Los Angeles’ United to House LA Measure (Measure ULA), enacted by city voters in November 2022, implements a significant new transfer tax on high-value real estate transfers or sales throughout the city of Los Angeles....more
Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 205 into law on June 30, 2022. This legislative effort significantly expands the California Energy Commission (CEC)’s jurisdiction and encourages the development of new clean energy projects....more
7/18/2022
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In the wake of the July 24 expiration of the 120-day moratorium on residential evictions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued an order (CDC order)...more
9/22/2020
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Shortly after the shelter-in-place orders first went into effect this spring, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order allowing, but not requiring, local governments to impose temporary limitations on...more
9/16/2020
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While some states (such as Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Montana, and Oklahoma) have commenced, or will soon commence, phased or soft business reopenings, other jurisdictions (including the six San Francisco Bay Area...more
Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order which allows, but does not require, local governments to impose temporary limitations on residential and commercial evictions in certain COVID-19-related situations....more
4/17/2020
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As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, we are facing stressful and rapidly changing times trying to combat the pandemic—the president invoked the Stafford Act and declared a national emergency; Center for Disease...more