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A bill that threatens to undermine a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s rental housing business stalled Tuesday in its first committee hearing.
The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee voted 6 to 5 against SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco.
Leno requested and was granted reconsideration, meaning it’s still possible that he’ll get the necessary six yes votes to advance the bill to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill, opposed by the California Apartment Association during Tuesday’s hearing, takes aim at the Ellis Act, landmark legislation passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in… Read More
When tenants sublet their apartments or single-family homes — even for a weekend – they may be violating their rental agreements and could even be evicted for it.
In California, most rental agreements prohibit subletting without the landlord’s permission. Many tenants who engage in the practice, however, are none the wiser.
The California Apartment Association believes that companies like Airbnb, which have helped drive the burgeoning short-term rental business model, could do more to educate tenants.
Legislation sponsored by CAA aims to address that.
On Friday, Feb. 27, state Sen. Isadore Hall, D-Los Angeles, introduced SB 761, which ultimately will… Read More
Like last year, a bill is threatening to undercut a landlord’s right to leave San Francisco’s over-regulated rental housing business.
The proposal, SB 364 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, targets the Ellis Act. Before the Ellis Act was passed in 1985, rent-controlled cities — Santa Monica in particular — were forcing landlords to stay in business, even if they were losing money or experiencing other hardships.
In many respects, SB 364 would turn the clock back 30 years in San Francisco. It would force many rental property owners in The City to wait at least five years before removing… Read More
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
Halfway through 2014, California lawmakers are a week into their summer recess.
You can probably picture it: Legislators back home, updating constituents at town hall meetings and Rotary luncheons, talking up bills they authored, stumped for and stomped down.
At the California Apartment Association, we’re as eager as anyone to talk about our continued successes during the past six months in Sacramento.
With guidance from CAA’s Legislative Steering Committee, CAA analyzed and lobbied for or against more than 70 bills that could help or hurt the rental housing industry.
As you’ll see below, we have had great success stopping the… Read More
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An Assembly committee Wednesday, June 25, rejected a bill that would have allowed school districts to impose different parcel tax rates on different types of property.
SB 1021 by Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, received one yes vote and three no votes, with five abstentions, in the Revenue and Taxation Committee. The legislation faced opposition from the California Apartment Association and dozens of other business groups.
If SB 1021 had become law, school districts would have been able to charge varying parcel tax rates within a district based on characteristics such as parcel size, improvements to the parcel, or the use… Read More
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Sen. Mark Leno has halted his pursuit of state legislation that would undermine a landlord’s right to leave the rental housing industry.
Leno, D-San Francisco, has given up on Senate Bill 1439 after its rejection in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee last week. The bill took aim at the Ellis Act, a landmark 1985 law that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the apartment business.
Leno told the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday that he’ll probably try to resurrect the bill in 2015.
“I’m very committed to this,” he said in the article.
The Housing… Read More
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A CAA-opposed bill that would allow school districts to impose different parcel tax rates on different types of property heads to its first Assembly committee next week.
If SB 1021 by Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, becomes law, school districts would be able to levy one parcel tax rate on single-family homes while charging other rates on apartments and commercial properties.
This split-roll tax bill, which goes before the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday, June 25, would let school districts to set parcel tax rates within a district based on characteristics such as parcel size, improvements to the parcel,… Read More
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UPDATE: Leno quits pushing for anti-Ellis Act bill
Before a room brimming with property-rights advocates, an Assembly committee Wednesday rejected Sen. Mark Leno’s anti-Ellis Act bill.
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee voted 4-3 on June 18 against Senate Bill 1439, possibly sinking the legislation for good.
Helping derail Leno’s bill today were dozens of San Franciscans, many holding up neon paper signs condemning SB 1439. The committee also heard from the California Apartment Association, as well as a landlord whose rights would be undermined by Leno’s proposal.
Despite being amended after narrowly passing the Senate last month, SB… Read More
Despite recent amendments, Sen. Mark Leno’s anti-Ellis Act bill remains an attack on landlords’ property rights as it heads to its first Assembly committee Wednesday, June 18. *
Leno promised changes to SB 1439 on May 29 in a last-minute push to resuscitate the legislation, which failed the previous day on the Senate floor. The bill is now scheduled to be heard Wednesday by the Housing and Community Development Committee.
The California Apartment Association vehemently opposes the amended bill, which still would force many rental property owners in San Francisco to wait at least five years before removing their units… Read More
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