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Despite aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond has won passage at the ballot box.
Ballots cast to approve Measure L garnered 64 percent of the vote. Other Bay Area cities with rent control on the Nov. 8 ballot included Alameda, Burlingame, Mountain View and San Mateo.
After facing aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction policies in Burlingame has failed passage at the ballot box.
Ballots cast to approve Measure R garnered just 33 percent of the vote. Rent control measures also failed in Alameda and San Mateo, although they passed in Mountain View and Richmond.
After facing aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction policies in San Mateo has failed passage at the ballot box.
Ballots cast to approve Measure Q garnered just 39 percent of the vote. Rent control measures also failed in Alameda and Burlingame, although they passed in Mountain View and Richmond.
Over the objections of CAA and rental property owners, the Sebastopol City Council on Tuesday imposed a temporary rent control measure, effective immediately.
Tagged: Rent Control North Bay
Participation in voucher program should remain voluntary
The Marin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider “source of income protections” for prospective renters that would essentially require rental housing owners to participate in the Section 8 program.
Supervisors can grant preliminary approval of the proposal during their Tuesday, Oct. 25, meeting. A second vote at a later date is required for formal adoption.
Tagged: Section 8 North BayMarin County
Rental agreements for properties with wood-burning heaters or fireplaces throughout the San Francisco Bay Area must include a document describing the health hazards from burning wood or any solid fuel as a source of heat. The disclosure document is required within the boundaries of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which includes all of the following counties: Napa, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco and Marin, and part of Solano and Sonoma counties. Exact boundaries can be found here.
Tagged: Compliance
Gov. Jerry Brown this week continued to sign legislation backed by the California Apartment Association, including bills on bedbugs, housing production and water submeters:
SB 7 (D-Wolk) – Water Meters and Submeters — will require that beginning Jan. 1, 2018, water submeters be installed in new apartment units. It specifically authorizes the imposition of an administrative fee by property owners or third-party billing companies when they read and bill tenants for their water use. It does not change or prohibit the use of ratio utility billing systems (RUBS).
AB 551 (D-Nazarian) – Bedbugs — will put in place disclosure requirements… Read More
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An appellate court Monday upheld important rights of San Francisco rental property owners under the state’s Ellis Act, a state law that allows property owners to leave the rental housing business.
The Ellis Act ensures a property owner’s ability to take a building off the rental market and convert the units to condominiums or single-family homes.
The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco affirmed Monday that a 2014 ordinance passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors would have violated the Ellis Act.
In the 3-0 ruling, Justice Martin Jenkins said that the ordinance “prevents landowners from exercising… Read More
On Aug. 30, 2016, the Santa Rosa City Council adopted a comprehensive ordinance imposing rent control, limiting evictions, and imposing relocation requirements on most residential rental properties.
The law takes effect Sept. 30, 2016.
To help members understand and comply with the new law, CAA has drafted guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions on this ordinance. Members can download this information here.
CAA has also prepared Santa Rosa-specific forms to help members comply with the various disclosure and noticing requirements contained in the ordinance. Members can download them from our website:
Santa Rosa Rent Control Q&A
Santa Rosa 3-Day… Read More
CAA amendments target unscrupulous attorneys
The state’s unlawful detainer “masking” law has been in place for over 20 years, introduced by the California Apartment Association to prevent unethical eviction-delay firms from accessing court records to help tenants prolong or avoid eviction.
The law provides that unlawful detainer cases are not available to the public for 60 days after the filing of an unlawful detainer action. After that time, the case becomes public if the tenant failed to beat the eviction during the initial 60 days.
During this legislative session, Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, persuaded fellow lawmakers to change the… Read More