Selling rental properties in California will take significantly longer if a bill introduced this month becomes law. Under AB 1703 by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, tenants and certain community…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in place at least into early fall. Last week, Newsom extended the order through Sept. 30. It…
Thanks to the work of the California Apartment Association, a bill that emerged from the state Senate on Thursday no longer includes fines of up to $20,000 for violations of…
Los Angeles city residents may eventually vote on a proposed “vacancy tax,” but it won’t be this year. After a letter-writing campaign spearheaded by the California Apartment Association, the City…
The city of Sacramento has filed a lawsuit in hopes of keeping a rent control initiative off November’s ballot and holding a tenant activist to her pledge to drop the…
Legislation unveiled in the California Senate this week would create a voluntary tax credit program to help landlords recoup rent that’s gone unpaid during the COVID-19 crisis. To qualify for…
A bill that would have allowed tenants to pay their security deposit over six months died on the Assembly floor this week. To move forward this year, AB 3260 by…
The California Apartment Association is urging lawmakers to reject a bill that would prohibit landlords from demanding that tenants provide their security deposit in a single, upfront payment. The proposal,…
A bill introduced in the California Legislature this week would force landlords to defer rents for possibly years on end for tenants who’ve been unable — or unwilling — to…
The Judicial Council of California on Wednesday suspended its vote whether to reopen the courts and start processing unlawful-detainer actions again this summer. The California court system announced earlier this…
