In CAA’s second podcast, Debra Carlton, CAA’s executive vice president for state public affairs, discusses legislative efforts to bring financial relief to both tenants and landlords during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Despite immense opposition from CAA, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to prolong its COVID-19 related rent freeze by more than a year, and likely much longer. Under…
CAA has sponsored legislation designed to lower the property taxes of landlords who’ve suffered financial damages due to COVID-19. SB 1431 by Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, would clear the way…
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and calls for rent strikes by extreme tenant activists, the California Apartment Association is hearing from members that some residents have not paid their…
The Anaheim City Council on Tuesday voted to help tenants cover unpaid rent accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will provide an additional $3 million in community relief funding…
Two Bay Area jurisdictions this week adopted regulations to freeze rent increases in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. CAA worked closely with both jurisdictions – the city of San Jose…
CAA today condemned the threatened rent strikes that tenant advocacy groups are attempting to organize in California. Extreme tenant-rights groups have urged all tenants to withhold May’s rent — even…
CAA-sponsored legislation to help both landlords and renters endure the financial difficulties brought on by COVID-19 is now in print. Under SB 1410, the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, the…
CAA members have flooded the inboxes of state lawmakers with requests that they reject a bill that would allow the California courts to cut rents by 25%. More than 55,000…
On May 1, tenant activists are expected to make good on their threat to start rent strikes in California and elsewhere in the United States. Groups are calling on tenants…
