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The Lafayette City Council on Monday will discuss a proposed emergency moratorium that would limit rent increases.
Lafayette is pondering such a move after the new owner of an apartment building, faced with costly renovations, imposed major rent hikes.
Residents, confronted with substantial rent increases for the first time in years, complained to the city.
The moratorium could initially last 45 days and then could be extended twice, bringing the maximum possible duration of the emergency measure to two years, according to this memo from the city attorney.
Besides the temporary moratorium, Lafayette is considering whether to pursue permanent rent… Read More
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A proposal that would cap rent increases for qualifying seniors in rent controlled communities has a new author in the state Legislature.
Originally, this proposal was the centerpiece of AB 697 by Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose. At the request of the California Apartment Association, however, Chu removed all wording from the bill related to rent increase exemptions for seniors. Instead, the bill would now simply provide a tax credit for senior citizens.
The Service Employees International Union, which is behind the proposed cap on rent increases for qualifying seniors, then turned to Assemblywoman Nora Campos to incorporate this plan… Read More
After hearing from about 20 landlords about the pitfalls of rent control, San Mateo County supervisors Tuesday expressed unease regarding the policy.
While reluctant to pursue this approach, supervisors stopped short of scrapping the idea, asking staff to return with more information on how rent control works.
In the meantime, the board will explore more sensible methods to boost housing affordability, including ideas supported by the California Apartment Association.
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Rent control enthusiasm low: San Mateo County supervisors support other proposals to address housing crisis (The Daily… Read More
Question: The guest of one of my residents broke the window of the unit. Our lease states that residents are responsible for damages caused by them or their guests. The resident is refusing to pay and said she is not responsible as the damage was caused by her friend. The resident is adamant that I must first attempt to sue/collect against the friend (who I do not have any contact information for) before I can try to come after the resident directly. Is that correct?
Answer: The resident is responsible for the conduct of her guests. There is no legal… Read More
Question: Do I have to pay a tenant interest on his security deposit?
Answer: There are no state laws requiring that interest be paid on the tenant’s security deposit. However, some rent control ordinances and/or other local ordinances do require interest to be paid.
Question: We served a three-day notice to pay rent or quit. What is the latest date we could start an unlawful detainer without our three-day notice “becoming stale” and having to be re-served?
Answer: It depends on the facts of any given case, but the longer you wait, the more of an argument you are giving… Read More
Jerry Jacoby is a fourth-generation San Franciscan who lives on Filbert Street in the Russian Hill neighborhood. He was born and raised off of San Bruno Avenue and attended Lowell High School.
Aside from serving two years in the Army in the Vietnam War, Jerry has spent his entire life in The City. He raised his four children in San Francisco and spent his working life at a number of jobs as an engineer, consultant and analyst for local firms from Levi’s to Fibreboard Paper to Matson. Jerry now survives on $12,000 each year in Social Security payments.
As a… Read More
Update: On Sunday, Oct. 13, Gov. Brown vetoed Assemblywoman Toni Atkins’ inclusionary zoning bill, AB 1229. The story below was published earlier this month.
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Right or wrong, the specter of rent control has hovered over AB 1229.
Owners of existing rental property, however, shouldn’t sweat it.
Toni Atkins’ inclusionary zoning bill, which remains on Gov. Brown’s desk, wouldn’t change a thing for landlords with property in either rent-control or non-rent-control jurisdictions.
The bill centers on a method for requiring affordable housing in new construction projects and would reaffirm a tool that more than 170 jurisdictions have used to provide… Read More
Question: I have a two-bedroom apartment rented to two roommates. One roommate always pays the rent on time. The other roommate is habitually late. Can I do an eviction based on a partial payment even though the month is not over?
Answer: Both tenants are responsible for the entire amount of the rent so long as they are on the same rental agreement/lease. You should serve a three-day notice to pay rent or quit for the balance of the rent and name both roommates. If they do not comply, commence an unlawful detainer action naming both.
Question: I believe that… Read More