The continued spread of the coronavirus, including California’s first death from the outbreak, prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom this week to declare a statewide emergency. “The state of California is deploying…
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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…
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…
Long Beach City Council members Tuesday voted to repeal their tenant-relocation ordinance, concluding that the local measure would be unnecessary once AB 1482 takes effect. The ordinance will be repealed…
The California Apartment Association is gearing up for another campaign to keep radical forms of rent control out of California. Once again, anti-housing crusader Michael Weinstein is using the initiative…
In response to the wildfires raging in Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday declared states of emergency for Los Angeles and Riverside counties, a move that prohibits rent increases…
Now that California has adopted the nation’s most sweeping statewide tenant protections, it’s time to fix the root cause of our housing crisis – a chronic lack of supply, said…
The city of Sacramento announced the initial rent cap under the Tenant Protection and Relief Act, a new ordinance that limits rent increases and provides “just cause” tenancy protections. Effective Sept. 12, 2019, the maximum annual rent adjustment for an existing tenancy cannot exceed 8.5% within…
