Renters should not have to worry about their landlords turning them over to immigration officials. That’s a key thrust behind Assembly Bill 291. The bill was introduced last week by…
Author: Mike Nemeth
If you need to seismically retrofit your apartment building, chances are good you’ll need to borrow money to do so. But what if you’re having trouble getting approved for a…
After the California Apartment Association qualified a referendum on Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance, the City Council on Tuesday decided to put the issue before voters in a June 6…
The California Apartment Association today filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of Richmond’s rent control law. The lawsuit, accessible here, alleges that Richmond’s rent control ordinance, approved by voters as…
Over the past 12 months, the state’s ongoing housing shortage defined many of the issues facing California’s rental property owners and managers. The housing crunch drove debates at city halls,…
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Santa Rosa rent control still on hold; registrar confirms enough signatures collected in referendum
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…
The California Apartment Association has prepared compliance information on the rent control laws approved by voters in Mountain View and Richmond in the Nov. 8 election. While the laws will…
Now that California voters have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, you might be wondering whether you can still prohibit tenants from smoking it on your property. Anticipating that question…
Despite aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction policies in Mountain View has won passage at the ballot box. Ballots cast to approve Measure…
Despite aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction in Richmond has won passage at the ballot box. Ballots cast to approve Measure L garnered 64 percent of…