The California Apartment Association is urging its members to speak out against a proposed ban on no-fault evictions in the city of San Diego. The City Council is scheduled to…
Author: Mike Nemeth
By Arlene Mechetti The narrow passage of Proposition 19 in the November 2020 election dealt a devastating blow to rental housing owners in California and warrants remedy at the ballot…
A bill introduced Thursday in the California Assembly would prevent local governments from passing their own COVID-19 eviction moratoria for an additional three months. Under the legislation, AB 2179 by…
A key committee in the state Legislature has approved a CAA-sponsored bill that would provide financial relief to landlords excluded from the COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program (ERAP). The bill,…
California has seen a flurry of legislation in 2022 to address the proliferation of electric-vehicle charging stations, including those at multifamily properties. The proposals cover everything from changing building standards…
Two months after being defeated by CAA, the “Stay in Business Forever Act” is back. The legislation, which targets the right of landlords to leave the rental market via the…
Landlords who’ve suffered financial losses under Los Angeles County’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium may soon be exempt from certain property tax penalties. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to…
Investors who purchase rental housing and sell it within seven years would pay a hefty new tax under anti-house flipping legislation proposed in the California Assembly. AB 1771 by Assemblyman…
California has received an additional $136 million in COVID-19 rent and utility-relief funds from the U.S. Treasury. It’s California’s second installment of reallocated rent relief dollars that went unspent in…
The California Apartment Association has welcomed a new member to its public affairs team in Southern California. On Monday, Melanie Woods took the helm as CAA’s vice president of local…