Recent Reporting Suggests that Evictions Are on the Rise in San Francisco The numbers certainly deserve attention. The San Francisco Rent Board has recorded a substantial increase in eviction notices. According to Superior Court records obtained by The Frisc, 3,654 unlawful detainer lawsuits were filed in 2025. The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office also reported 924…
Cooling Requirement Coming to Unincorporated L.A. County Beginning January 1, 2027, landlords in Unincorporated LA County will be required to provide cooling capable of keeping rentals at or below 82 degrees. The ordinance establishes cooling as a housing standard alongside long-standing requirements for heat and hot water. This does NOT automatically require landlords to provide…
[Recently], a handful of landlords sued New York’s Rent Guidelines Board in an effort to overturn the rent freeze it imposed on the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments. Every year, the nine-member RGB sets a percentage cap on how high property owners can raise rents on their rent-stabilized units. In making this decision, the…
In my many years dealing with resident manager issues, I have noticed certain characteristics that resident managers often exhibit – although I am sure there are many exceptions – when he or she has worked for a long time at the same building. Such onsite managers: tend to take pride in the work they perform, …
When a property’s existing mortgage has a lower interest rate than loans currently available to buyers in the market, owners may be able to use that low-interest rate loan to expand the pool of prospective purchasers and increase the purchase price. One strategy designed to take advantage of this interest-rate disparity is the wraparound mortgage.…
California’s SB 721 and SB 326 laws were created with good intentions. Following the tragic 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six young people, lawmakers moved quickly to require periodic inspections of balconies, decks, walkways, stairs, and other elevated exterior structures in multifamily housing. The goal was simple: identify hidden structural dangers before another preventable…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding California rent control laws, followed by answers provided by Attorney Richard Beckman Question 1: I have a credit score requirement of 720+. How can it be worded to explain I require this credit score only from applicants whose income is being counted toward the household income…
For decades, condominiums and townhomes served as the affordable entry point into homeownership. Much like the old fast-food “$1 Menu,” they gave working families, young professionals, and first-time buyers a realistic opportunity to build equity without stretching their budgets. Today, that affordable option is disappearing. While attached homes remain significantly less expensive than detached houses,…
Below are questions asked by rental property owners regarding rent increases, followed by answers provided by the law firm of Simone and Blevins. Please note: AB 1482 enacted the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, creating statewide rent control for residential rental properties. All references to California rent control in this article refer to the Tenant…
The November ballot measure Proposition 43 will make it harder to raise taxes in California by restoring the two-thirds vote requirement for local special taxes. A “special tax” is one that earmarks the revenue for specific purposes. Ever since voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, the California Constitution has clearly stated that cities, counties and…