New Prohibited Discrimination: Hairstyle!! By Dale Alberstone

Hello everybody.  Here’s a quick question:  Is an apartment building a business establishment?   Here’s the quick answer:  Yes! In 1959, California enacted the Unruh Civil Rights Act and named it after its author, Jesse Unruh.  The Act’s principal objective was (and still is) to prevent many types of unreasonable discrimination by business establishments.  Business establishments…

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HUD Charges Landlords with Discrimination for Not Allowing Assistance Cat By – the Editors of the Rental Housing Journal

Landlords who refused to allow a single mother with a daughter who needs an assistance cat to rent a townhome has been charged with housing discrimination, according to a release. The woman had already signed a lease and explained to the landlords that her oldest daughter, who has mental disabilities, needed the assistance cat –…

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Legal Q & A by – Dennis Block

Question One: I have a rent control apartment in the City of Los Angeles. I have a tenant who brought in an extra person without my permission. What are my options? Answer One: You have two options. Your first option would be to serve a 3 Day Notice to Perform or Quit, which would give…

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Coming Next Month – The FREE “Million Dollar” Trade Show and Landlording Conference! and California Rent Control: Lawmakers Have Not Learned Their Lesson

The Big Show You’ll want to mark your calendars for the FREE “Million Dollar Trade Show and Landlording Conference” next month where we’ll be giving away an iPad and 5-day cruises.  The show will be held on Thursday, September 12th at the Los Angeles Convention Center in West Hall A, 1201 N. Figueroa!

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Assembly Proposes to Reduce Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions to $3.5 Million By- Attorney Kenneth Ziskin

Earlier this year, State Senator Scott Wiener (D – San Francisco) introduced legislation to dramatically increase taxes on wealth transfers by California residents.  This follows the failure of a proposed California Estate Tax initiative to qualify for the 2018 ballot. His bill, SB 378, would put a referendum on the 2020 General Election ballot to…

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