Landlord-tenant laws taking effect next year address a variety of topics, from code enforcement to emotional support animals to how tenants access the property. Below you’ll find summaries of these…
Author: Mike Nemeth
The California Apartment Association has defeated legislation that would have provided free legal representation to tenants who face eviction and claim they can’t pay the rent. In a CAA-led grassroots…
The California Apartment Association forced the Santa Ana City Council to reconsider its vote on rent control this week after alleging that some elected leaders had violated the state’s primary…
The oil spill in in Southern California has led to a temporary cap on rent increases in Orange County. The restrictions follow an emergency declaration by Gov. Newsom that activated…
A new attempt is afoot to undermine Proposition 13 at the ballot box, and this time, high-value residential properties, including rental housing, are being targeted. Organized labor, specifically Service Employees…
Although many renters continue to suffer financially due to the pandemic, predictions that COVID-19 would trigger a “tsunami” of evictions have not come to pass and stemmed largely from faulty…
Assemblyman David Chiu, the author of California’s statewide rent cap legislation and a key negotiator of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, has been tapped by San Francisco Mayor London Breed to…
Although many aspects of California’s eviction moratorium have lapsed, the state’s emergency rental assistance program continues to take applications and cut checks. During a CAA webinar on Wednesday, state administrators…
In response to a letter from the California Apartment Association, the city of Fremont is clarifying that landlords can apply for COVID-19 rental assistance through the city’s “Keep Fremont Housed”…
Los Angeles County Supervisors on Tuesday ignored a coalition of L.A. residents, housing providers and business groups calling on the board to lift its eviction moratorium and instead extended the…