The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee today stubbed out a bill by Assemblyman Marc Levine that would have banned smoking in apartments, condos and townhomes. “Assembly Bill 746 would…
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A statewide coalition will work to educate California opinion leaders and the public about the devastating impacts of increasing property taxes, the group announced today. The coalition, Californians to Stop…
The California Apartment Association and state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, believe legislation spelling this out is necessary — and would help prevent all too frequent scams associated with the…
For the first time in 2013, the California Apartment Association has taken official positions on a series of bills, from whether to ban smoking in multifamily complexes to a proposal…
Debra Carlton, senior vice president of public affairs for CAA, took part in an NPR forum Wednesday morning about a proposed ban on smoking in apartments across California. Carlton and…
If an ex-tenant at Stanford University gets her way in appellate court, evictions across California could take much longer. To fend off this scenario, the California Apartment Association has filed…
California could become the first state in the nation to ban tobacco smoking in apartments, regardless of what tenants, landlords and local government have to say about it. In addition…
Discriminating against tenants – even if unintended — has long flown in the face of both California and federal law. But just how the law plays out in court has…
Peruse the dozens of pictures from the California Apartment Association’s 2013 Legislative Conference in Sacramento. Photos by Bob Knapik.
Rental housing professionals and vendors gathered with legislators — and posed for a few pictures — during Feb. 13’s Legislative Conference at the Sheraton in downtown Sacramento. Smiling for the camera…