The California Apartment Association has issued an “Industry Insight” paper about a newly enacted emergency regulation to protect employees from wildfire smoke. The regulation took effect this week and will…
Author: Mike Nemeth
The Mountain View City Council is eyeing a potential ballot measure that would make changes to the city’s rent control law. It’s unclear, however, what changes would be included in the…
The Vallejo City Council passed an urgency ordinance on July 16 making it unlawful to increase rent for an existing or prospective tenant by more than 10% during a declared…
A free workshop that will cover landlord-tenant law and other rental housing topics is coming to Roseville on Aug. 1. The workshop, presented by Legal Services of Northern California, will…
The Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority will hold a stakeholder meeting next month to discuss proposed changes to its recycling-collection requirements at multifamily properties.
During the first half of 2019, the California Apartment Association fought a deluge of negative rental housing legislation, from statewide rent control to authorized rent strikes. Below we summarize…
Long Beach may soon require that new developments in the city include a certain amount of affordable housing. That mandate could come from an inclusionary-housing ordinance. The city commissioned an economic feasibility study on the policy and recently finished…
A cap on rent increases in the city of Vallejo will remain in effect for at least a few more weeks – and possibly much longer. During a special meeting July 3, the…
A bill that would impose rent control and “just cause” eviction policies statewide won passage Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation advanced on a 6-1 vote with one…
A bill that would bring statewide rent control to California now also threatens to impose “just cause” for eviction policies. Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, incorporated eviction controls into Assembly…