A divided 9th Circuit panel has upheld South Coast Air Quality Management District’s zero-NOx appliance rule, which will require the phaseout of certain gas-fired water heaters, boilers and process heaters…
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Los Angeles updates required renter protections notice, removes economic displacement provision
The City of Los Angeles has released its updated Renter Protections Notice for the July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, period. Housing providers should begin using the revised notice,…
When a city adopts an unlawful ordinance, when a county pushes emergency powers past any reasonable limit, or when a new environmental mandate threatens to impose tens of thousands of…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has blocked a proposed statewide rent control initiative from appearing on the November 2026 ballot, handing housing providers a significant win in a case where…
In an unusual split between Oakland and prominent tenant advocacy groups, the city has filed a forceful rebuttal in the federal lawsuit seeking to expand local rent control protections to…
California rental housing providers are facing a more complicated compliance landscape as state, local and federal regulators place increasing scrutiny on the fees charged to renters.
The California Apartment Association is taking its fight to define the constitutional limits of extreme rent control beyond California, filing a brief last week with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court opposing a sweeping statewide ballot measure.
A California appeals court has struck down the City of Los Angeles’s rent-increase-triggered relocation assistance requirement, delivering another major win for the protections afforded to rental housing providers under the…
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CAA opposes use of disability law to expand rent control, override Costa-Hawkins in Oakland case
A federal lawsuit in Oakland could reshape rent control across California and dismantle Costa-Hawkins, a key state law that protects housing providers, by testing whether federal disability law could require…
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CAA completes briefing in Alameda eviction moratorium appeal, case now awaits 9th Circuit review
The California Apartment Association has filed its reply brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, completing the briefing in its constitutional challenge to Alameda County’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium.
