Landlords don’t have to conduct extensive investigations to track down tenants who go missing when facing eviction, according to a ruling Wednesday by the Sixth Appellate District Court. After receiving…
Author: Mike Nemeth
A bill that would require installation of water submeters on all new multifamily units no longer would ban ratio-utility billing systems — also known as RUBS. SB 750 by Senator…
A judicial panel has rescheduled oral arguments in Stanford University vs. Christine Marie Ham, a case that threatens to make evictions more difficult and time-consuming. California’s Sixth District Court of…
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee today stubbed out a bill by Assemblyman Marc Levine that would have banned smoking in apartments, condos and townhomes. “Assembly Bill 746 would…
A statewide coalition will work to educate California opinion leaders and the public about the devastating impacts of increasing property taxes, the group announced today. The coalition, Californians to Stop…
The California Apartment Association and state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, believe legislation spelling this out is necessary — and would help prevent all too frequent scams associated with the…
For the first time in 2013, the California Apartment Association has taken official positions on a series of bills, from whether to ban smoking in multifamily complexes to a proposal…
Debra Carlton, senior vice president of public affairs for CAA, took part in an NPR forum Wednesday morning about a proposed ban on smoking in apartments across California. Carlton and…
If an ex-tenant at Stanford University gets her way in appellate court, evictions across California could take much longer. To fend off this scenario, the California Apartment Association has filed…
California could become the first state in the nation to ban tobacco smoking in apartments, regardless of what tenants, landlords and local government have to say about it. In addition…