A bill opposed by the California Apartment Association would invite $20,000 fines against landlords for even minor violations of the state’s new rent cap and “just cause” for eviction law.…
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A CAA-sponsored bill that would help landlords recover rent lost to the COVID-19 crisis — while also guarding tenants against mountains of rent debt — has passed its first hearing.…
A bill that would stop Michael Weinstein from using money from his taxpayer-funded AIDS Healthcare Foundation to further his anti-housing agenda has passed its first test in the Assembly. The…
The most egregious provision of AB 828 by Assemblyman Phil Ting is gone. The bill by the San Francisco Democrat no longer mandates that the courts reduce rent by 25%. Ting removed that rent-cut provision from the bill following a grassroots opposition campaign spearheaded by the California Apartment…
A CAA-sponsored bill designed to lower the property taxes of landlords who’ve suffered financial damages due to COVID-19 has passed out of the Assembly Government and Finance Committee. SB 1431…
A CAA-sponsored bill that would streamline the conversion of hotels and motels into multifamily housing won approval Wednesday in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. The committee approved AB…
In this week’s podcast, Ninder Grewal, CAA’s policy and compliance counsel, discusses “Guidelines for Reopening California.” More CAA podcasts
A bill that moved out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee this week would prohibit landlords from demanding security deposits in a single, upfront payment. AB 3260 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks,…
A bill that would authorize the California courts to cut rents by 25% won’t get a hearing until summer at the earliest. AB 828 by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco,…
A bill strongly opposed by CAA that would create a statewide rental registry has been amended to target landlords who’ve received government assistance in response to the coronavirus. AB 2406…