The city of San Jose and several other California jurisdictions are considering stricter landlord-tenant policies in response to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. In San Jose, the city is poised to…
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The California Apartment Association this week issued opposition letters regarding three of the most troubling rental housing-related bills of 2020. The bills include AB 1703, which would give tenants and…
A bill introduced in the California Legislature this week would force landlords to defer rents for possibly years on end for tenants who’ve been unable — or unwilling — to…
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’…
This month’s earthquakes in Southern California have prompted new protections against rent-gouging. The protections, which cap rent increases at 10%, are tied to states of emergency declared last week by…
As the recovery from California’s wildfires, and related protections against rent gouging continue, CAA would like to remind its members of its updated compliance paper — Anti-Price Gouging Laws –…
Gov. Jerry Brown has extended protections against price-gouging — including rent increases over 10 percent — for several counties devastated by wildfires that occurred between fall 2017 and this past…
Wildfires raging in Northern and Southern California have prompted states of emergency for Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, triggering the state’s anti-price-gouging law and banning rent increases over 10…
As wildfires continue to rage across California , Gov. Jerry Brown has extended price gouging bans — which include rent increases over 10 percent — in areas of both Southern…
In response to storms and flooding last month, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday proclaimed a state of emergency that covers most of the Central Valley. Brown’s declaration activates the state’s…