Unlike emergency declarations from the governor’s office issued due to wildfires, severe storms and the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly announced statewide monkeypox emergency has not triggered the state’s anti-price-gouging law…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom this past weekend declared a wildfire emergency in Siskiyou County, activating protections against price gouging that include limits on rent increases. The declaration, made Saturday, July 30,…
The Oak Fire raging near Yosemite National Park has led to Gov. Newsom to declare a state of emergency in Mariposa County on July 23, 2022. This move has again…
Gov. Newsom on July 1 renewed wildfire-related price restrictions on rents and other goods and services in Butte, El Dorado and Plumas counties for at least a few more months.
Continuing their journey through the state Legislature are a pair of CAA-sponsored bills that together would help landlords recover rent lost to the pandemic and clarify how rent restrictions apply…
The state Senate has approved a pair of CAA-sponsored bills that together would help more landlords recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and clarify how California’s anti-price-gouging law applies to rental…
Legislation awaiting a vote on the Senate floor would help landlords comply with a California law that limits rent increases during states of emergency. In late April, the Senate Appropriations…
A state Senate committee this week approved legislation that would make it easier for landlords to comply with rent caps triggered by states of emergency. The Senate Public Safety Committee…
Under a bill sponsored by the California Apartment Association, the state’s anti-price-gouging law would only apply to rental housing if an emergency declaration specifies that the declared emergency would have…
Although Gov. Newsom has ended most state-imposed rent caps tied to old wildfires, that doesn’t necessarily mean rent increases over 10% are permissible. Depending on the location of your property,…