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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended its COVID-19 eviction moratorium through June, although the move is not expected to have much effect on California, which has its own, arguably more stringent eviction moratorium. The CDC eviction moratorium had been set to expire at the end of March. With the extension, it’s now set to lapse June 30, the same day California’s eviction ban is scheduled to sunset.

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Marin County is now taking applications for its COVID-19 rental assistance program. The program will focus first on eligible households with incomes that are below 30% of the area median income. For more information on the program, click here.

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The California Apartment Association and several other business groups have issued a letter objecting to a bill that would create an excise tax on rental housing and a costly, statewide rental registration program. The letter takes aim at AB 1199 by Assemblyman Mike Gipson, D-Los Angeles. Gipson’s legislation would impose an annual excise tax upon owners with 10 or more multifamily or single-family rental properties for the “privilege” of being a landlord. The tax rate would be based on the gross receipts of the rental income, an amount yet undefined.

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Legislation unveiled Thursday would force California landlords to stay in the rental housing business for at least five years, even if they are losing money month after month. AB 854 by Assemblyman Alex Lee, D-San Jose, takes aim at California’s Ellis Act, a law that protects a landlord’s right to leave the rental housing business.

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A newly drafted ordinance intended to thwart tenant harassment in Los Angeles should also protect ethical landlords from being unjustly targeted, said Fred Sutton, CAA’s senior vice president of public affairs.

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The application period for emergency rental assistance in the city and the county of Sacramento will expire Friday, March 19. Last month, the Sacramento City Council unanimously approved the allocation of $31.7 million in federal and state funds to help low-income renters catch up on past-due rent and utility payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, Sacramento County received and allocated an additional $64 million dollars of federal and state funds. This allocation follows the passage of SB 91, which extends the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act (AB 3088, 2020) for another five months until June 30, 2021, and creates a… Read More

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President Biden on Thursday signed a Covid-19 stimulus package – labeled the American Rescue Plan — that will earmark an additional $2.2 billion in emergency rental assistance for California. Besides the rent relief, California is expected to receive $1.2 billion in homeowner assistance, $590 million in funding to address homelessness, as well as money for areas including schools, vaccines and transit systems.

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Thanks to the efforts of the California Apartment Association, multifamily operators in the city of Los Angeles can delay paying this year’s steep increase in waste-hauling charges for several months. This year’s ill-timed fee hike – 6.15% — came amid a pandemic that has left many city landlords unable to collect rent for nearly a year.

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Gov. Newsom on Thursday allowed statewide protections against rent-gouging triggered by the COVID-19 state of emergency to lapse, however, other protections against raising rents by more than 10% – triggered by other emergency declarations – remain in effect. The rent-gouging protections that expired stem from Newsom’s COVID-19 emergency declaration issued one year ago today. Newsom allowed price-gouging protections triggered by the COVID-19 state of emergency to expire for all consumer goods except emergency and medical supplies, which will continue to be covered until Sept. 4, 2021. The protections come from Penal Code Section 396, which is activated during states of… Read More

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For the third straight year, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks has proposed legislation that would force rental housing providers to register their properties with the government. Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks

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