A Los Angeles city councilman wants to lower the annual rent cap to 60% of the Consumer Price Index, the same formula used in San Francisco. At present, the annual…
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A Los Angeles city councilman wants to use eminent domain to prevent rents in a Chinatown building from returning to market rates after a 30-year wait. A motion by Councilman…
Senate Bill 50, this year’s most significant legislative attempt to address California’s housing shortage, died last week on the Senate floor. The proposal by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, failed…
Dan Tenenbaum, chairman of the California Apartment Association’s Local Advisory Council in Los Angeles, received accolades this week for his work to improve homelessness-related programs in the region. On Tuesday,…
This Friday, Jan. 31, marks a key deadline: It’s the last day for a two-year bill (legislation introduced but shelved last year) to win passage in the house where it was…
At least for now, West Hollywood’s one-year lease policy is no more. Since 2017, the city has enforced a zoning amendment that effectively bans leases of less than one year…
The stakes are certainly high this year for California’s rental housing industry. In 2020, we can expect a radical rent control measure back on the statewide ballot, an emboldened tenants’…
Wildfire-related protections against rent gouging will remain in effect for at least the rest of 2020 for several California counties. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Dec. 23 extended price-gouging protections until Dec.…
On Jan. 1, California landlords will experience a generational shift in the way they do business. The most significant changes come from the implementation of Assembly Bill 1482, a statewide…
The California Apartment Association this week issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance taking effect Jan. 1 in the city of Los…
