By John Carroll / General Assignment Reporter & Anchor Contributors: Roland Lizarondo / Video Journalist A decades-old law governing rent control in California could change in a big way. This is the third time supporters of rent control have tried to get a measure passed that would give cities and counties the power to establish…
After a year of deliberation by Larkspur officials, the city is set to become the second in Marin County to adopt a rent control ordinance. The City Council voted 3-1 on Wednesday to introduce an ordinance that would cap rent increases at 5% plus inflation or 7%, whichever figure is lower. Councilmember Catherine Way dissented.…
The announced maximum allowable increases for 2023, applicable to properties covered by AB 1482 (The California Tenant Protection Act) will go into effect August 1, 2023, and will be in place until the end of July, 2024. The maximum allowable increase is calculated by adding five percent to the Consumer Price Index for the respective…
Rent control policies have long been a topic of debate, with proponents arguing for tenant protection and affordable housing, while opponents claim rent control has the opposite effect. In California, where the housing crisis is particularly severe, statewide rent control limits rent increases to 5% + CPI, with a max of a 10% annual increase. …
The below is an email that was sent to the Burbank City Council members by John M. Gerro of Gerro and Gerro, Attorneys at Law in regards to “the direction of Burbank regarding an appropriate stand for property rights and the economic impact of proposed ordinances, statues, rules and other property regulations that may be…
In March 2020, a motion was brought forward to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to establish a temporary eviction moratorium in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The moratorium prohibited landlords from evicting tenants for non-payment of rent if the tenant could demonstrate financial hardship related to the pandemic. The BOS also supported…
Here they go again. There are organizers out there collecting signatures for a California initiative that calls for even stricter residential rent control laws. This initiative is called the “Justice for Renters Act” and 546,651 signatures must be gathered in six months and then verified to go to the statewide ballot in 2024. According to…
On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, the Apartment Association of Orange County sued the City of Santa Ana calling the city rent control policies an unconstitutional form of government intervention. The city has enacted a local rent cap of 3% and they are developing a seven-member rental board which will have the authority to resolve tenant-landlord…
I am a liberal/progressive Democrat, and I live in West Los Angeles, several miles west of the UCLA campus. Yes, I’m a member of several or more local Democratic Clubs. I’m not going to discuss with you the Constitutional concepts of “taking” of private property without due process, a hearing or compensation, as outlined in…
Rent Increase Limit Landlords can only raise a tenant’s rent once per year and at a rate that is no more than 75% of the annual rate of inflation. Landlords are now only allowed to give at most ONE rent increase in any twelve month period. The allowed increase described here will be in effect…