Update on statewide rent control

AB 1482 would impose statewide rent control and “just cause” eviction policies. To the elatement of tenants’ advocates, the measure has cleared many legislative hurdles to date.

As the chief architect of AB 1482, our own Assemblymember David Chiu, a Democratic from San Francisco, got some timely juice from Governor Newsom, who was recently quoted saying that statewide controls are “long overdue in the state of California.”

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Proactive rental inspection programs aim to nip problems in the bud

It is the responsibility of both the landlord and the tenant to maintain a habitable dwelling, but when there is a breakdown in communication, problems can brew and quickly escalate.
At the end of the day, rental property owners, real estate professionals, Bornstein Law and our property management arm, Bay Property Group, are in the same business. It boils down to managing relationships. Some are more difficult to manage than others.

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Price gouging bans for landlords in aftermath of earthquakes and other natural disasters

During tragedy, it is time for Californians to come together and extend our hands to victims, not for opportunistic merchants and housing providers to take advantage of the most vulnerable. It's not only right. It's the law.

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Redefining single family homes opens the floodgates to rent control

In the progression of tenants’ rights, there is an interesting riddle being litigated: What, exactly, is a “single-family home” insulated from local rent regulations under the Costa Hawkins Act?

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Anti vaping revolution extends to rental units

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