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The Santa Rosa City Council next week will consider adopting an “urgency” just-cause-for-eviction ordinance, which would require rental property owners to prove “cause” in court or before a political body every time they need to remove a problem resident.
An “urgency” ordinance, on the Tuesday, July 19 agenda, would require a five-vote majority for passage and would take effect immediately. If the urgency ordinance fails to garner the necessary five votes, a “non-urgency” just-cause-eviction ordinance will be introduced and would only require four votes, and if passed at a second reading, would take effect 30 days later.
CAA opposes this… Read More
Tagged: Just Cause Eviction North Bay
Legislation that would encourage prospective hosts to review their insurance policies before getting into the home-sharing business now awaits the governor’s signature.
On June 27, a few days before the Legislature adjourned for its summer recess, the state Senate approved SB 1093 by a 38-0 vote with two abstentions.
Senate Bill 1092 would require companies such as Airbnb, HomeAway and Flipkey to post disclosures about the importance of confirming insurance coverage related to short-term rentals. Under the bill, the person offering the property would have to acknowledge, through the hosting platform’s website, that he or she has read the insurance… Read More
Tagged: LegislationShort-term Rentals
A special Santa Rosa City Council meeting was held on July 7 to consider an extension of the current rent moratorium ordinance, which went into effect on June 23. (Please note: The moratorium was scheduled to go into effect June 16, but was pushed back due to a delay in publication by the city). The moratorium was set to expire Aug. 6 unless extended.
At the July 7 meeting, council voted 5-2 to pass an “urgency” ordinance to extend the current rent moratorium for 90 days. The rent moratorium will now be in place until Oct. 4, 2016. A permanent… Read More
Although Santa Rosa has lifted its mandatory drought restrictions, the city will continue to help rental housing owners and managers conserve water.
The restrictions had been in place for nearly two years when the city removed them last month. Santa Rosa now has adequate and reliable water supply for the next three years.
Santa Rosa Water, however, will keep promoting water efficiency, offering rebates, workshops, education and tips to its customers, including multifamily properties. For more information, contact the Water Use Efficiency team at (707) 545-3985 or wue@srcity.org.
Also, check out these tips on water efficiency in apartments from Indoor… Read More
Tagged: Water conservation North Bay
A voter petition to repeal Burlingame’s longstanding law against rent control fails to meet requirements under California’s election code and cannot legally appear on the November ballot.
The full text of Measure T — which the initiative seeks to overturn — is missing from the petition, which CAA’s lawyers argue invalidates the ballot measure under state law.
Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, a law firm representing the California Apartment Association, points out the initiative’s legal deficiencies in a July 1 letter to Burlingame’s city clerk.
“By omitting the full text of the proposal as the Elections Code mandates, voters were deprived… Read More
With the state Legislature’s intense focus on housing this year, the California Apartment Association has played an unprecedented role in shaping policy at the Capitol.
In the 2015-16 legislative session, CAA lobbied on 126 housing-related bills. While all lobbying activity is important, the Association’s work on the following bills was especially noteworthy:
Seismic retrofit tax credit
AB 2392 by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, D-Sherman Oaks, would establish the California Seismic Safety Capital Access Loan Program to assist residential property owners and small business owners in seismically retrofitting residences and small businesses.
Position: Support
Status: Senate Committee on Governance and Finance
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The California Apartment Association has named Matthew Buck as its new executive in the Greater Inland Empire.
Buck assumed his new role July 1. Now vice president of public affairs, he previously served CAA members in the region as government affairs director.
CAA’s Greater Inland Empire office spans the counties of San Bernardino, Riverside and the eastern region of Los Angeles County.
“In his tenure as government affairs director for us the last few years, Buck has proven he’s ready to assume responsibility for CAA’s public affairs operations in the Greater Inland Empire,” said Tom Bannon, chief executive officer of… Read More
Tagged: Leadership Greater Inland Empire
Tenant advocates have now filed petitions in four Bay Area cities to qualify a rent control measure for the November ballot.
The latest filing came Monday, June 27, as tenant advocates turned in more than 11,000 signatures to the San Mateo city clerk.
Tenant groups are trying to qualify the San Mateo Community Preservation and Fair Rent Charter Amendment for the November ballot. The measure would limit annual rent increases to 4 percent and implement just-cause eviction policies.
San Mateo County election officials are now counting and verifying signatures. Rent control supporters needed 7,119 valid signatures to qualify the measure.… Read More
The past two weeks have brought some positive developments in efforts to protect Alameda property owners from the ill effects of rent control and related policies.
Just this Tuesday, local rental owners and members of the California Apartment Association helped persuade the Alameda City Council to back away from plans to make landlords subsidize the city’s new binding arbitration ordinance, a form of rent control it approved earlier this year.
The council had been expected to levy a $130-per unit annual fee on rental property owners. But after hearing from local CAA members, officials agreed to wait until city staff… Read More
The rental housing industry’s victories on Election Day reached far beyond the state Legislature.
Besides helping candidates secure seats in the Assembly and Senate (click here for story) , CAA’s Political Action Committee boosted the campaigns of numerous local office-seekers.
In the Silicon Valley, for example, CAAPAC-supported candidates either won outright or are well-positioned for a November run-off election.
San Mateo County
In a race for San Mateo County supervisor, Daly City Vice Mayor David Canepa, who’s backed by CAAPAC, finished in a strong first place, with nearly 46 percent of the vote. Canepa faced three other candidates to represent… Read More
Tagged: Elections