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What Is AB 1482? Learn More About California’s Tenant Protection Law

Learn more about AB 1482

  Over the last year, rent control has been something that everyone has been talking about in California.  Love it, or hate it, the State finally moved in the direction of rent control when Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1482 into law. What is AB 1482? How will it change the rental market in California?  […]

Seaside, CA Considering Rental Registry

Seaside, CA property with pool

2020 is shaping up to be a year of serious change in California for renters and owners alike. The latest change is taking place in Seaside, CA where the City Council is considering a rental registry and recently had a special meeting in their council chambers to discuss it. The city council seems like they […]

More Tenant Protections on the way for Monterey County Renters

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2020 is going to be the year tenant protections are implemented in California thanks to AB 1482, until then, Mayors, Supervisors, and City Council members in various cities across the Monterey County area have added more emergency tenant protections to protect tenants who may be facing evictions. Although the additional tenant protections excited tenant advocacy […]

California Rental Market News – Rent Caps Are Coming Thanks To AB-1482

California rental market AB 1482

De-facto rent control is coming to California thanks to AB-1482 getting approved in the California State Senate. Assemblyman David Chiu’s bill got the votes that it needed and will soon be signed by Governor Newsom who has been eager to pass some form of rent control this year following the loss of Proposition 10 in […]

Governor Newsom And Lawmakers Agree On Deal To Cap Rent Increases

Rent Control

It’s hard to believe that it’s almost been one year since the historic loss of Proposition 10, the ballot measure that would have repealed Costa Hawkins and implemented State Wide rent control. Following the loss, California’s elected officials went back to the drawing board in search of ways to accomplish their rent control goal and […]

AB 1482 Passes First Senate Test

Following the historic defeat of Proposition 10 in the November 2018 election, legislators have continued on the path to Statewide rent control and with their latest effort, AB 1482, their goal is getting closer to reality. What Is AB 1482? If it’s signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, AB 1482 will make it illegal […]

First Hearing in Senate for AB 1482 coming up on July 9th, 2019

Rent Control

As we get ready for the July 4th holiday the State of California is getting ready to have the first hearing in the Senate for AB 1482, the controversial bill that would bring rent control to the entire state. AB 1482 has faced an uphill battle from the start but it’s creator, Assemblyman David Chiu, […]

Most Economists Agree That Rent Control Is Bad for The Economy

Rent control california

Thanks to a recent article from the Washington Post we know that most economists agree that rent control is indeed bad for the economy because it doesn’t solve the supply vs. demand issue that we have in California and the United States today. Rent control bills like the defeated Proposition 10, or AB 1482, California’s […]

Statewide Rent Control Update – AB 1482 Narrowly Passes Off Assembly Floor

Assembly

Following the historic defeat of Proposition 10 in the November 2018 election, California’s elected officials have been working harder than ever before to accomplish their goal of rent control in California and AB 1482 is their latest attempt at accomplishing their goal. Although it looked like AB 1482 would be defeated on Wednesday because the […]

Make Your Voice Heard – Urge Your Assembly Member to Vote NO on AB 1482 and AB 1481

Sacramento, CA city hall

  It doesn’t matter if you rent, own a home or rental property in California, you owe it to yourself to make your voice heard on AB 1482 and AB 1481 by calling your assembly member and urging them to vote NO on both of these bills. Why Vote No on AB 1481 and AB […]