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After hearing from CAA and its members, Contra Costa County supervisors this week rejected a proposal that would have banned at-fault evictions and expanded the county’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium to tenants who violate their lease.
The 4-1 vote Tuesday came after four hours of public debate, including an overwhelming number of public testimonies from rental housing providers.
Tagged: COVID-19Evictions Contra Costa
Under a Wednesday deadline to sign or veto legislation this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved a number of bills that will impact the rental housing industry and housing production going forward.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Below, we summarize the most significant of the housing bills signed this week:
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The California Apartment Association last week submitted comments to the Fair Employment and Housing Council, which is considering a new round of fair housing regulations.
The Fair Employment and Housing Council is part of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The council issues regulations to ensure that the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act and other laws enforced by DFEH are interpreted and implemented fairly and protect the public to the full extent of the law.
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The California Apartment Association has published an Industry Insights paper with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020.
On Aug. 31, the state Legislature and governor approved AB 3088, immediately implementing the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, or CTRA. The urgency measure established sweeping protections against eviction for tenants financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and has spurred numerous questions from rental property owners throughout California.
Here are just a few of the roughly 40 questions answered in the FAQ:
My rental property is a single-family home. Is it exempt from… Read More
The California Apartment Association’s Los Angeles County staff this week briefed Burbank’s independent rental operators about Measure RC, the city’s 2020 rent control ballot initiative.
During the online meeting, CAA staff sought to inform and engage the audience and rally their support for the “No on RC” campaign. The meeting covered the most restrictive components of the measure, such as limiting annual rent increases to CPI (0.7% earlier this year), $20,000 tenant relocation fees and the removal of vacancy decontrol should Proposition 21 also pass in the Nov. 3 general election.
Tagged: ElectionsRent Control Los Angeles
California landlords have until Wednesday, Sept. 30, to provide an informational notice to certain tenants who’ve missed rental payments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The requirement comes from the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020, which the state Legislature passed as Assembly Bill 3088 on Aug. 31.
The COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, or CTRA, provides certain protections to residents who are unable to pay rent or other charges for one or more months between March 1, 2020 and Jan. 31, 2021 because they have experienced COVID-19-related financial distress, such as a loss of income or increased medical expenses. CTRA requires landlords… Read More
Tagged: ComplianceCOVID-19
The San Diego Union-Tribune has joined major newspapers from across California in opposing Proposition 21, the radical rent control measure going before voters Nov. 3.
“Rent control is the wrong way to help Californians struggling with housing,” says the editorial, titled No on Prop. 21: Expanding rent control will make California housing crisis worse. “Lawmakers who are juggling a lot during this pandemic need to not lose sight of that. The long-term solution is listening to experts and building new houses.”
At this point, almost every major California newspaper has editorialized against Proposition 21.
Like its predecessor Prop 10, Prop… Read More
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, members of the rental housing industry are invited to take part in the third annual California Landlords’ Summit on Homelessness, Housing Outreach Partnership announced.
The event is being hosted by the Income Property Association of Kern, which is a Bakersfield-area chapter of the California Apartment Association.
Due to COVID-19, the event will be held via Zoom. Event registration is free and open on eventbrite.com at this link.
The event brings landlords and property owners into conversation with homelessness service providers to learn how they can help end homelessness in California. Last year’s summit resulted in 94… Read More
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, along with community groups across the Central Valley, have joined the opposition to Proposition 21, the extreme rent control measure going before California voters on Nov. 3 ballot.
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand
“Prop 21 is the same bad idea the voters rejected in 2018,” Brand said. “It would give unelected rent boards unlimited power to create housing fees that would cripple the industry. Not only would increased fees hurt renters whose pocketbooks have already been hit because of COVID-19, mom and pop landlords who can’t pay their mortgages due to the pandemic would never recover.”
Other… Read More
The California Apartment Association is calling on its members in Culver City to oppose a permanent rent control ordinance up for consideration this coming Monday.
If adopted, Culver City’s ordinance would become one of the strictest rent control measures in California.
CAA has asked its members in the Los Angeles suburb to send emails to Culver City’s mayor and council detailing the myriad problems with the ordinance.
Among other things, the measure would:
Peg allowable rent increases to the Consumer Price Index.
Establish rent registry requirements annually and upon a new tenancy.
Remove owner protections in the for-cause provisions provided… Read More
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