The city of Los Angeles’ Housing Committee unanimously passed a “tenant anti-harassment” ordinance Wednesday, although CAA succeeded in removing the worst parts of the proposal. The ordinance takes a variety…
Author: Mike Nemeth
Wildfire-related protections against rent gouging will remain in effect until the fall of 2021 for many California counties. Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 20 extended price-gouging protections until Sept. 22, 2021,…
The California Apartment Association this week called on members of the rental housing industry to contact state lawmakers and express their concerns about a potential extension of the state’s COVID-19…
The San Diego County Counsel’s Office has responded to CAA’s May 6 letter requesting guidance on ambiguities in the rent control and just-cause eviction ordinance adopted this month by the…
Tenant activists and some lawmakers are fighting to prevent California’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium from expiring June 30 as scheduled. The California Apartment Association is evaluating the need for any extension…
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday raised the annual apartment inspection fee by nearly 60% but agreed to review some cost-saving ideas from CAA that could render such a…
CAA is urging state senators to reject a bill that would require rental housing owners to provide a disclosure in five different languages if they suspect a lease guarantor lacks…
Long Beach rental housing providers and tenants now have 30 additional days to apply for rent relief under the city’s COVID-19 rental assistance program. The new deadline to apply for…
Thanks to a grassroots campaign spearheaded by CAA, the Los Angeles Housing Committee on Wednesday declined to advance an ordinance that would lower the city’s rent cap after the COVID-19…
The California Apartment Association has requested that San Diego County clarify several of the most problematic ambiguities in the rent control and just cause eviction ordinance adopted by the Board…