Fremont City Council on Tuesday opted against using rent control or just-cause eviction policies to address rising rents.
The Fremont City Council on Tuesday will hear a consultant’s report and staff recommendations on rent control and other policy options for addressing rising rents in the city.
The Rental Housing Association of Southern Alameda County, a chapter of CAA, is urging its members to attend the meeting and speak out against the draconian, unnecessary policies being considered.
In addition to rent control, the consultant’s report examines “just cause” eviction policies and possible revisions to the city’s existing rent mediation program.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. July 11 at City Hall, 3300 Capitol Ave. Following recommendations from city… Read More
The California Apartment Association is mobilizing its members to fight yet another push for stricter rent control in San Jose.
A year after the city lowered its annual cap on rent increases from 8 percent to 5 percent, staff has recommended scrapping the percentage-based cap for a formula based on the rate of inflation. This is the type of formula used in San Francisco.
The city’s housing staff will discuss this proposal and other possible changes to the city’s rent control law, as well as its newly adopted “just cause” eviction ordinance, during a trio of community meetings this month.… Read More
More than six months of rent control is coming to an end in the city of Sebastopol.
The city, which has capped annual rent increases at 3 percent since Nov. 1, will allow its rent moratorium to expire by the end of today, June 16.
A pair of bills that would hinder both the creation and protection of housing along California’s coastline are off the table for the remainder of 2017.
AB 663 by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, would give the state’s Coastal Commission control of housing policies in coastal areas, stripping that power from local governments.
The other bill, AB 1129 by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Santa Cruz, would prevent many coastal property owners from reinforcing their buildings against rising sea levels and erosion.
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Instead of imposing rent control or just-cause policies, the city of South Pasadena will work on strengthening its mediation program for landlord-tenant disputes.
The South Pasadena City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt this more sensible approach to handling renter grievances, following a recommendation from the city’s Ad Hoc Committee on Rent Stabilization.
After a strong grassroots campaign by the California Apartment Association and its allies, Santa Rosa’s rent control and just-cause eviction measure went down in defeat Tuesday.
The people of Santa Rosa rejected Measure C with 52.5 percent of the vote, compared with 47.5 percent in favor of rent control.
“Voters understood that Measure C would have come at high costs while assisting only a fraction of the population,” said Joshua Howard, CAA’s senior vice president for Northern California. “Now, Santa Rosa can focus on the real solution to its housing crisis — building more homes.”