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The California Apartment Association is continuing its fight against an anti-Ellis Act bill that Senate Democratic leadership resuscitated May 29 after it sank on the Senate floor.
Sen. Mark Leno’s SB 1439 certainly appeared dead Wednesday, May 28, when it received just 18 of the 21 votes needed to reach the Assembly. On Thursday, however, the bill made an astounding comeback amid vigorous political CPR.
In its weekly newsletter, the Civil Justice Association of California dubbed the legislation a “zombie” bill for its surprising resurrection.
“A last-ditch effort by the author offering vague amendments and ‘considerations’ with considerable arm-twisting by… Read More
In the next seven days, a major threat to the Ellis Act is expected to either win Senate approval or die on the Senate floor.
We’re counting on you, our members, to help ensure the latter.
Here’s the urgency: Friday, May 30, is the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin. Those that do will then go to the other house for consideration.
So any day now, Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, is expected to push for a Senate vote on SB 1439, an assault on property rights that would weaken a landlord’s ability to quit… Read More
The California Apartment Association is calling on its members to help defeat a bill that threatens the Ellis Act and could come to a vote on the Senate floor next week.
The bill, 1439 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, could strip San Francisco landlords of their freedom to leave the rental housing business.
SB 1439 is a direct assault on the Ellis Act, a law passed in 1985 that bars local governments from making property owners stay in the rental housing industry.
Ellis especially protects owners of rental properties in rent controlled cities, where landlords can find themselves operating… Read More
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As expected, a bill that would hinder a landlord’s right to take rental units off the market in San Francisco advanced from the Judiciary Committee this week. It next goes to the Senate floor.
SB 1439 by state Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would undermine the Ellis Act, a 1985 law that bars local governments from making landlords stay in the rental housing business.
The Ellis Act especially protects owners of rental properties in rent controlled cities, where landlords can find themselves operating at a loss.
On Monday, Leno’s bill passed the Judiciary Committee by a 5 to 2 vote… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyEllis ActLegislation
The California Apartment Association this week vowed to continue its fight against a split-roll tax bill that would allow school districts to impose different parcel tax rates on different types of property.
SB 1021 by Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, passed the Senate on Monday, May 5, by a 21-15 margin and now heads to the Assembly.
Under Wolk’s bill, a school district could base tax assessments on characteristics such as parcel size, the size of improvements to the parcel and use of the land.
CAA joins a coalition comprising dozens of business groups opposed to this legislation.
Similar to last… Read More
Tagged: AdvocacyLegislationTaxes
State Sen. Mark Leno needs to address apartment industry concerns about his anti-Ellis Act bill, which could lock San Francisco landlords into the rental housing business for years on end, even if they’re losing money.
Those instructions came from the Transportation and Housing Committee, which narrowly approved Leno’s SB 1439 on Tuesday by a 6 to 4 vote with one abstention.
The close decision came after the California Apartment Association, a San Francisco landlord and others offered compelling testimony against the legislation. About 150 opponents of the bill crowded the committee hearing room.
“The comments by legislators today and the… Read More
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Once again, a legislative proposal threatens to tax different types of parcels at different rates.
The de facto split-roll parcel tax comes from SB 1021 by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis.
SB 1021 would allow 1,043 school districts to levy unlimited tax increases on select property owners through non-uniform parcel taxes. This would essentially overturn current law, as well as a court ruling, that say parcel taxes must apply uniformly.
The bill would provide numerous ways to vary tax rates.
For example, school districts could split parcel tax assessments within a district based on characteristics such as the size of… Read More
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – The California Apartment Association – Apartment Association Greater Inland Empire proudly supports the re-election of Fred Shorett for San Bernardino City Council, 4th Ward, and Carey Davis for mayor.
Shorett was elected to the San Bernardino Council in 2009. He is a third-generation San Bernardino resident and small-business owner. He brings more than 30 years of local business experience to the City Council. Shorett is a decorated combat veteran who served in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War.
Davis is a lifelong resident of San Bernardino. He now serves as the corporate controller for a U.S.-based… Read More
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CAA has begun its campaign against a bill that’s back from last year and could help tenants drag out evictions without paying a penny.
Assembly Bill 969 by Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, would make it easier for tenants delay evictions in a number of ways — such as claiming retaliation by a landlord and encouraging disgruntled tenants to pursue jury trials.
Although successfully opposed by CAA in 2013, the legislation was later designated as a two-year bill. This allowed Ammiano to revive it as the second half of the 2013-14 legislative session, which began this week.
Ammiano’s AB 969, amended… Read More
Tagged: LegislationLegislature
Sen. Lois Wolk’s water submetering bill sank this year, but it’ll likely resurface in 2014.
With some success at the negotiating table, it has a good chance of passing, too.
SB 750 got close this year. But by the end of the legislative session, loose ends and disagreements about the bill’s wording had it taking on water.
When Wolk introduced the bill in early February, she said it would help Californians “make environmentally and economically responsible choices and that they needed accurate information about their water usage and cost so that they can use existing supplies as efficiently as possible.”… Read More
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