Landlord-tenant laws taking effect next year address a variety of topics, from code enforcement to emotional support animals to how tenants access the property. Below you’ll find summaries of these…
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If you have been listening to the news here in California, you’ve likely heard something about a drought. The fact is the state is at its driest since its top…
The California Apartment Association has defeated legislation that would have provided free legal representation to tenants who face eviction and claim they can’t pay the rent. In a CAA-led grassroots…
The California Apartment Association forced the Santa Ana City Council to reconsider its vote on rent control this week after alleging that some elected leaders had violated the state’s primary…
The state’s eviction moratorium may have expired, but that news provides little comfort to rental property owners in the city of Los Angeles and Alameda County who are still subject…
The oil spill in in Southern California has led to a temporary cap on rent increases in Orange County. The restrictions follow an emergency declaration by Gov. Newsom that activated…
California Apartment Association has filed a brief in a case challenging an attempt by San Francisco to circumvent state law and limit rent increases on single-family homes. The Costa-Hawkins Rental…
A new attempt is afoot to undermine Proposition 13 at the ballot box, and this time, high-value residential properties, including rental housing, are being targeted. Organized labor, specifically Service Employees…
Although many renters continue to suffer financially due to the pandemic, predictions that COVID-19 would trigger a “tsunami” of evictions have not come to pass and stemmed largely from faulty…
Assemblyman David Chiu, the author of California’s statewide rent cap legislation and a key negotiator of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, has been tapped by San Francisco Mayor London Breed to…