News: rental
Filter
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will streamline the approval process for water submeters, which measure water use in individual apartments.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that will streamline the approval process for water submeters, which measure water use in individual apartments.
The California Apartment Association and the Utility Management and Conservation Association co-sponsored the legislation, AB 2451, by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim.
“As California continues to face a worsening drought, AB 2451 plays an important role by streamlining the state’s water submetering approval process in order to ensure that more submeters are approved for use… Read More
Tagged: Legislation
Bed bugs make folks miserable – and misinformation is helping keep it that way.
Many Americans still believe that bed bugs are more common in lower-income households. Or that they’re attracted to dirty homes.
Both notions are wrong and only further a stigma that exacerbates this growing problem.
At the same time, the Internet teems with false information about prevention and control. Websites encourage property owners and tenants alike to tackle the problem themselves. All the while, bed bugs multiply and spread.
If you’re a rental housing professional, it’s your duty to get the facts on these bloodsucking creatures.
You’ll… Read More
Tagged: News
Question: I am a manager of a 56-unit complex. One of the tenants informed me that his girlfriend moved in. I gave him an application and told him to have her fill it out and then return it to me. It has been 10 days, and I have not gotten it back.
Answer: If the lease prohibits the assigning or subletting of the premises without your permission, you can serve a three-day notice to perform conditions and/or covenants or quit, detailing the violation. The notice should require that they either turn in the application, or she must vacate the property… Read More
Tagged: ColumnsComplianceLegal Q&A
In 2014, the California Apartment Association helped kill a host of bad bills that would have, among other things, undermined the Ellis Act and encouraged jury trials in eviction disputes.
And while CAA largely succeeded during the legislative session, a couple of bad bills made it to the governor’s desk.The fight continues – see our links to letters — as CAA and a broad coalition of business interests encourage Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the following two bills:
Faulty legislation on the governor’s desk
AB 1897 (D-Hernandez) – Labor: Client Liability: This bill would imposes strict liability on an employer… Read More
Adding affordable housing and improving existing housing in the San Bernardino area are key priorities for the California Apartment Association.
With that in mind, CAA’s Greater Inland Empire Division has invested leadership power toward these dual goals – both at the county and city level.
CAA now has executives on both San Bernardino County’s Housing Authority Commission – and the city’s Housing Policy Committee, which is overhauling every rental housing policy and ordinance on the book, some as far back as 1950.
To bolster affordable housing in the county, Tim Johnson, executive director of the local CAA division, has been… Read More
Tagged: News Greater Inland Empire
Against a backdrop of stunning automobiles, the East Bay’s rental housing stars got to shine at the GEMM Awards. The prestigious event, held Aug. 21 at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, honored nearly 30 individuals, teams and properties for exhibiting excellence and professionalism. The 11th annual event was presented by CAA’s Contra Costa-Napa-Solano Division and the RHA Serving Southern Alameda.
“Tonight is a special night,” Tom Bannon, chief executive officer for CAA, told hundreds of attendees. “For we again honor those who have gone above and beyond the norm and have reached a level of professionalism that sets the standard… Read More
A number of positive bills for the rental housing industry await Gov. Jerry Brown’s approval after the 2014 legislative session came to a close this past weekend.
The California Apartment Association helped push a variety of sensible legislation to the governor’s desk, such as a bill that clarifies that leases can be signed electronically, one that streamlines the approval process for water submeters and another that expedites the removal of squatters.
Here’s a sampling of CAA’s successes in advancing positive bills:
AB 2451 (Daly, D-Anaheim) – Water Submeters: This bill, co-sponsored by the CAA and the Utility Management and Conservation… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyLegislation
A proposed ban on apartment construction in Menifee would undercut the city’s economy, taking away construction jobs, sources of property tax revenue and places for working folks to live.
The California Apartment Association has articulated this argument against a proposed apartment-building moratorium in a letter sent to the Menifee City Council, which will hold a public hearing on the matter at its Wednesday, Aug. 20, meeting.
The Menifee City Council voted 3 to 2 on Aug. 6 to hold a public hearing on the proposal, which would prevent construction of residential rental housing on unentitled land — or properties where… Read More
Tagged: News Greater Inland Empire
Members of the California Apartment Association’s Inland Empire Division hosted a meet-and-greet breakfast with Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, R-Escondido.
The gathering took place July 24 at Cape May at Harveston, a Sares-Regis Group property in Temecula.
Several representatives from Sares-Regis Group, Alliance, Camden and National CORE sat with Waldron for more than an hour, sharing their concerns and discussing current issues at their rental properties.
“The meeting provided Assemblywoman Waldron with first-hand information about rental housing needed to help protect our industry in the state Capitol,” said Tim Johnson, executive director of CAA’s Inland Empire Division, also known as CAA-AAGIE. “Every… Read More
Photos by daniel gaines PHOTOGRAPHY
More than 130 rental housing industry executives teed off for a summer afternoon of golf, networking and fun during the 25th annual CAA Tri-County Charity Golf Tournament. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Housing Industry Foundation, furthering its mission to help individuals and families remain in or return to stable housing. HIF also assists with special housing projects and renovations in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
Supporting HIF is an important way that the California Apartment Association’s Tri-County Division and the rental housing industry give back to the neighborhoods where we… Read More
Tagged: CharityPhilanthropy Tri-County