CalRHA President's Year-End Review (2025)

Dear CalRHA Members,

As we close out the year, I am pleased to share our 2025 year-end summary, highlighting the major achievements that strengthened our association, protected the rights of rental housing providers, and delivered meaningful value to our members. This year brought significant legislative challenges and ongoing pressures on property owners, but thanks to your engagement and the work of our advocacy team, we turned those challenges into measurable wins.

2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Strong 75% success rate on priority legislation, ensuring members were protected from proposals that would have increased operating costs, reduced property rights, and added new compliance burdens.
• Greater presence at the Capitol, with proactive early-session Legislative leadership meetings, had more than 70 legislator meetings during our Legislative Convening in Sacramento, and member participation in 16 red alert call-to-actions throughout the legislative session.
• Growth in Political Action Committee (PAC) resources, raising $39,000 more funds compared to the prior year to strengthen relationships with the Assembly Speaker and the Senate President Pro Tempore, provide support to key elected officials, and protect owner rights in candidate elections.
• Expanded strategic partnerships with the Pacific Legal Foundation, State Treasurer Ma, State Controller Cohen, and others to enhance benefits such as coordinated litigation support, unified advocacy efforts, and stronger campaigns to hold the line on harmful housing proposals, including local air quality district bans on gas appliances. Legal interventions, including filing amicus briefs and de-publication requests related to eviction moratoriums and the three-day notice requirement to protect property owner rights.
• Increase in educational webinars on topics such as property insurance, legislation, and new housing mandates, providing property owners with more tools to stay compliant, navigate new requirements, and minimize risk in an evolving housing landscape.
• Healthy advertising and sponsorship revenue with the launch of our new marketing partnership, that strengthens our ability to reach the supplier community, serve members, and amplify our voice.
• Significant growth in member rental units, from 733,000 to 790,000 year over year, expanding CalRHA’s statewide influence and strengthening our collective advocacy power.

None of these accomplishments would have been possible without you. Thank you for standing with us and helping build a stronger future for rental housing in California.

I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. I look forward to all we will accomplish together in 2026.

Warm regards,
Adam Pearce
President
California Rental Housing Association