After facing aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction policies in Alameda has failed passage at the ballot box. Ballots cast to approve Measure M1 garnered…
Author: Mike Nemeth
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Voters on Tuesday rejected strict rent control laws in Burlingame, San Mateo and Alameda but approved them in Richmond and Mountain View. All five measures proposing rent control faced strong…
Political mailers that highlight criticism of rent control as noted by the Legislative Analyst’s Office do not violate the Fair Political Practices Act, a state agency concluded this week. The…
On Thursday, Sept. 29, the California Apartment Association brought together members from all sides of the housing debate to start working toward consensus on how to resolve the state’s worsening housing…
After garnering the governor’s signature, legislation that addresses how property owners and renters deal with bedbugs is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2017. AB 551 by Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian…
When talking about housing in California, compromise is sometimes the last word that comes to mind. A forum held Thursday in Sacramento was designed to start moving toward that goal.…
All four of the California Apartment Association’s housing-supply bills have won the governor’s signature, a victory for property owners, developers and renters. In light of California’s housing shortage, CAA sponsored…
On talk radio this week, the CEO of the California Apartment Association and a Stanford University law professor faced off in an hour-long debate over the rent control measures going…
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a pair of bills that will help chip away at the state’s housing shortage by making it easier to build in-law units on residential lots. The…
A signature-gathering effort is preventing Santa Rosa’s rent control ordinance from taking effect, at least for now. The city was set to implement permanent rent control and just-cause-for-eviction measures Friday,…
