SHOULD YOU ACCEPT RENTAL ASSISTANCE? Many landlords are faced with staggering losses of rent due to the pandemic. My clients have indicated that many of their tenants owe in excess of $20,000. Under a newly enacted statute, SB 91, landlords and tenants are allowed to apply for rental assistance due to the pandemic. The website…
As the pandemic slowly winds down, we face numerous challenges in maintaining our property, often with reduced or even zero income to pay the bills. The pandemic is winding down, but many of our members are still suffering. Some of us anticipate eventually receiving some government-funded relief after jumping through many hoops, including working with…
The “Hundred Years War” was a series of conflicts for control over Western Europe and England during the middle ages, circa 1337 to 1453. The relentless hostilities against California taxpayers by progressive politicians may not have a 100-year history, but it sure feels like it. In March, far-left legislators and their ideological allies proposed another…
The U.S. economy charged ahead in the first three months of the year thanks to more Americans getting vaccinated, fewer people catching the coronavirus and Washington approving another gargantuan $1.9 trillion stimulus. Gross domestic product, the official scorecard for our economy, rose at a 6.4% annual pace in the first quarter, the Commerce Department reports.…
On Wednesday, April 28, President Bident released his American Families Plan. The Plan is a long way from becoming law given the divided Senate, and, if anything passes, it is likely to be different than the outlines in the Plan. Significantly, the Plan does NOT mention effective dates, which are likely to be part of…