In November, Californians will vote on a ballot proposal to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, known most commonly as just “Costa-Hawkins.” The statewide law, enacted in 1995, limits rent control to buildings built before February of 1995, and prohibits municipalities from expanding rent control to include “vacancy control.”
Rent control activists inLong Beach announced they were suspending signature gathering and were “developing plans” for the 2020 ballot instead. “At this point, the coalition faces some insurmountable obstacles and the number of signatures required is too great to continue to ask volunteers to carry on in the face of some absurd opposition,” Housing Long…
Question 1: Did Oakland change its rent control law to remove the exemption for owner-occupied buildings? Answer 1: Currently, Oakland’s ‘Just Cause’ eviction control law (and its companion rent control ordinance) has an exemption for owner-occupied buildings of three units or less. On July 24, the Oakland City Council approved a ballot measure for the…
Question One: I was wondering if there is a legal procedure for holding a unit. This is my situation: I have a prospective tenant who would like to give me a deposit to move in two months from now. I have never done this before, but feel this tenant would be a good fit for my building.…