Following a hearing late last month, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler is considering whether to grant a motion by Alameda County, and opposed by the California Apartment Association’s, regarding a lawsuit…
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Court tentatively sides with city in restrictive interpretation of Costa-Hawkins
An appellate court’s interpretation of California’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act could invite more cities and counties to impose rent control on substantially rebuilt housing.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday postponed a public hearing on proposed “just cause” for eviction ordinance as well as a dispute-resolution measure for rental housing providers and…
More than 200 local rental housing providers attended a virtual forum late last month hosted by Alameda County Supervisors David Haubert and Lena Tam. Although an emergency prevented Supervisor Tam…
The California Supreme Court has declined to review a critical case related to the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, the state’s most important law governing local rent control policies. The case,…
The California Apartment Association has filed a letter with the California Supreme Court, urging the court to hear an appeal in NCR Properties v. City of Berkeley. The lawsuit challenges…
The California Apartment Association has launched a website to educate Alameda County renters on their rights and protections under state and local laws. AlamedaRentersRights.com debuted in advance of the April…
California’s First District Court of Appeal has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Berkeley’s application of its local rent control ordinance to several housing units that received new certificates…
A proposal to discuss the fate of Alameda County’s eviction moratorium — one of the only pandemic-related eviction laws still in effect in California — is back before the Board…
In yet another rebuke of the rental housing industry, an Alameda County supervisor last week postponed a discussion of the county’s ongoing eviction moratorium and other rental housing regulations listed…
