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AB 1482, or the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, imposes “just cause” for eviction requirements on many residential rental properties in California. If a tenancy is protected by just cause, AB 1482 prohibits a landlord from terminating the tenancy, without providing a reason that’s permissible under the legislation.
Under AB 1482, an owner’s intent to occupy the unit, including the owner’s spouse, domestic partner, children, grandchildren, parents, or grandparents, is an allowed reason for terminating the tenancy. However, under the law, for a tenancy that starts or renews on or after July 1, 2020, the owner move-in provision must be… Read More
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Thanks to the advocacy work of its members, the California Apartment Association now has more time to educate Los Angeles city officials about the problems of expanding their “just cause” eviction policies.
On Thursday, the L.A. City Council’s housing committee was scheduled to consider applying the city’s “just cause” eviction rules to all housing in the city, including condos and single-family homes.
The committee, however, tabled that decision after hearing from thousands of CAA members.
“In less than 24 hours, over 6,500 messages were sent to council,” Beverly Kenworthy, CAA’s vice president of public affairs in L.A., said after the… Read More
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Whitney Prout
In the fourth edition of the CAA Podcast, the association’s policy and compliance counsel, Whitney Prout, discusses Gov. Newsom’s latest executive order on evictions, as well as other COVID-19 related evictions rules still in effect in California..
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Local governments in both Northern and Southern California were hard at work this past week considering numerous policies with direct impacts on rental housing providers.
The boards of supervisors in both Alameda and Sonoma counties deferred action on proposals to expand their COVID-19 tenant protections.
Alameda County has been considering an ordinance to halt nearly all evictions, allow tenants up to one year to repay rent deferred during the pandemic, and prohibit landlords from evicting tenants who fail to pay back rent once the eviction moratorium is lifted.
The California Apartment Association raised numerous legal objections to the Alameda proposal… Read More
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The California Apartment Association has stopped legislation that would have created a statewide rental registry and targeted landlords who’ve received government assistance in response to the coronavirus.
AB 2406 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, died today in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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A CAA-sponsored bill that would help landlords recover rent lost to the COVID-19 crisis — while also guarding tenants against mountains of rent debt — has passed its first hearing.
The Senate Housing Committee on Wednesday approved SB 1410 by Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, and Sen. Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, on a 10-0 vote.
“SB 1410 is critical to the financial security and well being of California’s renters who by no fault of their own, lost or had significant reductions in their incomes as a result of this pandemic,” Caballero told the committee.
Sen. Anna Caballero
The COVID-19 Emergency Rental… Read More
Owners of rent controlled housing in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will be hit the hardest under newly approved rental registration fees.
The annual fees include $90 for buildings covered by the county’s rent control ordinance and $30 on all other buildings. The county Board of Supervisors approved the charges Tuesday, despite opposition from the California Apartment Association. The fees apply in areas of the county that aren’t in any city jurisdictions.
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The most egregious provision of AB 828 by Assemblyman Phil Ting is gone.
The bill by the San Francisco Democrat no longer mandates that the courts reduce rent by 25%.
Ting removed that rent-cut provision from the bill following a grassroots opposition campaign spearheaded by the California Apartment Association. This included having members to send more than 55,000 opposition messages to lawmakers.
Assemblyman Phil Ting
While rent-reduction provision is out, AB 828 still includes problematic provisions such as:
Requiring very limited proof on the part of the tenant that they faced a COVID hardship in order to stay in the unit;
Protecting nuisance tenants by allowing them to initially ignore the unlawful detainer complaint and remain the unit;
Mandating that rental property owners demonstrate… Read More
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When San Jose’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium ends, tenants who’ve fallen behind on their rent due to the virus will have six months to pay half of their rent debt and another six months to cover the rest.
The changes, secured by the California Apartment Association, came by a unanimous vote Tuesday night. CAA’s work is also expected to result in lower city fees for landlords.
The eviction moratorium does not suspend the obligation of rent but prohibits eviction of renters unable to pay their rent for as long as the eviction moratorium is in effect.
“Ensuring that residents have safe… Read More
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Ninder Grewal
In this week’s podcast, Ninder Grewal, CAA’s policy and compliance counsel, discusses “Guidelines for Reopening California,” the ”association’s latest COVID-19 compliance page: caanet.org/reopening.
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