A Los Angeles city councilman wants to lower the annual rent cap to 60% of the Consumer Price Index, the same formula used in San Francisco. At present, the annual…
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A Los Angeles city councilman wants to use eminent domain to prevent rents in a Chinatown building from returning to market rates after a 30-year wait. A motion by Councilman…
Question: Are all properties with two units on a parcel exempt?
The state has begun cracking down on landlords who advertise that Section 8 voucher holders need not apply for tenancy. A California law that took effect Jan. 1 prohibits rental…
Oakland’s new ban on criminal background checks during tenant screening has prompted the California Apartment Association to explore its legislative and legal options for providing liability protection to landlords. Under…
If the owner moves into one side of a duplex, where the other is already occupied by a tenant, does that make the duplex exempt from rent control and just…
The State Building and Construction Trades Council of California this week announced its opposition to Michael Weinstein’s radical rent control measure. The union’s announcement came Monday just hours before the…
Senate Bill 50, this year’s most significant legislative attempt to address California’s housing shortage, died last week on the Senate floor. The proposal by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, failed…
Dan Tenenbaum, chairman of the California Apartment Association’s Local Advisory Council in Los Angeles, received accolades this week for his work to improve homelessness-related programs in the region. On Tuesday,…
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…
