Litigation attorney Anne Beehler and real estate attorney Andrew Starrels co-authored a Law360 article examining the Commercial Tenant Protection Act (S.B. 1103) in California that grants new rights to qualified commercial...more
4/24/2025
/ Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Contract Renewal ,
Contract Terms ,
Landlords ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Property Owners ,
Small Business ,
Tenants
Recent legislative changes impose new requirements for owners of California commercial properties, at least with respect to certain specified types of tenants. Effective Jan. 1, 2025, the Commercial Tenant Protection Act,...more
1/6/2025
/ Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Contract Terms ,
Landlords ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Micro Entity Status ,
New Legislation ,
Nonprofits ,
Small Business ,
Sole Proprietorship
In response to the homelessness crisis, voters in the city of Los Angeles approved Measure ULA, aka the "mansion tax," on Nov. 8, 2022. Measure ULA seeks to raise funding for affordable housing and tenant assistance programs...more
In Fix the City, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (L.A. Sup. Ct. Case No. 20STCP03529, order filed May 24, 2022), the Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that conflicts between qualifying Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Guidelines...more
YIMBY et al. v. City of Los Angeles et al. concerned a proposed 67-unit housing development in the Woodland Hills area of the San Fernando Valley. While the City of Los Angeles's (the City) general plan designated this area...more
As in previous years, the California Legislature passed a large volume of laws related to housing in the 2021 legislative session. (See Holland & Knight's previous annual recaps of California Housing Laws in the final section...more
10/13/2021
/ Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) ,
Affordable Housing ,
CC&Rs ,
CEQA ,
Density Bonus ,
Equity Sharing Agreements ,
Housing Developers ,
Housing Market ,
Market Rate ,
Multi-Family Development ,
New Legislation ,
Nonprofits ,
Parking Lots ,
Single Family Housing ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Zoning Laws
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 25, 2021, upheld the City of Los Angeles' current residential eviction moratorium – first enacted by the City Council in 2020 as an emergency...more
8/31/2021
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Appeals ,
City of Los Angeles ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contract Terms ,
Contracts Clause ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Eviction ,
Landlords ,
Local Ordinance ,
Mayor Garcetti ,
Moratorium ,
Private Right of Action ,
Relief Measures ,
Rental Property ,
Residential Leases ,
Trade Associations ,
Unlawful Detainer
In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was – somewhat surprisingly – a banner year for securing entitlement approvals. Holland & Knight's West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group secured approvals for approximately...more
In December 2020, an announcement by Warner Bros. Entertainment that appeared in both industry press and mainstream news outlets sent shockwaves through the motion picture industry. The studio's entire 2021 slate of films...more
3/19/2021
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Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disney ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Entertainment Venues ,
Film Industry ,
HBO ,
Hulu ,
Internet Streaming ,
Movies ,
Netflix ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Warner Brothers Entertainment
As California's housing supply and homelessness crisis continues to worsen, the state Legislature has for the past several years passed numerous pieces of housing legislation in each legislative session. ...more
9/23/2020
/ Affordable Housing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Housing Market ,
Landlords ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mortgages ,
Real Estate Development ,
Residential Leases ,
State and Local Government ,
Tenants ,
Urban Planning & Development
There is an interplay between local efforts such as the new City of Los Angeles residential eviction moratorium ordinance (see Part 1 of this Breaking Ground Blog series, "City of L.A.'s New Ordinance Foretells More Trouble...more
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) on May 20, 2020, promulgated its "Fifth Notice of Regulatory Relief," which continues a trend of the Department's recognizing the need to grant flexibility to bars...more
Unlike many other urban areas, most apartment tenancies in Los Angeles last only a year on average before a tenant moves on, and if a tenant leaves with outstanding amounts unpaid, the landlord must decide whether to pursue...more
Effective May 8, 2020, the City and County of Los Angeles announced that specific retail businesses are permitted to open for online or phone orders, with curbside pickup only, including florists, toy stores, music stores,...more
5/20/2020
/ Automotive Industry ,
California ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Health and Safety ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Parks ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Shopping Centers ,
Social Distancing ,
State and Local Government ,
Workplace Safety
The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance on May 6, 2020, that dramatically expands the City's eviction moratorium in unprecedented ways. Several weeks ago, the City had instituted prohibitions on evictions of both...more
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took action on March 23, 2020, to address the impacts felt by some commercial real estate investors from the COVID-19 crisis. The FHFA announced that it will grant some leniency to...more
In Orozco v. WPV San Jose, LLC, California's Sixth District Court of Appeal upheld a decision by the Superior Court in Santa Clara County in support of a commercial tenant who sued his landlord for fraud. The tenant,...more
8/27/2019
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Defense Strategies ,
Disparate Impact ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
HUD ,
Landlords ,
Misrepresentation ,
Property Owners ,
Property Tax ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proposition 13 ,
Residential Property Owners ,
Shopping Centers ,
State and Local Government
After more than three years of fact-finding and amidst intense lobbying from many constituencies, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance on Dec. 11, 2018, to permit and regulate short-term rentals within the City of...more
Title Insurance Firms Paying Close Attention to Latest Measure Imposing Russian Sanctions -
The Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last month,...more
9/25/2018
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Beneficial Owner ,
Data Centers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Retention ,
Facebook ,
Geographic Targeting Order ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Redevelopment ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Title Insurance
New Rules on the Horizon to Reduce Emissions and Improve Air Quality -
Facing pressure to meet federal clean air standards, California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) voted 7-6 to direct staff to...more
5/15/2018
/ Air Quality Standards ,
City Councils ,
County Planning Commissions ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Local Ordinance ,
Natural Disasters ,
New Rules ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Proximate Cause ,
Rental Property ,
SCAQMD ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Warehouses
Federal Budget Helps Affordable Housing -
Advocates for and developers of affordable housing lamented tax cuts passed late last year. A decrease in the corporate tax rate made the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC)...more
4/9/2018
/ Affordable Housing ,
Appraisal ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Corporate Taxes ,
FDIC ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Income Taxes ,
LIHTC ,
Local Taxes ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform
Apartment Owner Loses Court Battle with Airbnb -
A federal judge in Los Angeles recently dismissed a lawsuit by the owner of the 4,255-unit Park La Brea apartment complex against Airbnb Inc. that sought to hold the online...more
Absence of Private Activity Bonds from House Tax Proposal Could Hurt Affordable Housing -
While a lot of people are discussing the ways in which the tax proposals coming out of Congress will impact personal and corporate...more