END OF 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. The 2023 Legislative Session that began with an unprecedented number of bills aimed at restricting our rights as housing providers and imposing costly mandates ended in the wee morning hours of September 14th. Through out the year, CalRHA’s members... Continue Reading
LEGISLATURE RECONVENES FROM SUMMER RECESS ON AUGUST 14TH. The Legislature has now returned from Summer Recess and will be conducting business before the Appropriations Committees and on the Floors of both houses. Bills need to pass the Appropriations (fiscal) committees by September 1st and... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. BUDGET UPDATE Last month, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a $310 billion spending plan that protects core programs and covers a $30 billion budget deficit. You may find the... Continue Reading
RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS NEED SOLUTIONS AND AB 12 (HANEY) SIMPLY STATED IS NOT A SOLUTION. As a rental housing provider, or landlord as we’re referred to by most, in California it is commonplace to feel like the deck is stacked against you. California’s elected leaders continue to... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. We are now halfway through the legislative process for this year, as the deadline to pass out of their house of origin was June 2nd. CalRHA had several wins with bills held in the Appropriations... Continue Reading
UNDERSTANDING THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF RENT CONTROL POLICIES FROM THE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND DEVELOPERS POINT OF VIEW. From December 2022 to February 2023, ndp analytics conducted 24 interviews with housing providers and developers from three different markets impacted by rent control... Continue Reading
ANOTHER HUGE WIN AGAINST RENT CONTROL, THIS TIME IN MONTANA. Montana has become the latest state to preempt rent control after Governor Schweitzer signed SB 105 into law on May 1, 2023. This legislation prohibits local governments from exercising “any power to control the amount of rent... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. BUDGET NEWS The Senate Democrats released their budget plan late last month. Fortunately, it includes a Renters’ Tax Credit, which CalRHA has been supporting. In particular, their plan... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. The Legislature reconvened from Spring Recess on April 10th and is busy with policy committee hearings. We are coming up on policy committee deadlines at the end of April and early May. If any bills... Continue Reading
THIS IS THIRD TRY BY THE LOS ANGELES-BASED AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION TO CONVINCE CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO REPEAL THE COSTA-HAWKINS RENTAL HOUSING ACT OF 1995, WHICH PLACED LIMITS ON LOCAL RENT CONTROL LAWS. A proposed ballot initiative that proponents call the “Justice for Renters Act”... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. CalRHA has taken positions on key policy bills introduced this year. Bills are beginning to be set for policy committee hearings and CalRHA has scheduled a Lobby Day in Sacramento for April 2023.... Continue Reading
HERE IS OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND HAPPENINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE. We are now past the legislative bill introduction deadline of February 17th and it is clear that 2023 is going to be a busy year on the legislative front. Governor Newsom has stated that housing and... Continue Reading
