After facing aggressive opposition from CAA, a measure to impose rent control and just-cause eviction policies in Alameda has failed passage at the ballot box. Ballots cast to approve Measure M1 garnered…
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When talking about housing in California, compromise is sometimes the last word that comes to mind. A forum held Thursday in Sacramento was designed to start moving toward that goal.…
All four of the California Apartment Association’s housing-supply bills have won the governor’s signature, a victory for property owners, developers and renters. In light of California’s housing shortage, CAA sponsored…
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a pair of bills that will help chip away at the state’s housing shortage by making it easier to build in-law units on residential lots. The…
Gov. Jerry Brown this week continued to sign legislation backed by the California Apartment Association, including bills on bedbugs, housing production and water submeters: SB 7 (D-Wolk) – Water Meters…
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into a law a bill that will allow groups like CAA to sue local governments when they deny housing projects in violation of state law.…
CAA amendments target unscrupulous attorneys The state’s unlawful detainer “masking” law has been in place for over 20 years, introduced by the California Apartment Association to prevent unethical eviction-delay firms…
The California Legislature ended its two-year session having sent all four of CAA’s housing-supply bills to the governor’s desk, as well as a number of other positive proposals for the…
The California Apartment Association is reviewing its options after the Santa Rosa City Council on Tuesday ratified a permanent rent control and just-cause-for-eviction ordinance. The cap on annual rent increases…
The California Apartment Association has updated its local compliance brochure for San Jose’s rent control ordinance, which the city made stricter effective this summer. Updates to CAA’s “Guide to Rent…
