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The
California Apartment Association has launched a survey in its efforts to
improve San Jose’s
rental housing inspection program.
Specifically,
CAA Tri-County wants to hear from owners of rental property in San Jose that
have been placed in either the “Tier 3” or “Tier 2” code enforcement categories.
Under
San Jose’s Multiple Housing Program, apartment buildings are divided into tiers
based on the number of violations per unit of the buildings.
Each
tier has a different inspection cycle and fee structure, with the fewest
inspections and lowest fees for Tier 1 and the greatest for Tier 3.
Although
the city… Read More
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A bill that would create a statewide registry of rental units and require a myriad of information from California landlords each year advanced Wednesday from its first committee hearing.
AB 724 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, would publicize a wide range of information about rental units, raising privacy concerns for both property owners and residents.
The bill passed out of the
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on a 6-1 vote with one
abstention and now heads to the Judiciary Committee.
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Over the objections of CAA, Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday extended a temporary rent cap by six months and expanded eviction controls to all rental housing in unincorporated areas of the county.
The interim rent cap, set at 3 percent annually, was initially approved last year and had been scheduled to expire in June. With today’s 4-1 vote, however, the rent moratorium will run until the end of the year, unless it is renewed again or replaced by a permanent rent control ordinance.
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Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday will consider extending a temporary rent cap they approved last year, a move that lays the groundwork to pursue a permanent rent control measure.
Supervisors also will consider expanding the “just cause” eviction provision to cover all properties, not just rentals built after 1995.
The Long Beach City Council on
Tuesday will consider adopting thinly veiled forms of rent and eviction
controls.
Under the proposals, landlords would
have to pay relocation assistance to tenants who receive certain termination
notices and when tenants decide to move amid rent increases of 10 percent or
more.
Penalizing landlords for rent increases beyond a specified threshold is a method for capping rents, while forcing relocation payments after certain termination notices controls evictions.
The San
Carlos City Council is adopting a ban on smoking in multifamily housing that
includes a 14-month phase-in period secured by CAA.
The California Apartment Association worked with the city to craft an ordinance that protects renters against the harmful effects of second-hand smoke while giving tenants who smoke time to adjust their habits.
“You are trying to change their behavior, you’re not trying to evict the residents,” said Rhovy Lyn Antonio, CAA’s vice president of public affairs, as reported by the San Mateo Daily Journal.
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California lawmakers are again taking aim at the ability of landlords to terminate tenancies.
February brought the introduction of two “just cause” for eviction bills — AB 1481 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, and AB 1697 by Assemblyman Tim Grayson, D-Concord. AB 1481 marks Bonta’s second attempt to pass statewide “just cause” legislation in as many years.
Both Grayson’s and Bonta’s proposals would limit evictions to certain causes, such as failure to pay rent, a substantial breach of the lease, or use of the property for illegal activity. Criminal activity unrelated to the rental unit, however, wouldn’t count as a “just cause” under… Read More
A newly introduced bill would authorize California tenants to use their rental units to provide shelter for people facing homelessness.
Although the bill has not yet been finalized, AB 1188 by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Van Nuys, is expected to authorize renters to house an individual or family at risk of homelessness for up to 12 months, even if doing so would violate the lease.
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Lawmakers on Thursday announced a package of rental housing legislation that would cap rent increases statewide and allow local governments to apply rent control to single-family homes and 10-year-old construction.
The housing package also will include a “just cause” for eviction measure, as well as a statewide rental registry, the legislators said during a press conference and through a news release.
Although lacking detail at present, AB 1482 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, will cap annual rent increases based on the rate of inflation plus a yet-to-be-determined figure, the press release says, and would not supersede existing local rent… Read More
Legislation proposed in the state Assembly would regulate the timing of criminal background checks during the tenant-application process and limit the use of criminal records in denying applications.
AB 53 would prohibit rental property owners from asking any questions about a prospective renter’s criminal history during the “initial application assessment phase” of tenant screening, unless otherwise required by federal or state law. The bill comes from Assemblymen Reginald Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, and Rob Bonta, D-Alameda.
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