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The Concord City Council plans to eliminate its Rent Review Program this summer, saying the nonbinding mediation program is no longer needed given the statewide rent cap under Assembly Bill 1482.
The council on Feb. 11 also expressed an interest in increasing relocation assistance for no-fault evictions, as well as mandating that landlords offer one-year leases. A proposal to apply AB 1482’s “just cause” for eviction policies at the beginning of a tenancy, instead of after one year, failed to move forward.
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Question: Are all properties with two units on a parcel exempt?
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The State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California this week announced its opposition to Michael Weinstein’s radical
rent control measure.
The union’s announcement came Monday just hours before the
Secretary of State’s Office confirmed that Weinstein’s measure had qualified
for November’s ballot.
The anti-housing crusader’s measure would repeal significant
portions of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and welcome back the extreme
forms of rent control that proliferated in California in the 1970s.
The State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California contends that Weinstein’s initiative will undermine the newly
enacted Tenant Protection Act of 2019.
“Californians are suffering from… Read More
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The Sacramento City Council this month modified its annual limit on rent increases to match the statewide rent cap under Assembly Bill 1482.
On a unanimous vote, the council on Jan. 14 lowered the local rent cap from CPI plus 6% to CPI plus 5% — the same formula used in AB 1482, the statewide rent control law that took effect on Jan. 1.
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The
California Apartment Association is preparing for another battle at the ballot box
in defense of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, the state’s
most important landlord-protection law.
Anti-housing crusader Michael Weinstein’s latest initiative to undermine Costa-Hawkins — and bring radical forms of rent control back to California — is targeted for November statewide ballot. The Secretary of State’s office is expected to qualify the measure over the next few weeks, after verification that petitioners met the signature-gathering requirements,
Weinstein’s so-called
Rental Affordability Act would weaken Costa-Hawkins, allowing cities and
counties to impose rent controls at any level they choose –… Read More
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Citing the passage of AB 1482, the Larkspur City Council earlier this month rejected proposals to institute local “just cause,” rent control and rent-registry ordinances.
Since early September, the California Apartment Association’s North Bay staff has provided strong opposition to the city’s effort to adopt restrictive policies on rental units in in Larkspur, a small city in Marin County.
Testifying to the City Council, Alex Khafin, CAA’s vice president of public affairs for the North Bay, argued that “just cause eviction and rent-cap policies will have serious unintended consequences and will not provide a single additional unit of affordable housing,… Read More
The
California Apartment Association is gearing up for another campaign to keep
radical forms of rent control out of California.
Once again,
anti-housing crusader Michael Weinstein is using the initiative process in an
attempt to resurrect the radical rent control policies of the 1970s – policies
that would place homes further out of reach for seniors and working families
and exacerbate California’s homelessness crisis.
At a series of rallies Thursday, Weinstein and other tenant activists announced they had enough signatures to qualify their latest radical rent control measure for the November 2020 ballot.
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The
Inglewood City Council this week adopted a long-term rent control policy that
caps annual increases at 3%.
The Housing Protection Initiative also creates a per-unit fee of up to $168, with 50% of the fee eligible for a pass-through.
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Several more California cities this week, including Long Beach and Pasadena, rushed to pass urgency ordinances aimed at preventing no-cause evictions until the state implements Assembly Bill 1482.
The stopgap ordinances target 60-day eviction notices already pending and set to terminate tenancies before Jan. 1, the day that AB 1482 takes effect and implements a statewide rent cap and “just cause” eviction policies. Oct. 31 was the last day that California landlords could issue a 60-day notice.
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The Inglewood City Council has decided to make its cap on rent increases even more draconian.
Despite opposition from the California Apartment Association, the council Tuesday voted unanimously to lower the city’s annual cap on rent increases to 3% — two percentage points lower than the 5% interim rent cap adopted earlier this year.
The rent control ordinance green-lighted this week, dubbed the Housing Protection Initiative, is scheduled to sunset in five years.
The City Council still must formalize approval of the ordinance with a second reading expected in 30 days.