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Council also looking at just-cause eviction, immediate rent moratorium
The Sebastopol City Council on Tuesday began what is likely to be a lengthy conversation regarding rent control and just-cause eviction policies.
At the Oct. 18, 2016, meeting, the council asked city staff to bring back some “options” for preserving affordable housing and preventing tenant displacement, including rent control and just cause.
The San Mateo Daily Journal this morning editorialized against rent control initiatives in San Mateo and Burlingame.
The newspaper’s editorial board urges voters to reject the introduction of rent control, just-cause-for-eviction policies and costly rent boards in both cities. The editorial board had met with the California Apartment Association before publishing this morning’s piece.
The California Apartment Association is closely monitoring increased activity by tenant activists in San Diego following a string of media reports about rising rents in the area.
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On talk radio this week, the CEO of the California Apartment Association and a Stanford University law professor faced off in an hour-long debate over the rent control measures going before voters in the November election.
The debate featured CAA’s Tom Bannon and Juliet Brodie, director at the Stanford Community Law Clinic.
KQED’s Michael Kransy moderated the discussion. Visit this page to stream the show.
Also this week, Bannon discussed housing issues on Capitol Public Radio and on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles.
A signature-gathering effort is preventing Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance from taking effect, at least for now.
The city was set to implement permanent rent control and just-cause-for-eviction measures Friday, Sept. 30, however, a referendum effort has placed implementation of the policies on hold.
The Richmond City Council on Tuesday lacked the necessary votes to ban rent increases from now until November’s citywide vote on rent control.
Pro-rent control council members in the city pushed for an emergency moratorium on rent increases as a stopgap measure leading up to Election Day. This pro-rent control bloc, however, lacked the supermajority needed to enact the emergency measure.
The campaign against rent control measures appearing on Bay Area ballots Nov. 8 now includes a lineup of four television ads and a radio spot. The California Apartment Association Issues Committee paid for each of the ads.
Each one, including the video below on the San Mateo and Burlingame measures, highlights serious flaws in the rent control and just-cause eviction initiatives. To see all of the ads, including videos on the Richmond and Alameda measures, visit our YouTube channel by clicking the button below.
To listen to the radio ad, use the player below.
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The campaign against Richmond’s rent control initiative now includes a television spot highlighting the many problems with Measure L, one of several rent control and just-cause eviction measures appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot in Bay Area cities.
The California Apartment Association Issues Committee paid for the political ad, which is now airing in Richmond.
CAA’s Issue Committee also is running TV ads spotlighting serious flaws in the rent control and just-cause eviction measures appearing in Mountain View, San Mateo, Burlingame and Alameda.
Help CAA’s Issues PAC fight rent control. Make checks payable to CAA Issues Committee and mail… Read More
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The California Apartment Association is reviewing its options after the Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday ratified a permanent rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance.
The cap on annual rent increases exceeding 3 percent will apply to more than 11,000 apartments built before 1995. Single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes are excluded, regardless of age. The law, formally adopted on a 4-2 vote, takes effect Sept. 30 and extends indefinitely a temporary rent control ordinance in place since May.
The permanent law also rolls back rents to Jan. 1, 2016, levels, a move that CAA contends violates both the state and U.S.… Read More
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In the video above, San Mateo City Councilwoman Maureen Freschet expresses concerns about the financial impacts of Measure Q, calling it “dangerous legislation” that would create a rent commission with unlimited regulatory and financial power.
Two members of the San Mateo City Council have signed the primary ballot argument against bringing rent control to the city.
Councilwomen Maureen Freschet and Diane Papan are among the rent control opponents listed on the argument against the San Mateo Community Preservation and Fair Rent Charter Amendment. The charter amendment will appear on the ballot as Measure Q.
“Don’t be fooled into believing… Read More
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