Below are open letters from Attorney Michael Millman opposing the Affordable Housing Act. Dear Mayor Garcetti: I’m certain that when you served on the City Council and chaired the Council Housing Committee, you always made certain that important housing legislation was thoroughly examined, reviewed and evaluated by not only tenant rights representatives, but also several…
DetailsQ: My tenant moved out, but they left owing me money for back rent and damages. I went to court and got a judgment. Do you have any suggestions on how I can collect the money they owe me on this judgment?A: The simplest way to collect on a judgment is to turn it over…
DetailsA version of this article first appeared on March 12, 2018 in the DailyWealth, published by Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, an independent investment research firm. You can visit them at www.stansberryresearch.com. Dr. Steve Sjuggerud is the Founding Editor of DailyWealth and editor of True Wealth, an investment advisory specializing in safe, alternative investments overlooked…
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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…
DetailsQuestion 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…
DetailsQuestion 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.…
DetailsRecently, a landlord visited me and said that he wanted his Section 8 tenant to move out because her boyfriend, who was not included in the lease, was living in the unit. He was unhappy to learn that, as the landlord, he is responsible for enforcing the lease and that the housing authority could not…
DetailsMy wife, Hinda and I, have a mission – to protect the families of apartment owners from “HAZARDOUS” estate planning. Through our seminars for AOA members, we have had the pleasure to meet with, and review the estate plans of, hundreds of wonderful apartment owners. The “good news” has been how many of them planned…
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