The San Pablo City Council has passed a “just cause” and anti-harassment ordinance that is more in line with state law than earlier drafts following months of advocacy by the…
Greater Bay Area
Palo Alto city staff are recommending the city defer work on a local rent control ordinance, citing stable rents and the steep cost of standing up a new program. Administering…
A Bay Area regional transportation agency has approved an incentive program that could encourage cities and counties to adopt rent control and just-cause eviction rules.
A regional transportation agency this week will consider conditioning $45 million in transit funding on whether cities and counties adopt rent control and other rental housing regulations that go beyond…
Alameda County has filed its answering brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and is asking the court to uphold dismissal of the California Apartment Association’s challenge to the…
Tenant groups are working to qualify a November 2026 ballot measure in Redwood City that would impose strict rent control, expand just-cause eviction limits and create a new city program…
Rental housing providers in San Pablo will not face immediate expansion of eviction restrictions after the City Council on Feb. 2 voted to delay action on a proposed just cause…
San Leandro landlords will face new limits on rent increases and additional compliance obligations after the City Council on Monday, Feb. 2, adopted a residential rent control ordinance affecting thousands…
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week questioned attorneys on competing federal statutes during oral argument in the California Apartment Association’s challenge to a…
The San Pablo City Council on Monday is scheduled to consider a proposed just cause eviction ordinance that would impose requirements significantly stricter than those in state law for rental…
