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The Marin County Board of Supervisors will consider adopting a rent freeze in two census tracts with significant impacts from COVID-19.
If the board adopts the measure, all properties within Census Tract 1290 (Marin City) and Census Tract 1330 (Northern West Marin) will be subject to the rent freeze.
The California Apartment Association is mobilizing members to oppose this move.
“Rent control is not a solution,” said Alex Khalfin, vice president of public affairs for CAA. “Rather than adopting rent control policies, the board should focus on providing additional emergency rental assistance to tenants and landlords impacted by the pandemic.”… Read More
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider banning nearly all evictions in the county.
Under the ordinance, landlords would be unable to terminate tenancies for lease violations, for owner move‐ins, or even to quit the rental housing business under the Ellis Act.
The city of San Jose and several other California jurisdictions are considering stricter landlord-tenant policies in response to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
In San Jose, the city is poised to bring back last year’s freeze on all rent increases for rent-controlled units.
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When a Santa Rosa tenant repeatedly violates the county’s COVID-19 health order, he or she could face a penalty for the transgression. But thanks to the California Apartment Association, the renter’s landlord will not.
That protection for rental property owners was part of an urgency ordinance adopted by the Santa Rosa City Council Aug. 11. The ordinance enables the city to enforce Sonoma County’s rules for preventing the spread of coronavirus and sets up a system for warnings and fines.
Election officials this week confirmed that enough signatures were collected to qualify a referendum on Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance.
Sonoma County’s registrar of voters counted 9,648 valid signatures, far more than the 8,485 needed for the referendum to qualify.
The registrar first confirmed the success of the signature-gathering effort in mid-October. Later that month, however, the registrar determined that a hand count was needed to certify the results.
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The rental housing industry’s victories on Election Day reached far beyond the state Legislature.
Besides helping candidates secure seats in the Assembly and Senate (click here for story) , CAA’s Political Action Committee boosted the campaigns of numerous local office-seekers.
In the Silicon Valley, for example, CAAPAC-supported candidates either won outright or are well-positioned for a November run-off election.
San Mateo County
In a race for San Mateo County supervisor, Daly City Vice Mayor David Canepa, who’s backed by CAAPAC, finished in a strong first place, with nearly 46 percent of the vote. Canepa faced three other candidates to represent… Read More
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CAA is working with Catholic Charities and other social service providers to collect data from property owners and managers throughout Sonoma County on challenges and opportunities with the county’s Section 8 program.
Please take a few minutes to fill out the following survey to help us better understand the hurdles to participating in the Section 8 program.