California is conflicted about building rental housing for our low-income residents. Not everyone can live in paradise. Life is not fair. Will we admit that we’re not willing to pay to subsidize our less fortunate neighbors? California would like for someone else, anyone else, to be generous to our lower income households. Here are elements…
DetailsQ: I own an apartment complex and have a strict “no pet” policy. One of my tenants verbally requested a reasonable accommodation to allow him to have a dog. What does “reasonable accommodation” mean and how should I respond to him? A: The term “reasonable accommodation,” as defined by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
DetailsWhy You Shield Your Personal Assets with an LLC An LLC, or Limited Liability Company, is a type of legal entity that protects an owner’s personal assets and separates them from the business assets of owning and running a rental property investment. While there are many different types of business entities, LLCs are among the…
Details[Below are some] key insights of a blockbuster study that was published on June 17th by a group of economists led by Harvard University’s Raj Chetty. If you don’t know who Chetty is, he’s a star economist and policy wonk. He and his colleagues assemble and crunch massive data sets and deliver insights that regularly…
DetailsThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone in the world – where most of the retail and commercial spaces are hit the hardest. Most of the tenants that have retail and commercial spaces throughout California have been considered non-essential have been forced to close per federal and state orders. Sadly, the tenants and owners of these…
DetailsQuestion 1: I know someone asked this last month, but what is the latest status of the landlord’s right to require the tenant to pay rent or move out during the COVID 19 crisis? What about other grounds to terminate a tenancy? Answer 1: As discussed in last month’s response to that question, for all…
DetailsContinued from last month -A strong immune system starts with a healthy lifestyle. But it is also important to understand what weakens your immune system too and to avoid those things. Here are 12 healthy ways to a stronger immune system. TAKE SUPPLEMENTS OK So they are the long-term fixes. What can you do in the…
DetailsAnti-housing activist Michael Weinstein is back for round two. Mr. Weinstein is the president and CEO of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and led the campaign to pass the defeated Proposition 10 in 2018. He is still convinced that more rent control is needed. Weinstein’s so-called “Rental Affordability Act” – Prop. 21 would allow cities and…
DetailsIn January, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented a proposed budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 which envisioned a several billion dollar increase in spending for existing programs as well as a host of new programs. But that was before COVID-19 arrived at our shores.
In a Nutshell … They missed talking about Soviet Monica-ism. You have two cows. Your milk sales are priced controlled to less than it takes to feed them. You convert your cows into beef cattle. The city complains that there is a shortage of milk cows. Rosario Perry
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