The City of Healdsburg, California, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed less than two months ago by Jessica Pilling, a local mom represented by Pacific Legal Foundation. Jessica sued the City in September over its “inclusionary housing” ordinance, which tacked a $20,000 fee onto her family’s homebuilding project. The City has now refunded the…
The LA City Council has refined and expanded its anti-harassment ordinance to include, among other things, prohibiting landlords from looking at renters in a threatening manner. As of this summer, city housing officials said they had received more than 13,000 complaints alleging harassment. However, no cases had been criminally prosecuted. Which could be interpreted to…
The city of LA will not allow any non-RSO rental unit move outs for substantial remodeling until June 1, 2025, or until a new substantial remodeling Just Cause ordinance for non-RSO properties is passed, whichever comes first. In a city with 900,000-plus rental units, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield said this: “Hundreds of families are caught in…
The Yardi Matrix report says good news about interest rates and economic growth has “buoyed the spirits” of the multifamily and commercial real estate industry. Here are the highlights from the report: Amid continued healthy demand, multifamily advertised rents fell slightly in September due to seasonality and supply growth in the Sun Belt. The average…
In a credit to the determined campaign run by our AOA PAC, as well as the contributions of money, time, and outreach of our members as well as other organizations throughout the state, Weinstein’s effort to destroy all protections for rental housing providers was rejected by over 60% of California voters. Prop 34 is still…
On October 31st, litigation to strike down the residential vacancy tax in San Francisco Superior Court succeeded at the trial court level. The Superior Court sided with rental property owners on all causes of action, finding that the vacancy tax violated the Constitution as an unlawful affront to the Takings Clause, Substantive Due Process, and…