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A California Senate bill that would require inspections for apartment balconies advanced from the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
The committee approved SB 721 by Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, after the author agreed to incorporate all amendments requested by CAA. The bill now moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee, where the cost to the state will be considered.
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Come Jan. 1, 2018, numerous laws relevant to the rental housing industry will take effect in California.
In the paragraphs below, we summarize the most significant of these laws for the state’s rental property owners and managers.
IMMIGRATION STATUS
Targeting discrimination: Under AB 291, dubbed the Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, a landlord could face civil penalties if he or she attempts to influence a tenant to vacate the dwelling unit or attempts to recover possession of the dwelling unit based on the individual’s immigration status.
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Beginning next year, property management firms and other California employers will want to take a close look at the questions they ask of prospective hires.
Under a pair of bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, some types of questions will be off-limits during certain portions of the hiring process.
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The California Legislature has passed a package of CAA-endorsed and sponsored bills intended to help solve the state’s housing crisis.
Gov. Jerry Brown will have until Oct. 15 to sign or veto the bills.
The legislative package seeks to remove regulatory hurdles to residential development — a key to fixing the state’s jobs-to-housing imbalance.
The package also seeks ongoing funding sources for affordable housing programs, including a bond measure and fee on certain real estate transactions.
“Today we took a step toward addressing a housing crisis that has been plaguing California for years,” Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, said Thursday,… Read More
In 2017, solving California’s housing crisis remained a top goal of the state Legislature.
The result? More than 130 housing-related bills in the first half of the year.
The California Apartment Association’s Legislative Steering Committee examined each of these proposals — and CAA’s public affairs staff helped advance the best of them.
Here are some notable examples of 2017 bills intended to solve California’s housing crisis and the status of each:
Although they’re just beginning their summer recess, California lawmakers already have a clear priority for when they return to the Capitol on Aug. 21 — finishing work on hundreds of housing-related bills.
Those bills include a trio of housing-production proposals sponsored by the California Apartment Association, which are included within the affordable housing bills being urged by Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers.
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A bill heading to the Assembly floor would create a streamlined approval process for housing in cities that are not meeting their housing goals.
SB 35 by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Wednesday passed the Assembly Committee on Local Government and is now in the Assembly Rules Committee.
“SB 35 will make it easier and faster to build housing throughout California and will stop the obstruction of housing that is all too common in California,” Wiener has said in a news release.
Under SB 35, cities lagging behind their housing goals would need to streamline the developmental review process… Read More
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A CAA-supported bill that would streamline the approval process for residential development passed the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on Monday.
Under SB 540 by Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, cities would identify locations for new housing, adopt specific upfront plans, conduct necessary environmental reviews and foster public engagement.
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Some novel approaches to tackling California’s housing crisis are continuing to gain traction in the state Legislature this year.
Take AB 73 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco. This bill, supported by the California Apartment Association, would incentivize local governments to zone for more housing.
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