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…
DetailsThe 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.…
DetailsOn 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…
DetailsQuestion 1: Any updates on the state rental assistance program that you described in last month’s article? Answer 1: To repeat part of that response, SB 91– christened the Tenant Relief Act – included, in addition to its provisions extending through June the eviction protections to tenants in rent default, a “State Rental Assistance Program”,…
DetailsQuestion One: My tenant issued a 30-day notice to vacate in the middle of the month. My rent is due on the first. On the first day of the following month, can I demand that the tenant pay a full month’s rent and then prorate the balance upon the day she vacates? Answer One: On…
DetailsIt’s hard to imagine anything more callous than the government sending a giant tax bill to a bereaved family, but thanks to Proposition 19, many California families will have that unfortunate experience. Prop. 19, which passed by a razor-thin margin in the November election, expanded a tax break for some homeowners but repealed an important…
DetailsIn an effort to increase housing near mass transit hubs, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman is drafting legislation to make it easier to build fourplexes within a half mile of a major MUNI or BART station. Besides new construction of fourplexes, homeowners could legally convert their existing home, at least in theory, into fourplexes. The push for…
DetailsHaving a written criteria list for your rental applicants is pertinent in your rental business and serves several purposes. By attaching a copy of your rental criteria to each blank application form, you are informing your applicant of a list of conditions that must be met for them to be considered as a future tenant…
DetailsCalifornia housing is crowded, expensive and difficult to find, but if a package of bills proposed by prominent Senate Democrats becomes law, some cities could look very different a decade from now. Duplexes and small apartment buildings would spring up from single-family lots. Public housing projects, effectively stifled since the 1950s, would dot the landscape…
DetailsThe new state law which has opened up far more options for the creation of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), including creating ADUs in multi-unit/apartment buildings, has been in effect for over a year now. However, just like with the rest of life, the process of obtaining an ADU permit has changed a bit due to…
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