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

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  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?  […]

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

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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

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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 […]

CAA Legislative Conference – Learn More About the Latest Legislative News Affecting Your Rental Business

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  Last week the California Apartment Association met for its legislative conference to discuss the wide variety of legislative issues affecting investors who own rental housing in California. Some of the issues that were discussed included: AB 1482, California’s anti-gouging rent control bill and other housing related bills like SB 50. More than 400 professionals […]

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

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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 […]

Rent Control Bills Are Going To Be Heard TOMORROW 4-25-19

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Following the historic loss of Proposition 10 during the November 2018 election, the battle over rent control in California was only put on pause for a few months as our elected officials went back to the drawing board to come up with more bill’s to make rent control law in California. Tomorrow, April 25th, 2019, […]

Los Angeles Allows 4 Percent Rent Increase For 12 Month Period

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The City of Los Angeles announced this week that they will be approving a 4 percent rent increase for the period of July 2019-July 2020.  Los Angeles is one of several Southern California communities that has had an active rent control ordinance for a long time and the news of their 4 percent rent increase […]

California Rent Control Update – Lawmakers Announce AB 1482, New Rent Control Legislation

Rental Control in California

  The battle over rent control in the State of California continues as lawmakers announced on Thursday that they have finalized a rental housing legislation package (AB 1482) that if it’s approved will cap rent increases statewide and also enable local governments to apply their own versions of rent control to single family homes and […]

California Rent Control Initiatives Stymied by Lack of Hard Data

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Less than four months after an initiative to allow cities to expand rent control failed overwhelmingly at the ballot box, and less than four months after then-incoming Gov. Gavin Newsom discussed brokering a compromise between tenant and landlord groups, no new legislation from lawmakers or specific proposals from the Newsom administration have been introduced to […]